An 18-member Pakistani delegation comprising officials of the border force and the Interior Ministry, led by Pakistan Rangers Director General (Sindh) Maj Gen Rizwan Akhtar, was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour by a BSF contingent at the headquarters of the Indian border guards in New Delhi.
The Pakistani Rangers would also soon shun the aggressive posturing during the daily sunset parade.
For the first time in over four decades, women personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) have been made part of the routine Beating Retreat Ceremony at Wagah on the Indo-Pak border Attari.
In a major security lapse, a 'depressed' BSF jawan posted outside the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar fired around 12 rounds in the air on Monday morning, triggering panic in the high security area.
The Border Security Force is keen to have direct communication over the phone with their counterparts in Pakistan on any matter of concern along the border, as it is the case of Indo-Bangladesh border, BSF Director General U K Bansal said in Shillong on Thursday.
Playing down the detection of tunnel in Chamliyal-Ramgarh sector in Samba district after the gunning down of three heavily armed terrorist, the BSF on Thursday said it was mere a "rat hole tunnel" used only one time by the terrorists.
The BSF claimed to have foiled the plans of terrorists to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra.
Pakistan on Monday resumed heavy mortar shelling targeting scores of Border Out Posts and civilian areas along International Border in Samba and Kathua districts, killing a Border Security Force jawan.
Tej Bahadur through his plea sought direction to allow him to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Varanasi seat.
In the continued escalation at the international border, Pakistan yet again violated the ceasefire targeting as many as 35 Border Security Force posts in Jammu.
"The four men are still in BSF custody at Haridaspur and both state and central intelligence officials interrogated the LeT suspects there," a police source said.
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired on a forward post along the Indo-Pak border in Samba sector early on Wednesday, leaving a Border Security Force jawan injured.
The agency had received Rs 946.51 crore to manage its affairs in the Budget Estimates for 2023-24, which was later increased to Rs 968.86 crore in the Revised Estimates.
The Border Security Force foiled an infiltration bid by an alleged Pakistani group through the Harami Nala area of the Kutch district bordering Pakistan early on Saturday morning after a fierce gun battle, officials said.
Pakistani forces on Friday night fired two rockets towards Indian territory, which fell in agriculture fields in two adjacent villages, drawing retaliation from Border Security Force personnel.The BSF authorities got in touch with their Pakistani counterparts for a flag meeting where India would lodge a strong protest against the action. There was, however, no casualty on the Indian side in the Pakistani action, BSF Inspector General Himmat Singh said.
A patrol party of BSF found militants trying to infiltrate at the Matkola border outpost in Jammu district at around 0240 hours, and the ultras fired at the security personnel, he told PTI.
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Even as United States warned Pakistan of consequences if a terror attack took place during President Barack Obama's visit to India later this week, the Border Security Force has stepped up security along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, deploying close to 1,200 additional personnel there.
The BSF has launched a massive operation to detect tunnels along the International Border in the Jammu sector.
BSF Commandant S H Dhillon handed over seven boxes of traditional Indian sweets and a big basket of fruits to the Wing Commander of Pakistan Rangers Mohhammad Akbar Ali Bhatt at the joint check post at Attari Border.
At least 345 Border Security Force personnel across the country suffer from HIV/AIDS, BSF inspector general Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, P K Mishra said.
A Border Security Force jawan was injured on Monday when Pakistani troops again violated the ceasefire, opening fire on forward area along Indo-Pak border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A BSF patrol party noticed some movement of militants at two posts -- S M Pur and S M Pur-one -- in Ramgarh sub-sector of Samba and challenged the militants, police officials said. Pakistani troops then opened fire, the he BSF retaliated and the exchange between the two sides continued intermittently for half-an-hour. The militants later fled. Inspector General of BSF (Jammu frontier) A K Sarolia said a red alert has been sounded and patrolling intensified.
Yadav was dismissed in 2017 after he posted a video online complaining about the food served to the troops.
The border observation post of BSF in Sambha sector in this region came under heavy firing on Thursday night from the Pakistani side following which the force lodged a strong protest with Pakistani Rangers. BSF authorities met their counterparts and lodged a strong protest with them over heavy firing at the post. During the meeting, BSF gave details of the firing pattern from the Pakistani side on its BoP while the Pakistan authorities denied their involvement.
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.
The bus ferrying the BSF personnel from Ladhup to Arah was blown by the landmine blast triggered by the Maoists at around 7.30 am killing five BSF personnel, one helper and the civilian driver, the DC said.
The routed Indian Oil 3-0 in the final to win the Cup for the fifth time.
A Border Security Force officer became the world's first high ranking official to climb Mount Everest.
The paramilitary side easily beat Chittaranjan Locomotive Works in a preliminary round outing in the 109th Beighton Cup hockey tournament.
"The BSF troops noticed suspicious movement and warned the intruder many times not to cross the IB but the intruder kept running towards border fencing aggressively," Sandhu, who is the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BSF, Jammu, said.
The father of Anju, a married Indian woman who travelled to Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and married her Facebook friend there on Tuesday, said she was as good as dead for her family back home.
Glimpses of the dress rehearsal for the Republic Day Parade.
One paramilitary Border Security Force trooper was killed and seven others wounded in the heavy firing by Pakistan troops on the international border in Jammu on Tuesday night.
Official sources said BSF made the demand on Friday during a top security meeting in Guwahati chaired by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram where the influx from across the border was a much-emphasized issue. Chidambaram has reportedly considered the proposal.
An IED went off at about 9 am near off a BSF camp at Moirangpurel area, injuring a seven-year-old girl Tinoi in Imphal East district.
The boat was probably washed away due to rising water level in River Ravi in Pathankot sector, the BSF said.
The two jawans received splinter injuries in the blast and later succumbed.
The DGP said that the drone parts were manufactured in US and China.
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