BSF shoots down Pak drone along International Border in Jammu
India | January 27, 2020 23:08 ISTThe Border Security Force on Monday night shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Jammu, officials said.
The Border Security Force on Monday night shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Jammu, officials said.
Indian and Pakistani troops usually exchange sweets and greetings on their important national days and festivals. But the tradition has not been followed for the past few years due to Pakistan's continued support to terrorism in the Union Territory and frequent ceasefire violations, the officials said.
A 54-year-old sub-inspector of the BSF is suspected to have drowned in a swollen river along the International Border (IB) in Jammu on Sunday.
For the past three days, local authorities have been working on a war footing to strengthen the 50-foot embankment in Tendiwala village along the swollen Satluj river with the assistance of the Indian Army, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and locals.
The Centre had no option but to extend the President's rule for six months in Jammu and Kashmir as the Election Commission intends to hold assembly polls there towards the end of the year, Home Minister Amit Shah told Rajya Sabha on Monday as he moved a statutory resolution in this regard.
The anti-tank mine was noticed by some villagers alongside the bank of Basantar river in the Sapwal area on Friday, a police official said.
Home Minister Amit Shah has moved Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha. As per the new bill, people living along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir will get benefits of reservation in direct recruitment, promotion, and admission in professional courses.
Intruder from Pakistan held at international border in Kutch
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had laid the foundation stone for the corridor on November 26.
Some labourers were working in the fields of Jabowal border belt when the blast took place, a police officer told PTI.
BSF and Pak rangers hold flag meeting at RS Pura International Border
According to officials sources, Pakistani Rangers targeted Indian soldiers with small weapons.
The bunkers are to be constructed in Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts.
According to an official statement, 100 border villages and 40 BSF outposts in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts are under direct attack by Pakistani forces as they continued the shelling for the ninth day today.
Day after pleading for ceasefire, Pak troops open fire along International Border. Cross-border firing intensifies, people forced to leave their houses
According to the latest inputs one civilian has been injured in the firing.
A day after pleading BSF to stop targeting it bunkers across the border, Pakistan today fired mortar shells at civilian colonies and a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Arnia sector.
BSF troops at a border out post observed some movement along IB in Ramgarh sector around 0500 hours today, a senior police officer said.
The incident took place in the wee hours along the Barreke post in Firozpur sector of the IB where BSF and special task force of the Punjab police laid an ambush to intercept cross-border drug smugglers and infiltrators.
According to news agency ANI, a sector commander-level flag meeting between BSF and Pakistan Rangers took place in Suchetgarh area -- a village in RS Pura sector.
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