If he is mentally-ill, then why was he sent to the border and was put on duty? asks jawan's kin.
BSF chief K K Sharma said Pakistani forces are deliberately trying to "create a flash point" to facilitate infiltration of terrorists into India and asserted that these designs will be foiled.
Director General of Border Security Force U K Bansal is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector on Thursday to review the situation arising after the detection of a 400-metre-long cross-border tunnel in the sector. Bansal will arrive in Srinagar on Thursday morning from New Delhi and visit Chachwal border belt on the India-Pakistan border in Samba sector, the BSF official said.
Designed and built by the Mazgaon Dock, the three floating outposts are: Seema Prahari Dwarka, Seema Prahari Sagar and Seema Prahari Kamakhya.
The Border Security Force on Thursday said it was not privy to any "specific" intelligence input about the terrorist strike in Udhampur on a bus ferrying 44 unarmed personnel that had got "isolated" from a convoy with the lone armed soldier on board staving off the attackers who tried to enter the vehicle.
A staff court of inquiry found that Tej Bahadur Yadav guilty of making false charges.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was present at the funeral of the BSF personnel who died in the air crash on Tuesday.
Troops from the Border Security Force has foiled yet another bid by Pakistan-based terrorists to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir under the cover of firing from across the border and thick fog in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
In a worrying trend, the BSF has lost four times more troops in off-duty bike accidents than at the borders in the recent past.
Amid cross-border firing incidents and India's efforts to stop the ceasefire violations, Director General of Border Security Force D K Pathak on Tuesday said the Pakistani side was not cooperating to defuse the situation on the International Border.
The heavy shelling took place in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts.
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.
Four Pakistani rangers were killed in Border Security Force's strong retaliation after a jawan of the force lost his life in heavy firing from the other side on a patrol on Wednesday along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
"They have set up camps for Rohingyas coming from within the country and not from Bangladesh," Sharma said.
Top commanders of the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh will meet later this week to thrash out a number of issues including illegal crossing over and migration to Indian side, and smuggling of narcotics along the eastern frontier.
Yadav's family had expressed desire to meet the DG following which the meeting was arranged.
She has sought a high-level inquiry into his disappearance as well as the recent rejection of his plea for voluntary retirement.
The Border Security Force on Tuesday said Pakistani troops were not accepting protest notes from India over ceasefire violations and that there was "no communication" between the two sides.
'The BSF and other forces will undertake a counter-action at a suitable time'
Group Commander (coordination) B K Jha was admitted to the Central Armed Police Forces Hospital in Greater Noida after he contracted COVID-19 and breathed his last early morning.
'They only bring pieces. Dialogue is the only way forward.' 'We should get people who have influence to bring the community leaders to sit across the table and talk.' 'Otherwise, our adversaries across the borders will add fuel to the fire. Let's not give them a chance.'
The border guarding forces of India and Pakistan have decided to resolve issues of ceasefire violations and firing along the border through a new dialogue mechanism between their local commanders.
The Border Security Force on Tuesday lodged a strong protest with the Pak Rangers over its "unprovoked" cross-border firing which killed one civilian and injured 14 in Jammu and Kashmir over past few days and warned that such acts or any other misadventure will not be tolerated at any cost.
Rameez Ahmed Parray was the sole bread earner of the family.
The BSF on Thursday said it was making all efforts to secure its jawan, who has been caught by Pakistan after he was swept away by a strong current of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The BSF on Thursday said it was making all efforts to secure its jawan, who has been caught by Pakistan after he was swept away by a strong current of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir.
National security advisor Ajit Doval on Friday suggested that various central armed police forces of the country should have "jointness" and interoperability among themselves like the ongoing plan for the defence forces.
Three people were killed and several others, including security personnel, injured in stone-pelting and firing on Thursday when a mob attacked a camp of the Border Security Force in Kashmir's Ramban district over alleged high-handedness by a patrolling party.
Jaish-e-Mohammad, the Pakistan-based terror outfit, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The shelling was so intense that the deafening sound of mortar shell explosions was even heard in the Jammu city, residents said.
Warning that the 24-hour long lull on the border can take "any turn any time", the Border Security Force on Sunday said that it was fully prepared to deal with any eventuality and any border build-up by the Pakistani side on the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Monday night, BSF troops resorted to firing briefly along the India-Pakistan border in the Jammu district after hearing a humming sound which led to a suspicion that a drone was flying around.
BSF Inspector General Rakesh Sharma said it was not possible to build a wall along the border keeping in view the topography of the area.
Sagar's son had said that the last rites of his father would not be performed until the chief minister arrives at their hometown in Deoria.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has set a two-year deadline to seal the border.
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.
"Pakistan should stop ceasefire violations now and understand the reality that times have changed in India," Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.
Shah, who is closely monitoring the situation in Manipur, had a telephonic conversation with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who briefed him in the morning about the prevailing scene in the state and steps being taken to restore normalcy.
Cores of houses and other structures along the IB in Jammu district are riddled with ammunition from across the border.
The deployment of modern weapons has helped in effectively checking infiltration on the borders
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