BSF find fifth rocket shell in Punjab border villageSeptember 13th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Sunday found another rocket shell in the fields near a village in this district of Punjab, raising the number of rockets fired from Pakistan into India in the last 40 hours to five, officials said. "During our search operation, our officials have found another rocket today (Sunday).
BSF retaliates to rocket attack from Pakistan, villagers protest (Fourth Lead)September 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Three rockets fired in quick succession from Pakistan exploded near a village in India's Amritsar district, triggering retaliatory gunfire by Indian border guards, officials said Saturday as angry villagers from the region held protests. The 107 MM rockets landed in the fields of Pul Kanjari area in Punjab with a deafening roar, police officials and residents said.
BSF fires into Pakistan after rocket attack (Third Lead)September 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Three rockets fired in quick succession from Pakistan exploded near a village in India's Amritsar district, triggering retaliatory gunfire by Indian border guards, officials said Saturday. The 107 MM rockets landed in the fields of Pul Kanjari area in Punjab with a deafening roar, police officials and residents said.
BSF women troopers positioned at India-Pakistan borderSeptember 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - After undergoing nearly 38 months of rigorous training, the first batch of Indian women troopers Friday joined duty at the international border in Punjab. This is the first time that women officials, inducted in the Border Security Force (BSF), are guarding international borders.
From Friday, BSF women will man India-Pakistan borderSeptember 10th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Newly inducted women troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF) are just a few hours away from creating history. The India-Pakistan border will Friday see the first lot of women guarding the international border in Punjab.
Women will man India-Pakistan border, come FridaySeptember 10th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Indian women troopers are just a few hours away from creating history at the India-Pakistan border. Newly inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF), they will be the first lot of women to guard the international border in Punjab from Friday.
Indian women tie Rakhi on the hands of Pakistani jail inmates in AmritsarAugust 5th, 2009 AMRITSAR / WAGAH - A group of women belonging to the BrahmaKumari Ashram here, tied Rakhis on the wrists of several jail inmates, including Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Nigerian nationals. Bright Basit, a Nigerian national, felt so overwhelmed by this show of love and affection by Indian women, that his excitement was palpable.
BSF women step closer to creating history at the borderJuly 25th, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - As they thumped their feet into the ground for the final parade as trainees, they all knew that they are just a step away from their destination - of being the first women to be guarding India's international borders. The Kharkan camp of the Border Security Force (BSF), 15 km from this Punjab town, saw history being made Saturday as 178 women recruits were inducted into the BSF fold after their impressive passing out parade here.
Now women will guard the frontiersJuly 21st, 2009 ATTARI - They might not be taking on combat positions straightaway but women guards of the Border Security Force (BSF) will soon be deployed in Punjab villages along the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan. BSF officials say nearly 180 young women recruits, aged between 18 and 22 years, will be deployed along the India-Pakistan border soon after they complete this week their physical training at the BSF's Kharkan camp, 10 km from Hoshiarpur town.
Pakistani citizen killed by Indian guards at Wagah, says reportJuly 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Islamabad has ordered a probe into the alleged killing of a Pakistani national by the Indian security forces at the Wagah border crossing, a media report said Sunday. The Pakistani youth died after India's Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers exchanged fire at the Wagah border Saturday night, the Online news agency reported.
Punjab police get ultra-modern vehicleJuly 1st, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Policemen in Punjab now have a highly sophisticated vehicle, which has an adjustable bullet-proof picket, two light machine guns and other modern devices for destroying the positions of terrorists and insurgents. "This is a low carrier vehicle that is designed by the special wing of Punjab police.
Indian border guards shoot dead Pakistani intruderJune 28th, 2009 JAMMU - Indian border guards Sunday said they shot dead a suspected intruder near the border with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. According to a spokesman of the Border Security Force (BSF), the infiltrator tried to enter the Indian territory from Pargwal, about 35 km north of here.
Pakistani drug peddler shot dead near Punjab borderMarch 5th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Border Security Force (BSF) early Wednesday foiled an attempt by Pakistani intruders to smuggle heroin into India, killing one of them in a gunbattle and arresting another near the international border in Punjab, an official said. While one smuggler managed to escape, another was killed in the gunbattle at Mahwa post near Attari in the Amritsar sector, BSF's Punjab Frontier Deputy Inspector General Jagir Singh told IANS.
BSF recovers five kg heroin near India-Pakistan borderFebruary 2nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - In yet another drug haul in the border areas of Punjab, the Border Security Force (BSF) Tuesday recovered five kg of heroin in the Khem Karan sector of the India-Pakistan international border. BSF officials said that the drugs consignment was concealed in packets and concealed under loose soil under a big tree.
BSF chief visits India-Pakistan border areasDecember 26th, 2008 AMRITSAR - Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai terror attack last month, Border Security Force (BSF) director general M.L. Kumawat Saturday visited frontline security positions in Amritsar and Ferozepore districts of Punjab.
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