Yadav was dismissed from the BSF in 2017 after he posted a video complaining about the quality of food served to the troops.
26 Oct 2019 8:01 PM
The petition was filed by former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was declared Samajwadi Party candidate from Varanasi.
19 Jul 2019 6:59 PM
Prashant Bhushan then said he would file an election petition before the competent court.
10 May 2019 6:19 AM
In a writ petition Mr Bahadur urged the court to set aside the order passed by the returning officer on May 1.
09 May 2019 12:53 AM
In view of the abject failure of the Election Commission in exercising its constitutional power to ensure free and fair election.
07 May 2019 2:04 AM
'We expect all those who believe in democracy and all right-thinking people to strongly condemn this act,' BJP said.
06 May 2019 7:47 PM
Yadav, in his plea, termed the decision of the poll panel discriminatory and unreasonable and said it should be set aside.
06 May 2019 12:57 PM
Tej Bahadur says he is ‘asli chowkidar’, will move SC.
02 May 2019 1:22 AM
'Modi was afraid to contest against him from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.' Kejriwal said.
01 May 2019 5:40 PM
Earlier, the SP had replaced Shalini Yadav with Thapa, who had filed papers as an Independent candidate.
01 May 2019 4:06 PM
The former BSF constable was dismissed in 2017 after he posted a video online complaining about the food served to the troops.
29 Apr 2019 7:05 PM
The SP, which is in an alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, had earlier declared Shalini Yadav.
29 Apr 2019 4:42 PM
My first objective will be to strengthen and eliminate corruption in the forces," he said.`
30 Mar 2019 8:01 PM
The DG then threw up an open challenge: 'Anyone can go any day and anytime to any border outpost of the BSF and ask for food.'
27 Aug 2017 7:17 PM
The queries were posed by the court during the hearing of the jawan’s plea alleging there was a threat to his life.
11 Jul 2017 1:44 AM
He received his dismissal orders on Wednesday and moved out of the cantonment with his belongings in a three-ton truck.
20 Apr 2017 11:34 AM
BSF claimed that Yadav was given many opportunities to defend himself, but he failed to do so in the court of inquiry.
20 Apr 2017 6:15 AM
Officials said Tej Bahadur Yadav was sacked by the border guarding force on the basis of a report of a staff court of inquiry (SCoI).
19 Apr 2017 3:11 PM
A senior Ministry official said Yadav has crossed the line of discipline and broken service rules by posting the second video.
03 Mar 2017 10:42 AM
Earlier, the BSF told the Delhi High Court that the allegations of sub-standard food made by Yadav were false.
27 Feb 2017 11:13 AM
Tej Bahadur's wife complained of not being able to contact him for three days.
15 Feb 2017 2:52 PM
Sharmila has sought a high-level enquiry into his disappearance as well as the recent rejection of his plea for voluntary retirement.
10 Feb 2017 4:09 AM
The jawan's wife said his family has been unable to contact him for last three days.
09 Feb 2017 8:34 PM
The MoS of Defence in a letter to the Lok Sabha has said that the views in the video did not reflect the general sentiment of the soldiers.
04 Feb 2017 11:23 AM
A video shot by Yadav had gone viral last month in which he complained about the quality of food and after it had gone viral.
03 Feb 2017 2:01 AM
Sharmila Yadav alleged that the jawan was mentally tortured and asked to retire from the force.
02 Feb 2017 12:07 PM
Compulsory retirement is not penal in nature and the affected employees are not deprived of their retiral benefits or pension.
28 Jan 2017 1:15 AM
The security forces will also have to ensure that junior level personnel making allegations are not victimised till investigations are complete.
22 Jan 2017 2:24 AM
Right now, the men and women in uniform seem to be a disgruntled lot, fatigued and frustrated after years of being taken for granted.
21 Jan 2017 1:25 AM
In 2016, over 100 days of turmoil in the Valley yet again proved how effectively social media can be misused against peace and security.
20 Jan 2017 1:17 AM
The direction came after advocate Gaurang Kanth, appearing for BSF, informed the court that BSF has already done on the spot inspection.
17 Jan 2017 1:22 PM
Home ministry gives the paramilitary force more time on jawan’s charges.
17 Jan 2017 1:24 AM
Tej Bahadur Yadav’s wife told the media that her family was still not able to contact him.
14 Jan 2017 11:34 AM
The PMO had sought a detailed report from the MHA about BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's claims in a video.
13 Jan 2017 8:21 PM
A bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini fixed the matter for January 16 as it did not assemble on Friday.
13 Jan 2017 1:12 PM
Parrikar said he will not be able to comment much about the BSF issue as it comes under the home ministry.
13 Jan 2017 1:25 AM
While the rations at the post on the LoC is provided by the army, it is cooked by BSF personnel tasked for these jobs.
12 Jan 2017 8:07 PM
The border guarding force on Thursday also came out with fresh guidelines for maintaining high quality of food for its personnel.
12 Jan 2017 7:57 PM
This comes days after BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's claim that poor quality food was being served to security personnel.
12 Jan 2017 3:50 PM
Singh laments that that though CRPF personnel are asked to attend to various tasks, they are not provided facilities on par with the army.
12 Jan 2017 1:38 PM
Sharmila earlier backed her husband while asserting that shooting videos was not wrong as his intentions were to just bring out the truth.
12 Jan 2017 1:12 PM
Rajnath Singh had taken note of the video also and had directed that “appropriate action” must be taken about the incident.
12 Jan 2017 3:29 AM
Officials said the report has found certain deficiencies that need to be corrected in a hygienic and stipulated quantity as per rules.
11 Jan 2017 9:27 PM
BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav's family also rubbished claims that he was mentally unstable.
11 Jan 2017 11:02 AM
BSF’s inspector general D.K. Upadhyay, responding to the allegations, said, “I can’t comment on the allegations yet.
11 Jan 2017 2:30 AM
The constable’s act had stirred up a hornet’s nest as the videos shot by him went viral on social media.
10 Jan 2017 3:32 PM
After posting the videos, the constable has been shifted from the LOC to the headquarters of his 29 battalion in Poonch.
10 Jan 2017 10:47 AM
Constable Tej Bahadur Yadav had alleged in a video that troops are provided bad quality food and even forced to starve.
10 Jan 2017 8:55 AM