Tag: BSF

The Border Security Force on Tuesday said that it shot down 100 Pakistani drones in Indian territory, along the border in Punjab, this year.The unmanned aerial vehicles are being used by “anti-national elements to smuggle narcotics, arms and ammunition into Indian territory,” the force’s Punjab Frontier unit said ...

KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: A marine battalion comprising more than 1,100 personnel, a squadron of about 40 drones and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are part of a plan devised by the BSF to secure the strategic Sunderbans mangrove region along the India-Bangladesh border against smuggling and infiltration.The blueprint of the plan has ...

Awantipora: About 250 to 300 militants are present at launchpads across the border “waiting to infiltrate” Jammu and Kashmir, Inspector General, BSF, Ashok Yadav, said on Saturday.The officer, however, said that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border infiltration attempts.“There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are ...

SRINAGAR, Dec 16: About 250 to 300 militants are present at launchpads across the border “waiting to infiltrate” Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Saturday.The officer, however, added that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border infiltration attempts.“There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants ...

Pulwama: Inspector General of Border Security Force Ashok Yadav on Saturday said that the force has heightened its vigilance along the borders in Jammu and Kashmir to thwart any potential infiltration attempts. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of Civic Action Program in Pulwama, the IG BSF, said that ...

We are confident of foiling any infiltration bid, officer said. (Representational)Srinagar: About 250 to 300 terrorists are present at launchpads across the border "waiting to infiltrate" Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Saturday.The officer, however, added that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border ...

Srinagar, Dec 12: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that five BSF jawans and a civilian were injured during unprovoked firing by Pakistan Rangers in the last two months along Line of Control in Jammu. In a written reply, Minister of state for Home Affaist Nisith Pramanik ...

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: ANI The Border Security Force, in a joint operation with the Punjab Police, recovered a Pakistani drone in the Amritsar sector, the BSF Punjab Frontier said on Friday.According to officials, the drone was recovered from the farming field adjacent to ...

IG BSF Jammu Frontier D K Boora addressing a press conference in Jammu on Tuesday. (UNI) ‘Drone-dropping incidents down’ Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 5: Inspector General (IG) of the BSF D K Boora affirmed today that the force successfully maintained peace along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu ...

JAMMU, Dec 5: Inspector General (IG) of the BSF D K Boora affirmed on Tuesday that the force successfully maintained peace along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu frontier and said no infiltration was reported along the border with Pakistan in the past year.He ...