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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stand guard at international border ahead of the Republic Day, in Jammu, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

Security alert along Pak border in J&K ahead of Republic Day

The BSF is tasked to guard the 198-km stretch of the India-Pakistan border in Jammu region

25 Jan 2022 12:34 AM

A view of the shrine of Sikh leader Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (PTI)

Kartarpur corridor to reopen as per COVID-19 protocols, says India

The corridor was shut in March in view of the coronavirus pandemic

04 Oct 2020 3:40 AM

The India-Pakistan border at Punjab. (AFP)

BSF kills five Pakistani intruders along the International Border in Punjab

This is the highest number of intruders killed in a single incident along the over 3,300 km-long border with Pakistan in more than a decade

22 Aug 2020 1:53 PM

Representational image. (PTI)

BSF shoots dead one Pakistani intruder along India-Pakistan border in Barmer

The incident took place around 1 am at the Bakhasar area along the border

08 Aug 2020 2:54 PM

Representational image. (PTI)

Five Indian High Commission staffers return from Pakistan via Attari-Wagah border

Among the five are the two who suffered grievous injuries while being tortured during their illegal custody.

23 Jun 2020 9:02 AM

Mika Singh chants Bharat Mata Ki Jai at Attari border. (Photo: Twitter)

Video: Post ban, Mika Singh chants ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ at Indo-Pak border; watch

The film bodies like AICWA and FWICE banned the singer in India for performing in Karachi, Pakistan.

16 Aug 2019 12:48 PM

Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Narayan Singh with Qie Yingcai, a parliamentarian of the 13th National People’s Congress (Parliament) of China, at a meeting at Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

BSF officers asked to spend 25 nights at Indo-Pak border

BSF officers in the Punjab frontier have also been asked to undertake similar measures.

24 Jul 2019 2:09 AM

Earlier, India postponed the Kartarpur Corridor meeting between the two countries at the Wagah border scheduled for April 2. (Photo:AP)

India, Pakistan officials hold technical meeting on Kartarpur corridor

Pakistan and India held a technical meeting to discuss the modalities for the corridor linking Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur.

16 Apr 2019 4:21 PM

The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

EC to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule at 5 pm today

The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi.

10 Mar 2019 11:21 AM

Abhinandan Varthaman(Photo: PTI)

We must think beyond rivalling Pakistan

The intensity with which we are focussed on Pakistan, particularly our government and our media, ultimately harms us and reduces our greatness.

03 Mar 2019 1:55 AM

A senior official of the force said the martial ceremony has been called off due to administrative requirements in the wake of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's release post noon at this frontier. (Photo: File)

Daily Retreat ceremony along Indo-Pak border cancelled: BSF

The public will not be allowed in the ceremony area that is located in the Attari of Punjab along the Indo-Pak border, BSF official said.

01 Mar 2019 3:33 PM

Former envoy to Pakistan G Parthasarathy, who played a key role in bringing back IAF pilot K Nachiketa during the 1999 Kargil war, has expressed his confidence that wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman (pic) too would return safely. (Photo: Facebook/ @AbhinandanIAF)

Former envoy to Pak confident of safe return of captured IAF pilot

India had demanded immediate and safe return of Varthaman and strongly objected Pak's 'vulgar display' of injured defence personnel.

28 Feb 2019 1:41 PM

Sensex and Nifty closed the day in the red. However, stocks of companies supplying defence equipment to Indian defence forces attracted buying interest from early morning trade on Wednesday.

Defence stocks gain on war rumblings

While market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty traded lower as news broke of Day Two action, in which both sides lost one fighter aircraft each.

28 Feb 2019 1:00 AM

Gopichand with his team at the Indo-Pak border.

Back to the basics for Gopichand

The actor has begun shooting at the Indo-Pak border for his forthcoming untitled film.

23 Jan 2019 12:12 AM

Singh is expected to review the situation on the border and assess the progress in various infrastructure projects. (Photo: File | PTI)

Rajnath Singh to celebrate Dussehra along Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan

Singh will perform 'shastra puja' or worship of weapons in Bikaner in Rajasthan along India's border with Pakistan.

14 Oct 2018 12:18 PM

'Indian authorities report rape is one of the fastest growing crimes in India. Violent crime, such as sexual assault, has occurred at tourist sites and in other locations,' the new India travel advisory said.

US new travel advisory includes India, asks flyers to exercise extra caution

Americans flyers asked to not visit J&K, except for eastern Ladakh, Leh and within 10 miles of Indo-Pak border.

11 Jan 2018 10:01 AM

BSF DG K K Sharma said both the governments of India and Bangladesh have good relations and the ties between the BSF and its counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh are also at an all-time high. (Photo: PTI)

Indo-Pak border priority; 'smart fence' by March 2018: BSF DG

BSF DG added that a similar plan to make the Indo-Bangla border impregnable would be taken up once the "resources" are available.

03 Aug 2017 9:09 AM

(Photo: Representational Image)

Female Pak intruder shot dead, another arrested in Jammu

The female intruder was killed in the Pargwal sector of Akhnoor tehsil on Thursday night, a senior BSF officer said.

24 Feb 2017 4:05 PM

Image for representational purpose only (Photo: Official website)

With rising infiltration, India puts up virtual wall to seal border with Pakistan

The government plans on covering the entire border with the laser walls by February- March of 2017.

22 Oct 2016 2:17 PM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh after a Cabinet meeting at South Block in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Politics of sealing the border

Points of infiltration by ultras sent across from Pakistan must be carefully guarded.

10 Oct 2016 12:35 AM

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