JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah, currently on a three-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday, visited a forward post of BSF along the India-Pakistan border in Kathua district, where a massive operation against Pakistani terrorists is underway for the past fortnight, officials said. Shah flew in a helicopter to the Hiranagar sector […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was shot dead along the International Border here, a BSF spokesperson said on Saturday, claiming to have foiled an infiltration attempt from across the border. Official sources said the intruder was neutralised in the border outpost Abdulian in the R S Pura sector. “On the intervening night of April 4 […]
KATHUA — Security forces have apprehended a Pakistani intruder along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said on Thursday. Security personnel detected suspicious movement of a person attempting to cross the border in the Hiranagar sector on Wednesday night, the sources said. The forces fired a few warning […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force has launched a special drive to train women living near the international border here as beauticians, its spokesperson said on Saturday. The programme is part of the BSF’s efforts to empower border residents, promote skill development and foster self-reliance while ensuring holistic growth and prosperity in the area, the […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani drone carrying nearly half a kg of high-grade narcotic substance was seized by the Border Security Force near the International Border here, officials said on Sunday. The quadcopter entered India from across the border and was seized from the Chinaz Border Outpost area in the Arnia sector late Saturday, they said. […]
JAMMU — Ruling out a possibility of any unidentified person roaming near the border without the knowledge of security agencies, a senior BSF officer on Friday said there was no presence of illegally settled Rohingya immigrants near the International Border in Jammu sector. Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, D K Boora said Jammu border […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Border Security Force on Friday conducted a joint patrolling exercise near the International Border in Samba district to strengthen the border grid, an official said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba, Virinder Singh Manhas and the commandants of BSF’s 65th and 159th battalions participated in the intensive […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) has completed the deployment of two fresh battalions, comprising more than 2,000 personnel, in the Jammu region to better plug infiltration from across the Pakistan front and check the recent spurt of militant activities in the area. Officials in the security establishment told PTI that the new troops […]
JAMMU — A 31-year-old Pakistani intruder was arrested by Border Security Force (BSF) troops along the International Border here, security officials said on Wednesday. Shahid Imran, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab, was taken into custody from Makwal after he sneaked into this side from across the border Tuesday evening, the officials said. They […]
JAMMU — Village defence guards will be equipped with weapons and night vision devices, and “rewarded suitably” to shore up the anti-infiltration grid along the International Border (IB) by creating “a new level of difficulty for the enemy”, Jammu and Kashmir DGP R R Swain said on Sunday. He said that standard operating procedures will […]