Tag: Border Security Force

PM Modi directs BSF to withdraw punishment given to ‘jawan’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday directed the Border Security Force to withdraw the punishment given to a soldier for forgetting to say ‘honourable’ or ‘Shri’ while referring to the Prime Minister. The BSF rescinded its order of a seven-day pay cut for the soldier following a decision by PM Modi who had expressed his...

March 7, 2018

US-led coalition to build 30,000-strong border force in Syria

The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said on Monday it was working to create a 30,000-strong border security force in northern Syria, drawing sharp condemnation from Turkey. With the offensive against IS winding down, the coalition and its allies in the Syrian Democratic Forces alliance were beginning to shift their focus to border...

January 15, 2018

Two countries, a sheltering tree and a tourist hotspot

The Peepul tree on the International Border (IB) at Suchetgarh in Jammu district is the most photographed landmark as this is the only tree on any border that serves as a pillar demarcating the boundaries of two countries. The tree was not the dividing line a few years ago as a concrete pyramid shaped pillar...

January 8, 2018

PM Modi to address top-level police conference in Gwalior

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a top-level police conference on January 7-8 at the Border Security Force (BSF) Academy at Tekanpur in Gwalior. An official release said that the “Annual Conference of Director General of Police (DGPs) and Inspector General of Police (IGPs) of states” is an event where top police officers share and...

January 6, 2018

J-K: BSF jawan from Bengal killed in sniper fire by Pakistan

A BSF head constable, RP Hazara, from West Bengal was killed when Pakistan Rangers indiscriminately targeted Indian posts in the Samba sector of the Jammu division on Wednesday. According to media reports, Pakistan Rangers opened sniper fire at Indian positions at 4.15 pm injuring a head constable identified as RP Hazara, who was a resident...

January 3, 2018

Fake Rs 2,000 notes seized by BSF, one arrested

The Border Security Force has seized fake Indian currency notes of the face value of Rs two lakh in Rs 2,000 denominations from West Bengal’s Malda district and arrested one person, an official said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip off, BSF troopers apprehended a suspect on Monday evening and recovered the fake Rs 2,000...

December 27, 2017

BSF seizes 13 kg heroin near India-Pak border in Amritsar

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized 13 kilogram (kg) heroin from two different locations at the India-Pakistan border in Amritsar district. Pakistani smugglers tried to cross over to India under the cover of a thick blanket of fog. A patrolling party of the force observed some suspicious movement at the Indo-Pakistan Border Out Post Daoke...

December 25, 2017

55 kg heroin worth Rs 5 crore seized from Indo-Pak border

In one of the biggest contraband seizures across the Indo-Pak border, the BSF on Wednesday confiscated about 55 kg heroin worth Rs 5 crore in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, official sources said. The incident was reported at about 6:30 pm when a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol team detected some suspicious movement along the border post...

December 7, 2017

CAPF jawan losing Rs 5cr in pension funds under NPS

A paramilitary jawan, guarding borders or tackling Naxals in inhospitable conditions, is suffering a “colossal” loss of more than Rs five crore in his retirement funds since the government stopped regular pension to the troops in 2004 and brought them under the National Pension Scheme, a new study on the financial health of these personnel...

December 3, 2017

BSF seized 10,000 kg narcotics since December 2016

The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Wednesday it seized over 10,000 kg of narcotics between December 1, 2016 and October 31 this year. “The BSF seized 10,247.119 kg of narcotics on the western and eastern borders” during this period, BSF Director General K.K. Sharma said on the occasion of the BSF Raising Day. Of...

November 29, 2017

Mizoram provides shelter to 1,300 Myanmar tribals fleeing clashes

The Mizoram government has given shelter and relief to around 1,300 tribals from neighbouring Myanmar’s restive Arakan state who have taken refuge in southern Mizoram, officials said on Monday. “Around 1300 men, women and children have fled from Arakan state and taken refuge in four villages of Lawngtlai district (in southern Mizoram) on Saturday night,”...

November 27, 2017

Pakistan woman intruder shot dead: BSF

A Pakistani woman was shot dead by BSF personnel along the International Border in the Dera Baba Nanak Sector when she trespassed into Indian territory, an official said on Thursday. A Border Security Force (BSF) patrol team detected suspicious movement along the barbed wire fence at the border outpost in Ghania Ke last night, the...

October 5, 2017

Four Naxals arrested in Chhattisgarh

The Chhattisgarh police arrested four Naxals, including a couple, in Kanker district. Two firearms and a cache of Maoist-related items, including material used in making explosives, were recovered from them, a police official said. Acting on specific inputs, a composite squad of personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) and district force launched a search...

October 5, 2017

Security stepped up along borders with Myanmar, Bangladesh

In view of the Rohingyas’ movement along the India-Myanmar and India-Bangladesh borders and the on-going Durga Puja festivities, vigil has been increased in the border areas, officials said on Thursday. “Though Tripura has no borders with Myanmar, we have asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to further strengthen security along the 856-km boundary with Bangladesh,”...

September 28, 2017

Over 150-kg heroin seized along international border in Punjab

The Border Security Force (BSF) have recovered more than 150 kg of heroin and arrested 10 Pakistani smugglers along the international border (IB) in Punjab this year, a senior official said. R S Kataria, deputy inspector general of the BSF, said 158.74 kg of heroin and 1.98 kg of opium have been seized along the...

September 27, 2017

Central forces don’t get priority in weapons procurement: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said central paramilitary forces did not get the priority they deserve in the procurement of weapons and equipment since it was done through the Defence Ministry. “Procurement for CAPFs is done through the Defence Ministry, but the CAPFs don’t get the priority they deserve. This delays procurement of...

September 7, 2017

Pakistani woman intruder shot dead in Punjab

Border Security Force (BSF) troopers shot dead an intruder from Pakistan early on Monday in Punjab's frontier district of Gurdaspur, a BSF official said. The intruder, a woman, was shot dead near pillar 15/3 of the Barial border out post (BoP), the Border Security Force official added. He said that the incident took place around...

May 15, 2017