Indian troops retaliated befittingly to silence the Pakistani guns along the LoC in Mankote, Mendhar and Khari Karmara sectors in Poonch district and along the IB in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district, they said, adding there was no immediate report of any casualty.
A BSF personnel was killed in Gujarat by family members of a boy, whom he accosted for allegedly uploading a video of his minor daughter online, police said.
In a video shared by officials, Modi, wearing a BSF uniform, can be seen offering sweets to the personnel on board a patrol vessel.
When alleged smugglers fired from across the border at their patrol vehicle
Five security personnel, including three Border Security Force jawans, were killed and another injured when Naxalites ambushed them in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Sunday morning, the police said
B B Thappa, a barber in the force, took his colleague's gun from the barracks and shot himself in R S Pura sector of Jammu district, officials told PTI.
Chawdhary announced this after laying a wreath at the Amar Prahari memorial at the BS Headquarters in Jammu in remembrance of the fallen soldiers.
The Border Security Force (BSF) launched "Operation Sindoor" in retaliation to unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu. BSF troops destroyed three terrorist launch pads and targeted 76 Pakistani border outposts and 42 forward defence locations. The BSF action came after Pakistan launched heavy firing and shelling on 60 Indian posts and 49 forward positions, reportedly providing cover for an attempted infiltration by 40-50 terrorists.
The incident occurred on Monday night about 50 km from Amritsar near Amarpost at Chinna Bidhi Chand village, Senior Superintendent of Police Tarn Taran Kamaljit Singh said.
Rameez Ahmed Parray was the sole bread earner of the family.
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.
The cross-border shelling by Pakistan Rangers, the first major ceasefire violation since 2021, started around 8 pm Thursday in the Arnia area of R S Pura sector and lasted around seven hours, leaving a BSF jawan and a woman injured.
A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, that had reserved its verdict in the case on November 18, upheld the Allahabad high court judgment dismissing Bahadur's election petition against the poll panel's decision to reject his nomination papers.
A paramilitary Border Security Force trooper was wounded on Saturday evening when Pakistani troops resorted to heavy firing in the Krishnaghati area of Mendhar sector of the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu region.
The troops of these two units are expected to be based in Samba and near the Jammu-Punjab border, the sources said.
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan troops opened unprovoked firing on Indian posts along the international border in Jammu district on Friday morning.
A CCTV captured video of head constable Satish Prasad, allegedly abusing the woman donning his combat uniform and carrying an INSAS rifle, was also shared widely over social media.
Security forces launched the operation in Macchil sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district following information about presence of terrorists in the area.
All the injured were rushed to Thoubal district hospital. The area has been cordoned off by the police. Police is combing the area to search for other IEDs by using metal detectors.
As she reached Ayodhya, she said, she felt a new sense of energy.
Motorcycle-borne terrorists fired upon the BSF jawans at a picket in Pandach area, 17 km from Srinagar in the outskirts of the city, the officials said. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt has been launched to nab the attackers, the officials added.
Tej Bahadur Yadav had posted four videos on social media in January, 2017, that showed him complaining about the unpalatable food at his camp along the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Repeatedly violating the ceasefire in the last 36 hours, Pakistani troops opened fire at forward posts along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring a Border Security Force jawan.
The Maoists in Bastar went from one village to another with kits providing badly needed medical intervention. The medical help was one key reason why the tribals were attracted to the Maoists, points out M R Narayan Swamy.
Soldiers participating in the routine 'lowering of the flags' parade at the Attari Indo-Pak border in Amritsar have been provided with special shoes to help them perform the ceremony in comfort.
There was no traditional exchange of sweets and pleasantries between the two sides along the International Border, the officials said, attributing it to the tense situation following the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers that left a Border Security Force jawan dead.
The SEC claimed that BSF could not provide central forces to more than 10,000 booths.
Yadav was dismissed in 2017 after he posted a video online complaining about the food served to the troops.
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.
As India celebrated the advent of a new year in the cosy comfort of their homes, Border Security Force personnel maintained a strict vigil against the nation's enemies in thick snow in the Kashmir Valley.
'As the pigeon is a bird, I don't think an FIR can be registered against it. But we have referred the matter to our legal experts for their opinion', said SSP Dhruv Dahiya
A special Border Security Force court has acquitted upon retrial a jawan of the border guarding force in a case of the alleged illegal killing of a Bangladeshi girl in 2011 which is being followed with great interest by the two neighbours.
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.
In the fourth ceasefire violation in two days, Pakistani troops fired at a forward outpost on Wednesday along the International Border in Jammu sector, killing a Border Security Force jawan and leaving a villager injured. Pakistani troops fired at Pindi, Mala Bela and Chak Phagwari border outpost around 2230 hours on Tuesday night, BSF officials said, adding BSF troops fired back resulting in exchanges which continued till 0030 hours.
Pakistani troops fired on the patrol party along the International Border (IB) in Khowara belt in Samba district on Friday night, a senior BSF officer said on Saturday.
Nine persons have been killed so far in ceasefire violations over three days, police officials said.
Yadav said he wanted to contest the polls to eliminate corruption in the forces.
Less than three weeks after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops opened heavy firing on Indian positions on Tuesday, injuring two Border Security Force jawans in Jammu and Kashmir.
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