Border Security Force

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Inspectors General BSF - Region Comdrs BGB Level talks concluded at Kolkata on December 11. The conference was held in very cordial manner. During the talks, various border concerns and matter of mutual interests were discussed. (Photo: Twitter)

No Rohingya infiltration found at Indo-Bangla border this year: BSF

Mr. Singh said that the BSF and BGB have jointly decided to check the incidents of firing between themselves across the border

12 Dec 2020 10:55 AM

Security personel stand beside an underground tunnel near the international border in Samba sector, suspected to have been used by terrorists killed in a recent encounter in Nagrota, in Jammu district, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (PTI)

BSF finds another tunnel along border with Pakistan in J&K's Samba

J&K's Director General of Police said it is a 150m long underground tunnel which was unearthed following probes into the Nagrota encounter

23 Nov 2020 5:00 AM

Sept. 2018 file photo of Border Roads Organization workers resting near Pangong Lake in Ladakh. India is bolstering its border presence in view of the standoff with China. (AP)

India raises border deployment to ward off Pakistan

Intel received that 'Pakistan could foment trouble on the Line of Control to divert India's attention from China standoff'

07 Sep 2020 9:31 AM

Border Security Force (BSF) handed over four Bangladeshi fishermen, caught in Murshidabad of West Bengal. (DC Photo)

BSF hands over 4 Bangla fishermen to BGB in a mid-river flag meet

The four fishermen tried to escape but the BSF speed boat chased and intercepted them within 500 meters of Indian territory

26 Jul 2020 2:38 PM

One indication that the NRC and the CAA have so far not affected India-Bangladesh ties is that the border security forces of both nations held their 49th director- general level talks from December 25 to 30, 2019. India’s Border Security Force’s (BSF) delegation was headed by its DG, Vivek Johri, and Border Guards Bangladesh’s (BGB) delegation was headed by its DG, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Shafeenul Islam.

India-Bangladesh border meet takes place amidst NRC, CAA

The DG level talks between India and Bangladesh, continuing since long, are held twice every year — once each in India and Bangladesh.

06 Jan 2020 2:14 AM

The officials said the firing from across the LoC in Baramulla district started at around 11.30 am on Wednesday and continued for some time. (Representational image)

JCO, woman killed as Pak violates ceasefire along LoC

Police sources said one of the injured civilians — a woman identified as Naseema Begum — later succumbed to her injuries in a local hospital.

26 Dec 2019 5:35 AM

BSF jawan killing by Bangladesh Guards unprovoked: Probe

BSF probe finds BGB firing was ‘unprovoked and unwarranted’ and was carried out after flag meeting between two forces.

24 Oct 2019 1:46 AM

Bangladesh has said that the three Indian fishermen were apprehended for catching hilsa in its water which is banned during this season. (Photo: ANI I Representational)

BSF jawan dies in firing by Bangla border unit

It is learnt that the BGB director general has assured Johri of a thorough probe in the matter.

18 Oct 2019 1:44 AM

According to Deputy General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta, the weapons were suspected to have been delivered across the India-Pakistan border from Pakistan by drones launched by the ISI and state-sponsored 'jihadi' and pro-Khalistani terrorist outfits working under its command. (Photo: Representational)

NIA to probe incidents of Pak drones smuggling arms into India

On September 22, the Punjab Police had said to have busted a terrorist module of the revived Khalistan Zindabad Force.

02 Oct 2019 11:35 AM

Nothing suspicious was recovered from the area during the search, it said. (Photo: ANI Representational)

Two Pakistani boats seized in Gujarat's Harami Nallah

After the seizure of the single-engine boats, the BSF launched a search operation in the area.

25 Aug 2019 9:56 AM

Sharing the roadmap he added, ‘From 2020 onwards these FBOPs would start arriving. Hopefully by 2022, these would available in the Sundarbans. It will take the total number of FBOPs to nine then.’ (Photo: Asian Age)

BSF to get 6 more floating border outposts in the Sundarbans by 2022

The number of FBOPs would be three times higher than the present figure once the additional ones become operational.

14 Aug 2019 7:59 PM

This has been another in a series of steps taken by India to tackle the drug crisis especially cross-border smuggling from Pakistan. (Representational image)

IPS officer Vivek Johri appointed as new director-general of Border Security Force

The order had also stated that Johri has been appointed as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Union home ministry with 'immediate effect'.

29 Jul 2019 5:59 PM

Patrolling parties of the BSF secure the border day and night to prevent infiltration as the water level in the river rises during rainfall, an official said. (Photo: ANI)

BSF Water Wing patrols Chenab river to prevent infiltration

A boat driver of the BSF patrolling party said that teams have given special training to tackle every challenge.

25 Jul 2019 1:28 PM

An Indian delegation reached the border district of Bangladesh. (Photo: ANI)

Indian media delegation reaches Bangladesh to study border management strategies

The four-day visit is aimed at developing a better understanding of how the Border Guards Bangladesh and their Indian counterpart work.

15 Jul 2019 2:24 PM

The BSF is the primary force guarding this frontier as the ‘first line of defence’. (PTI/File)

BSF fortifies anti-infiltration grid along Pak border

BSF launches major exercise to fortify anti-infiltration grid along the Pak border in Punjab and Jammu.

08 Jul 2019 12:56 AM

The 770 companies have been drawn from the Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Sashastra Seema Bal, Central Industrial Security Force, SAP, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Railway Protection Force. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Central government deploys 770 companies of CAPF for polls

Eight parliamentary constituencies: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur will go to polls on May 12.

11 May 2019 2:21 AM

Lalita Mandal (30), the accused, is a resident of Duttapulia at Dhantala in Nadia.

Woman held for smuggling gold near Indo-Bangla border

The woman, coming from hinterland, was walking towards village Haritalapara near the international boundary.

25 Feb 2019 1:22 AM

The new facility would be in addition to the already existing air courier services for CAPFs where an entire aircraft is booked for the force personnel from either Delhi or Jammu to Srinagar and back. (Photo: PTI)

Paramilitary personnel will fly free to J&K

The facility will be extended to all personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)”.

22 Feb 2019 6:42 AM

BSF to install bunkers along Indo-Pak border

BSF chief Rajni Kant Misra said these special bunkers had already been tested in the Bikaner sector.

01 Dec 2018 2:51 AM

The reply states that as compared to previous two years, 2018 witnessed maximum number of ceasefire violations and cross border firing incidents along both IB and LoC. (Representational Image | PTI)

109 killed, 565 hurt in Pak firing in 31 months: MHA

As many as 1,435 such incidents were reported till July this year which is more the number of incidents reported during 2016 and 2017 together.

30 Sep 2018 12:57 AM

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