Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Nov 1 (PTI) Lauding the role of women Border Security Force personnel during Operation Sindoor, BSF Inspector General Charu Dhwaj Aggarwal on Saturday said they stood firm under heavy Pakistani shelling and are pride of not just the force but the country.

The IG said that women were first inducted into the BSF’s general duty cadre in 2008, and that the government aims to ensure that 15 per cent of personnel in the force are women.

The Inspector General of BSF Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) Kharkan Camp, Hoshiarpur, was speaking to media persons after a passing-out parade of 145 female constables and their attestation ceremony at the Shaheed Satpal Choudhary Parade Ground. Show Full Article

The final parade of these women reflects the growing strength of “nari shak

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