JAMMU — The Border Security Force on Tuesday destroyed a rusted mortar shell found in a border village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. BSF troops noticed the mortar shell in an open field during patrolling at Chachwal village in the Ghagwal sector around 8 am, they said. The mortar shell was […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder has been shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. The infiltrator was spotted moving into Indian territory near the Khora post late Wednesday, the officials said. They said the intruder paid no heed to the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has ordered the extraction of two BSF battalions, comprising more than 2,000 personnel, from Odisha to beef up security in the militancy-hit Jammu region along the India-Pakistan border, official sources said on Saturday. The decision to “immediately” move the two units from the anti-Naxal operations grid to Jammu was taken […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on […]
JAMMU — Director General of Police R R Swain and Border Security Force (BSF) Special DG Yogesh Bahadur Khurania met on Tuesday and discussed the current security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Khurania, who heads the BSF’s Western Command, called on Swain in Jammu, they said. The officials said that both sides during […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) officer went missing in Jammu city, prompting the police to launch a swift operation and trace him on Friday, officials said. Information was received at the Domana police station about the disappearance of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Parmanand Hembram of the 7th Battalion of BSF in the city, and […]
JAMMU — A senior BSF official on Thursday said an intruder killed along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district might have been sent to carry out reconnaissance of the area and test the alertness of troops for a potential infiltration attempt. Border Security Force (BSF) troops thwarted an infiltration bid on […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by Border Security Force personnel along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said. The intruder was fired upon by the BSF personnel when he ignored repeated warnings and tried to sneak into this side from across the border around […]
CHANDIGARH — An AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines and 40 cartridges were seized by the BSF from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, a spokesperson of the force said on Saturday. The seizure was made during a search operation by the Border Security Force on Friday after noticing a drone movement […]
JAMMU — Night curfew has been imposed along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district to ensure better area domination by BSF troops and to foil any nefarious activities close to the borderline, according to an official order. The step was taken to prevent cross-border infiltration and smuggling of weapons through drones […]