Border Posts

Border posts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) along the India-China frontier from Ladakh to Arunachal Pradesh will have an additional team of intelligence officers for surveillance and information gathering. A highly placed source said the central government has approved a proposal for establishing the set-up that will be known as the Border Intelligence Post (BIP). The move bears significance in view of the increased Chinese activities along the border and transgressions by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA). A stand-off between the Indian Army and the PLA in Ladakh has been going on since June 2020. Each of the BIPs will be manned by four-five officials of the Intelligence Bureau and protected by ITBP personnel, the source in the know of the development said on the condition of anonymity. Those personnel who would be deployed at the BIPs will keep an eye on activities across the border and share updates with the higher authorities and the government. The source, how

A Border Security Force (BSF) sub-inspector allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the India-Pakistan international border here on Monday, officials said

The panel recommended that the original plan of constructing 509 BOPs should be reconsidered