The Border Security Force has recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bomb sent through a drone has been recovered from the India-Pakistan border in Punjab's Fazilka district, officials said.
Security forces recovered arms, ammunition, and explosives during a joint operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, the Army said.
"One BSF personnel sustained injuries in the firing from the Pakistan side. Troops are on high alert," stated the BSF, which guards the India-Pakistan border.
In a swift response to recent terror attacks, the government has ordered the relocation of over 2,000 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Odisha to the volatile Jammu and Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, sources said on Saturday.
Addressing the recent spike in deaths of soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, highlighted the significant progress made in counter-terrorism efforts while acknowledging the loss of brave soldiers.
Rai further said that the paramilitary force has become stronger under the leadership and inspiration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji and the guidance of Home Minister Amit Shah Ji.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized two drones and a substantial quantity of narcotics in two separate incidents near the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
The Border Security Force handed over a Pakistani national who inadvertently crossed over the India-Pakistan border near Punjab's Amritsar, to the Pakistan Rangers, the BSF said on Saturday.
The Border Security Force apprehended a Pakistani national near the India-Pakistan border fence in Amritsar, an official statement issued on Thursday read.