Punjab Border
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BSF, Punjab Police jointly recover drone, heroin and pistol body from Tarn Taran district
India | May 29, 2025, 06:51 AM ISTBSF troops recovered a pistol body without its upper slide from a farming field near Daoke village in Amritsar district. The pistol was wrapped in yellow adhesive tape with a metal ring attached.
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Punjab orders complete blackout from 9 pm to 5 am in Gurdaspur starting tonight
India | May 08, 2025, 07:00 PM ISTPunjab government has enforced a complete blackout in Gurdaspur district from 9 pm to 5 am, effective May 8, 2025 amid escalating Indo-Pak tensions. Pakistan's recent drone and missile attacks on 15 Indian locations, including Awantipura, Amritsar, and Bhuj, were intercepted by India's air defence.
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Pakistan drone shot down by BSF along Punjab border, suspected contraband recovered | WATCH
India | Feb 03, 2023, 11:20 AM ISTThe unmanned aerial vehicle was downed around 2:30 am near the border post-Rear Kakkar in the Amritsar sector of the state.
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Punjab Assembly passes resolution against Centre's BSF order, calls it 'insult' to state police
India | Nov 11, 2021, 02:21 PM ISTThe Centre had last month amended the BSF Act to authorise the border guarding force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a 50 km stretch, up from the existing 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
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BSF shoots down two Pakistani intruders in Punjab's Firozpur
News | Jul 31, 2021, 12:44 PM ISTTwo Pakistani intruders shot dead by BSF near the Indo-Pak border when the were trying to cross over to India.
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Border Security Force kills Pakistani intruder on Punjab border
India | Jul 19, 2018, 11:36 PM ISTThe incident took place late on Wednesday night in the area of Border outpost Channa in Gurdaspur sector.
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Pakistan built 150 feet high tower on Punjab border
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Measures to ensure security at Punjab border posts taken: Govt
National | Nov 26, 2014, 05:30 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) The government today said that it has taken necessary measures to ensure security at all border posts, including Attari, in Punjab after a recent suicide attack at Wagah border.“The government
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Over 281 kg heroin seized along Punjab border this year
India | Dec 02, 2013, 09:00 AM ISTJalandhar: Heroin smuggling along the international border in Punjab has been on the rise with over 281 kg of the contraband seized from the state's border belt adjoining Pakistan this year.At an average, 25.5 kg