Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh felicitates Tanushree Pareek at the Border Security Force Academy, Tekanpur, Gwalior, on Saturday. Photo: Twitter handle @BSF_India

The Border Security Force on Saturday inducted its first woman field officer after a convocation ceremony at the BSF academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district.Tanushree Pareek, a resident of Rajasthan, led the passing-out parade as the first woman field officer. She started training last year in a 52-week Assistant Commandant training programme with the 40th batch of the BSF academy. The force had begun induction of woman officers in 2013. She will now be posted to command a unit along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “I am happy that BSF has got its first woman field officer and hope that many more women will join her in securing our borders.”

Fire at Jabalpur ordnance unit

Bhopal: A fire broke out at ordnance factory at Khamaria in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, setting off a series of explosions. District Collector Mahesh Choudhary said 25 fire tenders were pressed into service, and the blaze was put out by 9.30 pm. The fire started around 6.20 pm, when the factory workers had left, hence there were no casualties. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, Choudhary said. PTI