"Pak Rangers resorted to Mortar shelling which was countered by BSF with appropriate response. Intermittent firing continued till 3 a.m.," said the BSF, which is mandated to guard the 3,323 km India-Pakistan border.
"There was a lot of firing by Pakistan overnight. No person was injured but houses were damaged. This kind of firing from the Pakistani side has been witnessed after almost six years. Our security forces retaliated to the firing," Dev Raj Chowdhary, Sarpanch, at border village Bulleh Chak in
Border Security Force personnel said an 'explosion' on Thursday late evening, barely hours after the Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on the BSF troops on the International Border in the RS Pura sector.
Border Security Force Jawans said on Thursday evening that Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing on BSF troops at the International Border in violation of the ceasefire in the RS Pura sector.
Another attempt of smugglers to smuggle narcotics via drone was foiled by BSF and Punjab Police on Thursday and recovered a drone during joint search operation on the outskirts of Bharopal village in Amritsar (Rural) district, said BSF.
DG BSF, Nitin Agrawal applauded TSU's journey, commending its contribution to manufacturing and supplying less-lethal munitions to India's police forces, vital for maintaining law and order.
The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed at the Amritsar border once again foiled the nefarious designs of smugglers to smuggle contraband drugs with the recovery of 360 grammes of heroin concealed in a bottle from Amritsar's Daoke village, the BSF said in a release.
"On October 25, during the afternoon hours, based on specific information regarding the presence of a drone, a search operation was launched by BSF on the outskirts of Village Dhanoe Khurd, District Amritsar. During the search operation, at about 15:05 pm, a drone was recovered from paddy fi
The BSF said that on Tuesday around 11:28 am it intercepted the movement of a suspected drone near Village Wan in the district of Tarn Taran. "As per the laid down drill, troops immediately reacted to intercept the drone," said a statement issued by the BSF
The Border Security Force along with Punjab Police in a joint operation on Sunday recovered a Pakistani drone in broken condition from Punjab's Ferozepur.