Chandigarh | Two Indians were taken into custody in Pakistan after they were swept away by the swollen Sutlej river from a village along the international border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, the police said on Sunday. Ratanpal Singh and Havinder Singh of Sidhwan Bet in Ludhiana were apprehended by the Pakistani Rangers on Saturday and […]
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Drugs, pistol, ammunition recovered from near international border in Punjab
Chandigarh | After forcing a Pakistani drone to return in the wee hours of Thursday, the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered drugs, pistol and ammunition from near the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district. BSF Deputy Inspector General Prabhakar Joshi said that the force recovered three packets containing 3.03 kg drugs suspected to be heroine, […]
5 BSF personnel killed in fratricide incident in Amritsar
New Delhi | The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday said that five jawans have been killed in an incident of fratricide in Khasa in Punjab’s Amritsar. The BSF said that a constable, identified as Satteppa S.K., had fired at five of his colleagues in the camp, which is located 20 km from the Attari-Wagah border. […]
BSF apprehends Pak fisherman from Sir Creek, seized three boats
Gandhinagar | The Border Security Force on Monday apprehended a Pakistani fisherman in the Sir Creek area, and seized three boats, officials said. According to the BSF Gujarat Frontier, a BSF patrol in the general area of Lakhpatwari Creek which is at the mouth of Sir Creek, observed movement of some Pakistani fishing boats with 4-5 […]
Cache of arms, drugs recovered by BSF along India-Pak border in Jammu
Jammu | A cache of arms and drugs concealed in a bag was recovered by the Border Security Force (BSF) during the zero line patrolling (ZLP) near the International Border (IB) in Jammu, officials said on Monday. “During special ZLP in the AOR of 98 Bn BSF at about 1010 hrs dt 03 Jan 2022, BSF […]
PIL in Calcutta HC against extension of BSF’s jurisdiction
Kolkata | A day after West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital and urged the latter to withdrew the decision to extend the territorial jurisdiction of BSF in her state, a PIL was filed at the Calcutta High Court challenging the Home Ministry’s decision, terming it as against […]
BSF troops open fire and repel flying object at Indo-Pak border in Jammu
Srinagar | BSF troops fired and repulsed a flying object along the International Border in the Arnia sector of Jammu, officials said on Monday. “Today morning at about 0530 hrs, a blinking red and yellow light in the sky observed by our forward troops in Arnia sector near to the IB,” BSF said. “Our troops immediately […]
Terror hideout busted by BSF in J&K, huge cache of arms recovered
Srinagar | Ahead of Independence Day, the BSF averted a major tragedy by seizing a huge cache of arms and ammunitions from a terrorist hideout in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Border Security Force official said. Today BSF busted a hideout in poonch area in joint Ops withRR/SOG Poonch.During search huge cache of […]
Militants kill 2 BSF jawans in Tripura, loot arms
Agartala | Outlawed extremists gunned down two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel including a sub-inspector rank official and looted their sophisticated arms in Tripura on Tuesday, police said. A police official in Agartala said that during patrolling, the suspected National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) militants attacked the BSF troopers at Manikpur tribal village leading to […]
BSF detects landmine along LoC in J&K’s Poonch
Jammu | Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on Sunday recovered a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. BSF sources said a team of BSF along with specially trained sniffer dog ‘Juliet’ was on area domination patrol near the LoC when the sniffer dog sat over a piece of land, […]