Unexploded shell found near Indian border (To go with ‘BSF retaliates to rocket attack from Pakistan, villagers protest’)

September 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).

September 13th, 2009 DAHLEKE - With another rocket shell being found in the fields of Dahleke village near the India-Pakistan border on Sunday, the total number of rocket shells discovered so far on the Indian side of the border has reached five. The rocket has created about four feet deep crater in the field.

September 12th, 2009 KACHYE DHANOAE - The Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated with machine gun fire after Pakistan fired three rockets inside the Indian territory on Friday night. Last night between 10 and 11 p.m., the BSF said that at least two rocket were fired into the Indian side of the Wagah border.

September 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - India on Saturday registered a strong protest with Pakistan over firing of rockets from across the border that exploded two kilometres inside Punjab. It was second instance of firing by Pakistan in a span of two months.

September 12th, 2009 India, Pakistan investigate border rocket blastsISLAMABAD — India said that three rockets were fired into the country from Pakistan overnight, but Pakistani officials said Saturday they were launched from India. No one was injured in the blasts.

September 12th, 2009 DHANOAE - Several incidents of shelling or firing from Pakistan side of the India-Pakistan border in Attari sector of Punjab, including the latest witnessed on Friday night, have caused a sense of fear among villagers. On an average, each village along the border holds an estimated 300 acres area of land beyond the fencing.

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.

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.

September 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns into Pakistan after rockets were fired into Indian territory in the Amritsar sector from across the border Friday night. BSF officials Saturday morning launched an operation to find if any more rockets were fired into the Indian side near the Attari joint check post from across the barbed-wire fencing border between both countries.

July 10th, 2009 ATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials Friday criticised Pakistan's laxity in investigating the July 4 rocket attack on Indian territory and their failure to trace the guilty, saying their counterparts were not taking these attacks seriously and again indulging in a "blame game". Pakistan Rangers Thursday blamed India for firing the third rocket towards Pakistan that fell inside their territory, close to Indian village Pul Kanjari.

July 10th, 2009 ATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials late Friday evening discovered the splinters of another rocket in the paddy fields outside Kaonke village in Attari area. They said it could have been fired along with the three other rockets from Pakistan on July 4.

July 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amidst security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Border Security Force (BSF) is awaiting a response from Pakistan Rangers regarding the incident. The BSF had lodged a 'strong protest' with the Pakistan Rangers, the border security agency of Pakistan, Sunday following three 'rockets' fired into Indian territory from the Pakistani side of the border.

July 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amid security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Monday visited the village site where the shells had fallen.

July 5th, 2009 ATTARI - The possibility of Pakistan-based terror groups being behind a 'rocket' attack Saturday night near an Indian village is not being ruled out by Indian security officials. The Border Security Force (BSF), Indias para-military force that guards the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan in Punjab, is Sunday investigating two blasts that occurred near Dande village Saturday night.

July 5th, 2009 DHANDE VILLAGE - Two rocket shells were fired from across the border into Punjab's Dhande village on Saturday night. The rocket shells fell in the paddy fields of the village, located near the Pakistan border.