The encounter broke out early on Saturday between a BSF patrol and armed Naxal cadres near the Chhotebethiya-Pakhanjore jungle axis of the Maoist violence-hit district, officials said.
Manipur government's security advisor Kuldiep Singh on Thursday said the current locations of the three state police commando units in violence-hit Moreh town were unsuitable, making them vulnerable targets.
Unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers has marred dozens of weddings in villages along the International Border in Jammu with many forced to make last-minute changes to some rituals as well.
Nabeel Ahmed Wani, the topper of the All India Examination for BSF Assistant Commandant (Works) last year, has written to the government alleging that terrorists are threatening him and his sister.
The Border Security Force troops shot dead a Pakistani infiltrator along the International Border in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu district on Sunday.
The BSF took cognisance of the video and tweeted that an inquiry has been ordered.
The BSF has alerted Pathankot district police after spotting three to five suspects in Pakistan side near the Indo-Pak border.
Three Border Security Force jawans were killed and six were injured on Wednesday after a Maoist ambush on a BSF party near the Sukma-Malkangiri border in Chitrakonda, Odisha.
"Assistant Sub Inspector of BSF A K Upadhayay was injured when a shell exploded near him in RS Pura sector. He received splinter injures in his hand", a BSF spokesman said.
The women bikers of the CRPF, BSF and SSB exhibited the strength of Indian values, including yoga.
The home minister also reviewed the preparations for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage scheduled to begin on June 29.
Militants on Friday shot dead two BSF personnel at a remote border outpost along Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya's South West Khasi Hills district.
Right infra-red and laser beam intrusion detection systems are "up and working" along as many vulnerable and sensitive areas of the international border in Punjab.
A Border Severity Force jawan deployed along the Indo-Pakistan border was captured by Pakistani forces early on Wednesday after he was swept away by a strong current of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir.
BSF constable Nitin Subhash Koli sustained grievous injuries on Friday evening when an explosion inside the chamber of the long range weapon led to a recoil while he was firing.
'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
Border Security Force personnel offered Diwali sweets to their Pakistani counterparts on the Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer but very few of them accepted it amid border tensions between the two countries.
The parliament duty group of the CRPF wound up its entire administrative and operational paraphernalia -- vehicles, weapons and commandos -- from the complex on Friday and its commander, a deputy inspector general-rank officer, handed over all the security points in the complex to the incoming CISF group, the sources said.
Banerjee said the Border Security Force must work impartially as the BJP "may not be in power tomorrow".
If he is mentally-ill, then why was he sent to the border and was put on duty? asks jawan's kin.
Border Security Force has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over ceasefire violation in forward areas of Poonch and Kathua districts along the Indo-Pak border, in which a BSF jawan and a civilian were injured.
Following an infiltration bid on Saturday morning and ceasefire violations over the last 24 hours, the Border Security Force has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over the incidents along the International Border in Jammu
A Border Secrurity Force personnel and two civilians, one Bangladeshi and one Indian, were killed as Bangladesh Rifles and the BSF exchanged gunshots at Padma Shakhra frontier in the Bangladesh's western frontier.
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani forces on Tuesday opened fire on a Border Security Force patrol killing a sub-inspector and injuring a civilian along the Line of Control in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The move by the BSF has not been seen kindly by Yadav's family which alleged that the trooper was being "threatened and tortured mentally".
The BSF commanders initially thought that the jawan was killed by a sniper shot from across the border.
Security forces launched the operation in Macchil sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district following information about presence of terrorists in the area.
The Border Security Force today went on high alert along the entire 4,095-km Indo-Bangladesh border following a rebellion by soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka.
The home ministry conveyed to the PMO that there was no shortage of rations at any post in paramilitary forces and quality check is being conducted regularly.
A BSF official said a night patrol party of the force spotted the three entering Indian territory and asked them to surrender.
Both teams easily won their quarter-final league matches in the 109th Beighton Cup hockey tournament.
The 75th Republic Day celebrations at Kartavya Path on Friday showcased India's rich cultural diversity, military prowess, and 'Nari Shakti'.
Twenty-five-year-old Tanushree Pareek will now be posted to command a unit along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab.
The Border Security Force bid farewell to one of its bravest heroes, Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore, at Solankiya Tala in Jodhpur on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
Hazra, who hails from Murshidabad in West Bengal, has served for about 27 years in the border guarding force. He is survived by a 21-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son.
Questioning Pakistan's stand on Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked whether the militant attack on the BSF convoy in Bijbehara was the way to show its love for the people.
An inquiry was on Saturday ordered by the Border Security Force after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation bid by some paramilitary personnel.
A maximum of 92,000 personnel of CAPFs are likely to be deployed in politically volatile West Bengal, where elections will be held in seven phases, followed by 63,500 personnel in militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir, where polling will be held in five phases.
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