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 The first set of information on the villages has to be sent to the training headquarters by June 23. (File Photo) Personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been asked by the Ministry of Home Affairs to fan out to villages in the border areas manned by them and collect their history, extending up to the past 2,000 years, The Indian Express has learnt. The forces have also been asked to add the history of the villages to their training module, officials said. The instruction came from Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorming session) of IPS officers posted in CAPFs held in New Delhi on June 12. CAPF, Central Armed Police Forces, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Amit Shah, border guards, Indian Express, India news, current affairs Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets BJP leaders ahead of a meeting in Pathankot, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (PTI Photo) Chairing the meet, Shah asked all the CAPFs to promote purchase of local products, saying this would...

 The move also comes close on the heels of the recent decision of the Indian military to go for common annual confidential reports for two and three-star officers. (Representational) Listen to this article Senior officers to be posted across services as part of Army, Navy, IAF integration move For the first time, the Indian Armed Forces are planning to go ahead with cross-services postings of a large number of senior officers in the ranks of Brigadier and Major General and equivalent shortly. This will be in line with efforts towards tri-service integration and the planned creation of theatre commands, senior officials familiar with the development told The Indian Express. This comes days after inter-service postings of a large batch of around 40 officers of the rank of Major and Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent, again a first, were announced. Earlier, only a handful of such postings had taken place within the services. As reported by The Indian Express last month, these officers ...