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Two BSF posts to be renamed after Operation Sindoor martyrs

Two BSF posts to be renamed after Operation Sindoor martyrs

Rediff.com15 May 2025

Chawdhary announced this after laying a wreath at the Amar Prahari memorial at the BS Headquarters in Jammu in remembrance of the fallen soldiers.

Indo-Bangla talks: What BSF, BGB have discussed on Day 1

Indo-Bangla talks: What BSF, BGB have discussed on Day 1

Rediff.com20 Feb 2025

The Director General of Bangladesh's Border Guard (BGB), Maj Gen Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, has denied reports of attacks on minorities in Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024, calling them "exaggerated." He cited the peaceful celebration of Durga Puja as evidence and pointed to the security provided by BGB to minority communities. The BGB also raised objections to India's fencing along the border during the bi-annual talks with the BSF.

Centre removes BSF chief, top officers of paramilitary forces in J-K

Centre removes BSF chief, top officers of paramilitary forces in J-K

Rediff.com2 Aug 2024

The repatriation orders for the two Indian Police Service officers come in the backdrop of a spate of terror incidents in the Jammu region, along the India-Pakistan border.

'Anti-India Sentiment Was Extremely High'

'Anti-India Sentiment Was Extremely High'

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

'In the interim, India will be confronted with anti-India feeling because Sheikh Hasina had India's support.' 'We will have to deal with it, but it will not be a permanent phenomenon.' 'There is substantial goodwill towards India which will stand us in good stead.'

Pak always bids to push in terrorists ahead of winter: BSF DG

Pak always bids to push in terrorists ahead of winter: BSF DG

Rediff.com9 Nov 2023

There are always attempts from across the border to push in more terrorists before the onset of winter and closure of tracks due to heavy snowfall, but the security forces are alert and would foil any infiltration bids, Border Security Force Director General Nitin Agrawal said in Srinagar Thursday.

Poonch attack: Drones, sniffer dogs used for in hunt for terrorist

Poonch attack: Drones, sniffer dogs used for in hunt for terrorist

Rediff.com22 Apr 2023

Fourteen people were detained for questioning, officials said, adding that some of them have been let off.

B'desh to act against Indian insurgent: BSF DG

B'desh to act against Indian insurgent: BSF DG

Rediff.com11 Mar 2010

Bangladesh has promised action against the Indian insurgents who may be operating from their soil, the list of whom was handed over to it by India, Border Security Force Director General Raman Srivastava said on Thursday.

'Militant training camps still operating in Pak'

'Militant training camps still operating in Pak'

Rediff.com18 Jul 2009

Some recent encounters in Kashmir valley indicate that militant training camps across the border are still in existence, Border Security Force Director General M L Kumawat said on Saturday. "Pakistan needs to take a decisive action against them. In case Islamabad is serious about taking action against terrorist outfits in their own country, they must dismantle these camps," he told reporters.

Rocket attack: Security may go up in borders

Rocket attack: Security may go up in borders

Rediff.com6 Jul 2009

In the wake of rockets fired from the Pakistan side of the border injuring a youth and creating panic among people, authorities are planning to work out security arrangements on border villages to prevent such scary incidents.

ISI trying to push 800 militants into India: BSF

ISI trying to push 800 militants into India: BSF

Rediff.com5 Aug 2008

Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence is looking for an opportunity to push nearly 800 militants into India and vigil has been further intensified at the country's frontiers to prevent it, Border Security Force Director General A K Mitra said on Monday."The wired fencing at border areas is being further strengthened. Besides, infiltration has been effectively checked with the help of modern techniques," he said.

How the BSF checks infiltration

How the BSF checks infiltration

Rediff.com27 Sep 2007

The deployment of modern weapons has helped in effectively checking infiltration on the borders

Home Ministry reviews coastal security

Home Ministry reviews coastal security

Rediff.com29 Dec 2008

The meeting attended by National Security Adviser M K Narayanan, Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, Border Security Force Director-General M L Kumawat and representatives of Navy and Coast Guards had a detailed discussion on the situation along the coastline and the steps being taken to beef up security.

India, Bangladesh differ on border fencing issue

India, Bangladesh differ on border fencing issue

Rediff.com30 Sep 2005

The question of fencing of the 4095 kilometre-long border between the two countries remained unresolved with Bangladesh resisting the move.

Pak building bunkers across border: BSF DG

Pak building bunkers across border: BSF DG

Rediff.com16 Dec 2006

Pakistan has been building bunkers and other defence structures across the "relatively quiet" border, Border Security Force Director General A K Mitra said on Saturday.

Tripura-Bangladesh border fence by '07

Tripura-Bangladesh border fence by '07

Rediff.com25 Jan 2005

'It's a known fact that members of different north-eastern militant outfits move into the state from Bangladesh and fencing the border will check these movements,' BSF chief Rajsekhar Mushari said.

Security lapse led to J&K blast: BSF

Security lapse led to J&K blast: BSF

Rediff.com24 May 2004

Security forces may change strategy in J&K

Security forces may change strategy in J&K

Rediff.com27 Mar 2003

'There certainly will be a rethinking in view of the [Nadimarg] massacre and there can be revision of some earlier decisions,' BSF chief Ajai Raj Sharma said.

Tango Charlie is perverse: BSF DG

Tango Charlie is perverse: BSF DG

Rediff.com17 Apr 2005

"The director of the film had asked me to see the movie in New Delhi but what I saw was really bad for the Bodo community as a whole," R S Mooshahary said.

Pak shelling: BSF DG to review border preparedness

Pak shelling: BSF DG to review border preparedness

Rediff.com5 Jan 2015

Border Security Force Director General D K Pathak is rushing to border areas along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of heavy shelling from Pakistan that left a trooper dead on Monday and caused damage to civilian infrastructure.

Bengal is 'slightly friendly' to Rohingyas: BSF DG

Bengal is 'slightly friendly' to Rohingyas: BSF DG

Rediff.com7 Sep 2018

"They have set up camps for Rohingyas coming from within the country and not from Bangladesh," Sharma said.

'Bhagwat said when you do social work with a motive, its value is degraded'

'Bhagwat said when you do social work with a motive, its value is degraded'

Rediff.com4 Mar 2015

'When Rajiv Gandhi was PM, Roman Catholic missionaries were allowed to enter Arunachal Pradesh and they made full use of this. They had the blessings of Sonia Gandhi'

Breakthrough: PM Modi to visit Pakistan, top army officers to meet

Breakthrough: PM Modi to visit Pakistan, top army officers to meet

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

On the sidelines of the SCO visit in Ufa, the two heads met and decided to revive dialogue and find ways to expedite the trial of the Mumbai attacks.

Night of terror and gunfire for 60 villages along Indo-Pak border

Night of terror and gunfire for 60 villages along Indo-Pak border

Rediff.com6 Jan 2015

Pakistani troops targeted over 60 hamlets and scores of border posts in heavy overnight shelling in Kathua and Samba districts, with mortar bombs landing deep inside Indian territory.

India is more Islamic than Pakistan, Rajnath tells Rangers chief

India is more Islamic than Pakistan, Rajnath tells Rangers chief

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

India can be called "more Islamic than Pakistan" as more Muslims live here than that country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the chief of Pakistan Rangers who called on him to discuss ways to keep the border peaceful.

Terror hits Gurdaspur: 3 civilians, 4 cops killed in 12-hour long encounter

Terror hits Gurdaspur: 3 civilians, 4 cops killed in 12-hour long encounter

Rediff.com27 Jul 2015

Seven people, including two police officers and a terrorist, were killed as the Punjab Police's elite Special Weapons and Tactics team and the Indian Army were carrying out a massive operation in the Gurdaspur district to flush out terrorists who went on a rampage attacking a bus and a police station complex.