Tag Archive: border security force

Seven Pakistani fishermen nabbed in Indian waters

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 [...]

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BSF trooper killed in Pakistani firing in Jammu

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 [...]

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Antony visiting Kashmir Tuesday for security review

A month after announcing that 30,000 Indian Army troops had been withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister A.K. Antony will visit the state Tuesday for an on-the-spot review of the prevailing security scenario.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 [...]

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Exchange of fire across India-Pakistan border

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 [...]

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Rockets fired from Pakistan; BSF warns of strong response

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 [...]

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Young paramilitary troopers going weak at the knees

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 [...]

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Ten more Bangladesh-trained terrorists surrender

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 [...]

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Infiltration bid foiled near India-Pakistan border

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, [...]

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Pakistani rockets fired into India, no casualties

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 [...]

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Pakistani rockets fired into India

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 [...]

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Home ministry asked to compensate kin of BSF torture victim

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 [...]

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CISF launches dog breeding centre

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 [...]

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Fake currency racket busted in Mizoram, three arrested

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 [...]

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Pakistani ’smuggler’ killed in Punjab border district

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 [...]

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Missing picnickers untraced, relatives block Kolkata roads

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 [...]

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17 still missing after West Bengal boat capsize

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 [...]

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Border guards open fire on suspected intruders from Pakistan

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 [...]

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Rescue operation on to trace six missing students after boat mishap in Assam

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 [...]

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India repatriates 31 Pakistani fishermen

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 [...]

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Anti Naxal operation gets teeth with deployment of more forces

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 [...]

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Two BSF troopers shot in Srinagar

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 [...]

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Shifting of fence brings cheer to farmers along Indo-Pak border

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 [...]

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BSF seizes heroin worth rupees 16 crore near India Pak border

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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A crack policeman’s snapshots of national newsmakers (IANS Book Review)

‘The British, The Bandits And The Bordermen (From the diaries and articles of K.F. Rustamji)’ edited by P.V. Rajgopal; Publisher: Wisdom Tree; Price: Rs 495

Gabbar Singh, the dacoit who became a cult figure after the release of ‘Sholay’ by Bollywood filmmaker Ramesh Sippy in the 1970s, had a strange connection with India’s first prime minister [...]

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Centre to deploy 10 Dhruv copters for anti Maoist operation

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 [...]

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Pakistani intruders open fire in Kutch: BSF

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 [...]

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Four BSF troopers injured in blast on border

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 [...]

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Landmine blast in Jammu-Kashmir injures five BSF personnel

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 [...]

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Four BSF troopers injured in blast near Jammu

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 [...]

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Blast in Jammu and Kashmir, 4 BSF troopers injured

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 [...]

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