Rai at CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony, Vigyan Bhavan

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai attended the CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, held to celebrate the successful mountaineering expeditions of the BSF, ITBP and NSG to Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026 recognised the Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and National Security Guard (NSG) for completing successful ascents of both Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Nityanand Rai addressed the assembled CAPF mountaineers and officials at the Flag-In Ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, commending the BSF, ITBP and NSG teams for their dual-summit achievements. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai lauded the paramilitary mountaineers of the BSF, ITBP and NSG at the Flag-In Ceremony, Vigyan Bhavan, on 2 July 2026, calling their expeditions a source of national pride. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) mountaineering teams from the BSF, ITBP and NSG were formally honoured at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026 for completing expeditions to both Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai was joined by Home Secretary of India Govind Mohan at the CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony, Vigyan Bhavan, on 2 July 2026, honouring BSF, ITBP and NSG mountaineering teams. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Nityanand Rai was accompanied by Director of the Intelligence Bureau Mahesh Dixit at the Flag-In Ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, marking the successful BSF, ITBP and NSG mountaineering campaigns. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Intelligence Bureau Director Mahesh Dixit joined Minister Nityanand Rai in felicitating CAPF mountaineers at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026, recognising the successful ascents of Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro by BSF, ITBP and NSG teams. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Senior government officials including MoS Home Nityanand Rai and IB Director Mahesh Dixit gathered at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026 to celebrate the CAPF mountaineering teams' conquests of Everest and Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Nityanand Rai was flanked by Home Secretary Govind Mohan, IB Director Mahesh Dixit, ITBP Director General Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and NSG Director General B. Srinivasan at the Flag-In Ceremony, Vigyan Bhavan, on 2 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

ITBP Director General Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and NSG Director General B. Srinivasan attended the CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, alongside Home Secretary Govind Mohan and IB Director Mahesh Dixit. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Five senior officials — Nityanand Rai, Govind Mohan, Mahesh Dixit, Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and B. Srinivasan — gathered at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026 to mark the CAPF teams' twin mountaineering successes. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented a commemorative flag to CAPF mountaineers at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, honouring the BSF, ITBP and NSG teams who scaled Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

A commemorative flag was presented by Nityanand Rai at the Flag-In Ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026, recognising the Border Security Force (BSF) mountaineering team's successful Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro expeditions. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The National Security Guard (NSG) mountaineering team was among those felicitated with a commemorative flag by Minister Nityanand Rai at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, for its Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro achievements. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) mountaineering contingent was honoured with a commemorative flag presented by Nityanand Rai at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026, celebrating the force's successful climbs of Everest and Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026 saluted the dual-summit feat of BSF, ITBP and NSG personnel who conquered both Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro in the same expedition cycle. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

India's paramilitary mountaineers from the BSF, ITBP and NSG were formally honoured by MoS Home Nityanand Rai at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026, with a commemorative flag marking their twin-peak achievements. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026 celebrated the CAPF forces' back-to-back mountaineering victories — successful expeditions to both Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa's highest peak) and Mount Everest (the world's highest). (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Nityanand Rai delivered an address at the CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony, Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on 2 July 2026, honouring the successful mountaineering missions of the BSF, ITBP and NSG to Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

MoS Home Affairs Nityanand Rai took to the podium at Vigyan Bhavan on 2 July 2026 to felicitate CAPF mountaineers from the BSF, ITBP and NSG for their successful ascents of Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The CAPFs Flag-In Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026 showcased paramilitary pride as BSF, ITBP and NSG mountaineers were feted for conquering Everest and Kilimanjaro under the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) banner. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Nityanand Rai's address at the Flag-In Ceremony on 2 July 2026 spotlighted the mountaineering spirit of CAPF personnel from the BSF, ITBP and NSG, who completed expeditions to both Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

Three Central Armed Police Forces — the BSF, ITBP and NSG — were jointly celebrated at a single Flag-In Ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026 for their collective mountaineering achievements on Everest and Kilimanjaro. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

The successful Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro expeditions by the BSF, ITBP and NSG mark a significant milestone for India's Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), recognised at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 2 July 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Prem Nath Pandey)

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