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  • School children from Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon trained in Judo win 112 medals in various tournaments

    By ANI
    KONDAGAON: The children trained by Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) from Chhattisgarh’s Kondagaon in Judo have received 112 medals in various national-level tournaments.

    According to a release by ITBP, it has trained 500 schoolchildren of Naxal-affected Kondagaon district in various sports including Hockey, Judo, and Archery since 2016.

    “Two jawans of the Battalion have been training some 200 local boys and girls in Judo in 4 batches daily for about 5 hours. The groups include the children & youth from 5 years and 21 years of age,” it said.

    “The groups include children and youth from 5 years and 21 years of age. Due to the hard work and guidance of the ITBP coaches, these schoolchildren have won 112 medals in various national level tournaments and competitions,” ITBP said.

    Jayprakash, an ITBP Head Constable said that the Judo training has boosted the confidence of children undergoing the self-defense training.

    161 schoolchildren trained by ITBP have participated in various national level competitions till now.

    Shivani had won Gold in the under 14 category in 2019 in a national level Judo competition, Yogesh Sori bagged a Bronze medal in the 35 kg category at the 2018 under-14 national Judo championship and Anil Kumar won a Bronze medal in the 40 kg category in the 2019 Judo national competition in Imphal.

  • ITBP’s R-Day march with Tricolour at 17,000 ft

    By IANS
    NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel braved inhospitable conditions in Ladakh on Tuesday when they marched with the national flag on the frozen water body at 17,000 feet above the sea level to celebrate Republic Day.

    The ITBP personnel, including men and women, celebrated the event as the temperature recorded minus 25 degrees Celsius.

    Also referred to as the ITBP ‘Himveers’, the personnel raised a full-throated cry: “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Matram”.

    ITBP personnel celebrating #RepublicDay2021 in different areas of Ladakh in sub zero temperatures. #Himveers#RepublicDayIndia #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/nhLfbkt9aG
    — ITBP (@ITBP_official) January 26, 2021

    There was another ITBP personnel team at 14,000 feet in Ladakh, celebrating the day at the Border Out Post. In a video captured from the height, the ITBP men were seen trudging slowly through the fresh snow.

    Serving the nation in the most difficult and inhospitable terrain in Ladakh, the ITBP personnel are examples of valour, commitment and patriotism.

    ITBP, the specialised mountain force — most of whose officers and men are trained mountaineers and skiers — guard the 3,488 km border from Ladakh’s Karakoram Pass to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh.

    Republic Day celebrations are being held across the country, and the annual parade in New Delhi is the main event.

  • CDS Bipin Rawat reviews India’s military preparedness for second day in border areas of Arunachal

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: At the end of his two-day visit to various forwards posts near the Line of Actual Control in Arunachal Pradesh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat on Sunday said he was satisfied with the “high morale and motivation” of the armed forces personnel who will ensure “certain victory if challenged or given the opportunity”, according to the Army.

    Gen Rawat’s visit to key locations in the frontier state came amid the nearly eight-month-long Sino-India border standoff in eastern Ladakh.

    “CDS complimented soldiers for adopting innovative measures for surveillance through locally developed technology & the defence preparedness to face any challenge,” the Army said in a tweet.

    “CDS said that he was satisfied by the high morale and motivation of all ranks who will ensure certain victory if challenged or given the opportunity,” it added.

    The Chief of Defence Staff visited several key installations including “forward most air maintained” posts in Dibang Valley, Lohit sector and Subansiri valley since his arrival in the state on Saturday morning, according to the Army.

    On Sunday, Gen Rawat interacted with personnel of the Army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) deployed along the Subansiri valley, it said.

    Sources said Gen Rawat reviewed the overall preparedness of the armed forces in key forward bases and asked them to remain vigilant.

    The Army and the Indian Air Force have been maintaining a high state of operational readiness along the nearly 3,500-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in view of the eastern Ladakh standoff.

    Nearly 50,000 troops of the Indian Army are deployed in various mountainous locations in eastern Ladakh as multiple rounds of talks between the two sides have not yielded concrete outcome to resolve the faceoff that began in early May.

    China has also deployed an equal number of troops, according to officials.

    The eighth and last round of military talks had taken place on November 6 during which both sides broadly discussed disengagement of troops from specific friction points.

    Gen Rawat arrived in the Dinjan air force station in Assam’s Chabua on Friday afternoon and travelled to Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday on a two-day visit.

    His visit to Arunachal Pradesh coincided with his completion of one year as India’s first CDS, a post which was created to bring in convergence in functioning of the Army, the Navy and the Indian Air Force in dealing with national security challenges.

    A key mandate of the CDS was also to facilitate restructuring of military commands for optimal utilisation of resources by bringing about jointness in operations, including through establishment of theatre commands.

    In the last one year, Gen Rawat along with the top brass of the three services carried out ground work to establish an air defence command and a Peninsula command initially.

    The IAF will helm the air defence command and all long-range missiles as well as air defence assets will come under it.

    The CDS has been part of the top military brass framing strategies to enhance India’s military prowess in view of the eastern Ladakh standoff.

  • Alertness levels very high, China can’t surprise us, says ITBP on LAC in Tawang sector

    Having already given a bloody nose to the People’s Liberation Army troops in Eastern Ladakh during face-offs in the ongoing conflict, the ITBP in the sensitive Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh says its men were on a high readiness mode on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Chinese won’t be able to spring any surprises in this sector.

    In a visit to the forward posts on the LAC from where the Chinese territory could be seen in the Tawang sector, Team ANI witnessed the high preparedness levels of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) troops and the infrastructure developed for rapid forward deployments here in recent times.

    “When incidents (transgression by Chinese Army in Eastern Ladakh) like this happen, we have to remain on high alert mode so that such unforeseen incidents are not allowed to happen and there are no surprises. As you can see that though there are extreme cold conditions which make things difficult, our men are on a very high alert and keeping an eye on the border all the time,” ITBP’s 55 battalion commander Commandant I B Jha told ANI at a forward location here.

    The ITBP has played an important role in the ongoing conflict with Chinese troops with both LAC in eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. In the initial violent confrontation, the ITBP was confronted several times with Chinese troops while attempting to transition to Pangong Lake, the Finger area, and the patrolling points at 14,15, 17 and 17A.

    Showing the patrolling carried out by ITBP soldiers in that area, Commandant Jha said that the infrastructure development by the Indian side over the years now allows Indian troops to move too close to the last point or zero point on the LAC. . Tawang Sector.