Seven Pakistani fishermen were picked up by Border Security Force (BSF) officials after their fishing craft intruded into Indian coastal waters, police said here Wednesday.
The Pakistani fishing craft Al Siddique entered into Indian coastal waters late Tuesday night and was intercepted by the Border Security Force (BSF) almost from the mouth of the Kori [...]
A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was Monday killed in firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, an Indian Army official said.
The trooper Shurvir Singh was hit by a bullet and died on the spot in Sabzian sector of Poonch district, about 240 km north-east [...]
A month after announcing that 30,000 Indian Army troops had been withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister A.K. Antony will visit the state Tuesday for an on-the-spot review of the prevailing security scenario.
‘Antony will visit forward areas in Jammu region and later address a meeting at the Unified Headquarters to be attended by the [...]
There was an exchange of fire between the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and either militants or Pakistani Rangers in Kanachak sector, near Akhnoor along the international border, BSF sources said Monday.
After noticing some movement near the border in Kanachak sector, about 35 km west of Jammu, a BSF patrol party opened fire in the [...]
The Border Security Force (BSF) Saturday warned of a ’strong response’ if rockets of the kind fired from the Pakistani side of the border in the wee hours of Saturday again land in Indian territory.
BSF troopers retaliated by firing mortars, medium machine-guns and automatic weapons after suspected terrorists fired at least five rockets into Punjab’s [...]
An increasing number of paramilitary troopers deployed on hilly terrain develop weak knees with around 70 percent of them requiring surgery.
Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said they get nearly 25 cases of such patients every month from the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the [...]
With Bangladesh continuing its crackdown against militants active in northeast India, 10 more terrorists, including four women, have fled from that country and surrendered to Indian authorities this week, officials said here Saturday.
Four All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) guerrillas fled from their camps in Khagrachari in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in southeast Bangladesh and surrendered [...]
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) foiled an infiltration bid by militants from Pakistan early Saturday following an exchange of fire near Akhnoor along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
BSF sources said that a group of militants tried to sneak in from Pakistan across the border in Pargwal Sector, about 45 km north of Jammu, [...]
Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic weapons after suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab’s Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said Saturday.
The rockets were found in an agricultural field near Kangarh chowki (post) in Attari sector early Saturday.
BSF troopers retaliated with machine-gun and automatic weapons into Pakistan [...]
Suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab’s Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said Saturday.
The rockets were found in an agricultural field in Kangarh chowki (post) in Attari sector early Saturday. It is not clear when the rockets were fired.
A thick fog was hampering efforts by the Border Security Force to find out [...]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the home ministry to compensate the family of a man who was allegedly tortured and killed by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in West Bengal in March 2007.
NHRC took up the case after receiving a complaint from the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR), a Delhi-based [...]
In view of the rising demand for sniffer dogs at airports and Delhi Metro and for the coming Commonwealth Games, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Tuesday launched its own dog breeding and training centre.
CISF Director General N.R. Das inaugurated the breeding and training ground in Ghaziabad.
‘The initiative has been taken to cater to the [...]
Security forces in Mizoram have busted a fake currency racket and arrested three people, including a woman, police said here Tuesday.
Mizoram police and troopers of the Border Security Force in a joint operation uncovered the racket at Vairengte near the Assam-Mizoram border on Saturday, said Aizawl district police chief Lalbiakthanga Khiangte.
The security forces seized fake [...]
A Pakistani ’smuggler’ who entered India early Tuesday was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in a border area in Punjab while three others went back into Pakistan under the cover of darkness when the fighting started, officials said.
Contraband worth over Rs.27 crore was recovered from his possession following the gunfight in Raja [...]
Amid fading chances of finding any of the victims alive, the authorities Monday continued search operations without any success for 17 people missing after a boat carrying picnickers capsized in West Bengal’s Rupnarayan river. Incensed relatives, meanwhile, blockaded city roads.
The missing included eight children while 20 picnickers were either rescued by locals or swam ashore [...]
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) A day after a boat carrying a group of picnickers capsized in the Rupnarayan river in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, 17 people including eight children continued to be missing Monday.
Twenty picnickers were either rescued by locals or swam ashore after the boat capsized around 3 p.m. Sunday.
‘We’ve got altogether 17 [...]
Jammu, Jan 4 (IANS) Indian border guards opened fire at a group of suspected infiltrators along the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramgarh sector around midnight Sunday, officials said.
According to Border Security Force (BSF) sources, troopers deployed at Narania area of Ramgarh sector, about 45 km southwest of Jammu, detected ‘heavy movement’ along [...]
Sualkuchi (Assam), Jan 3 (ANI): The rescue operation is on to trace the six students, who went missing, after their boat capsized in river Brahmaputra.
Out of the total 17 students, four boys and two girls are still not traceable. Their boat capsized in Sualkuchi area near Guwahati on Friday evening.
The local fishermen, who were in [...]
Attari Border, Jan 2(ANI): Reciprocating Pakistan’s goodwill gesture, India on Saturday released 31 Pakistani fishermen including one child through Wagah land route.
The fishermen crossed over after the completion of formalities at the border, after the Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the Pakistani [...]
New Delhi / Raipur, Jan 2 (ANI): The anti -Maoist offensive has gathered momentum with the Union Home Ministry clearing the induction of more Central paramilitary forces into the operation.
According to sources, the Central police personnel who were deputed for [...]
Srinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) Suspected militants shot and wounded two paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Saturday when they were withdrawing cash from an ATM here in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A police officer said the attack took place in Soura locality. Both were shot at from close range.
‘The injured men were taken to the [...]
Ferozpur (Punjab), Jan 1 (ANI) : Farmers in the Ferozpur area living close to India Pakistan border have a reason to smile as the Border Security Force (BSF) is shifting the fencing to the zero point, leaving vast areas to farmers to move freely in.
The areas [...]
Firozpur (Punjab), Dec 30 (ANI) : Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have seized around 3.2 kilograms of heroin valued at Rupees 16 crore in the international market.
During an intensive search along the India – Pakistan border on Tuesday the BSF personnel recovered four [...]
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New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): The Government of India has decided to deploy a fleet of 10 Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Dhruv to assist the Central Police Forces engaged in the anti Maoists operations.
The helicopters would be stationed at Ranchi and Raipur.
Revealing this the Central [...]
Gandhinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) For the first time in years, there was a heavy exchange of fire between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistani intruders in the Sir Creek area of Kutch early on Saturday, officials said.
According to the BSF, there was heavy firing on a newly established post from a boat which had [...]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) on the international border (IB) with Pakistan Saturday morning.
The BSF found the IED was planted to target the patrol and the barbed wire fence.
The blast occurred in Manguchak area, about 60 km [...]
Samba, Dec.26 (ANI): Five troopers of Border Security Force (BSF) were injured in a landmine blast in the Mangu Chak sector of Samba in Jammu and Kashmir state.
The incident reportedly took place in the Samba sector when BSF troopers were patrolling and inspecting Magu [...]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has found that the blast on the international border (IB) with Pakistan Saturday morning, in which four troopers were injured, was caused by a planted improvised explosive device (IED) to target the patrol and the barbed wire fence.
The blast occurred in Manguchak area, about 60 km [...]
Jammu, Dec 26 (IANS) Four Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were injured when their patrol was hit by a blast Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba sector close to the international border.
The BSF patrol party was in Manguchak area, about 60 km south of Jammu, when the explosion took place. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of [...]
