BSF DG retires, ITBP DG given additional charge
New Delhi (PTI): Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Praveen Kumar, on Sunday took additional charge of the Border Security Force following retirement of the incumbent, Daljit Singh Chawdhary.
Chawdhary, a 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, handed over the official baton to Kumar, a 1993 batch officer of West Bengal cadre, at a Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Chhattisgarh's Raipur.
The handing over ceremony -- which rarely takes place outside the force headquarters in Delhi -- was held in Raipur as the two directors general were there to participate in the DG-IG national police conference from November 28-30.
On Friday, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order assigning the additional charge of BSF Director General to Kumar "till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier."
Chawdhary, a four-time police gallantry medal awardee, headed the border force during Operation Sindoor in May 2025, when the Indian military hit terrorist camps in Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam.
He is credited with raising the BSF's maiden drone squadron and training school, apart from pushing for an increased number of promotions for the force's personnel and giving out-of-turn promotions to sportspersons who brought laurels for the force.
BSF, with about 2.70 lakh personnel, is primarily tasked with guarding India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh apart from rendering a variety of duties in the country's internal security domain.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
