AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 4.5-kg heroin and Rs 9.80 lakh counterfeit cur rency notes near Border Outpost (BOP) Naushera Dhalla in Tarn Taran district on Wednesday. A BSF spokesman announced that BSF 'naka' parties ambushed Pakistani intruders who smuggle in heroin and fake currency. They fled back to ...

TARN TARAN: Jawans of the 45th battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) seized fake Indian currency to the tune of Rs 2.94 lakh and three Pakistani SIM cards near the border outpost of Dharmawaia on Wednesday. Himmat Singh, DIG, BSF, said the special operation was carded out following au intelli­ ...

BOP ISLANDS (TARN TARAN): River water has put the fence between India and Pakistan at risk. At the Border Observation Post (BOP) Island near Muthiawali village, 50 kilo­metres from Tarn Taran, it has eroded land along a 70­ metre stretch on the fence. Even last month, a watch- tower of ...

PATIALA: India would raise the issue of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal security at all international platforms to ensure the safety of the region, said minister of state for foreign affairs Preneet Kaur on Tuesday. She was speaking with the media a day after the attack by the Taliban on a naval ...

ATTARI: The Pakistan government's denial of visa failed to dampen the spirit of spiritual leader and founder of Art of Living Foundation Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who came visiting the border on Friday to cross over to Pakistan to spread the message of peace. However, the leader addressed nearly 10,000 people ...

ATTARI: Women personnel in the Border Security Force (BSF) want a more active role, Director General Raman Srivastava has said. They are not satisfied with being put on sentry duty on border fencing gates or out posts (BOPs) along the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, he said. The DG said he ...

ATTARI: More than 100 trucks were stranded at the Indo-Pak border here' on Tuesday as the Border Security Force (BSF) enforced the order on allowing only three Pakistani trucks to enter Indian Territory at a time. In retaliation, the Pakistani authorities did not allow Indian trucks to cross over, leading to ...

JALANDHAR: In a bid to check the rising attempts at smuggling across the Indo-Pak border, the BSF has given its jawans the authority to open fire without waiting for approval from superiors in case they spot any suspicious movement. Himmat Singh, inspector general (IG) of the Punjab Frontier of the Border ...

AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) has decided to beef up security along the Attari border for the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Raton Relay, which will enter India from Pakistan on Friday. Many VVIPs from the Central and Punjab governments, top athletes, dignitaries and artistes, besides a big media contingent, is slated ...

FEROZEPUR: Four Pakistani nationals were sentenced to five years of imprisonment by the court of local Additional Sessions Judge here on Wednesday for trying to intrude into the Indian Territory through Tapu, under Mallanwala police station, in Ferozepur on the night of August 15. When the Border Security Force (BSF) sleuths ...

FEROZEPUR: The Border Security Force (BSF) claims to have recovered Rs 10 lakh fake currency along the Indo­ Pak border on Tuesday night. BSF DIG, Ferozepur, R.K.Gupta said movement was noticed around pillar no. 150 6 of Border Out Post Noorwala under Amarkot in Ferozepur border sector. The 8 Battalion launched a ...

AMRITSAR: A local court on Wednesday sent a 15-year-old Pakistani boy, who had infiltrated into the country a week ago to allegedly spread terror, into judicial remand, forcing the Border Security Force (BSF) to backtrack from its stand of him being a "suicide bomber". The BSF said the boy, Nuvan Arshad, ...

JALANDHAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday claimed to have recovered 2-kg heroin worth Rs 10 crore in international market at Bharopal in Amritsar. BSF DIG (Intelligence) Jagir Singh Sran, in a press release here, stated that on the intervening night of September 13-14 around 2:30 am, BSF jawans near ...