Pakistan Border

Border Force Kills 2 Terrorists Along Pakistan Border In Punjab: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 17, 2020

The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down two terrorists along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab in the early hours of Thursday, official sources said.

Soldiers In Punjab Shoot At Drone Seen Near Border With Pakistan: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 14, 2020

BSF personnel spotted a drone along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab's Ferozepur district and opened fire to bring it down, officials said on Tuesday.

Six Apache Attack Choppers To Be Deployed On Pakistan Border: Army Chief

India News | ANI | Saturday January 11, 2020

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said that six Army Apache attack choppers would be given to a unit on the western borders where there is a threat from armoured columns.

US Advocacy Group Urges Imran Khan To Reopen Khokhrapar Border With India

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 27, 2019

Congratulating Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for showing "admirable magnanimity" in the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims, a US-based advocacy group has urged him to now reopen the Khokhrapar-Munabao border with India for millions of Hindu and Muslim devotees.

India Seeks Repatriation Of Nationals Arrested By Pakistan

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 21, 2019

India on Thursday asked Pakistan to repatriate two Indians arrested on charges of entering the country illegally, and hoped that they are not used for Pakistani propaganda.

BSF Officer, 2 Injured In Ceasefire Violation By Pak At Line Of Control

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2019

A BSF officer and two civilians were injured after the Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling and small arms firing targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.

"Army Conducted Surgical Strikes Before PM Modi Too": Lt General DS Hooda

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 4, 2019

The Indian army had conducted surgical strikes against terrorists across the Pakistan border during the UPA rule too, news agency ANI quoted Lieutenant General (Retd) DS Hooda as saying on Saturday. His comments came hours after the BJP claimed that the Narendra Modi government was the first to take such an initiative.

Opinion: So Imran Sounds More Mature Than Modi On Nuke Options

Opinion | Mihir Swarup Sharma | Monday April 22, 2019

It takes a certain chutzpah to joke about nuclear exchanges while standing in Barmer at the Pakistan border - just one of the districts that would be wiped out if we actually ever found ourselves at in a nuclear war.

After Pulwama, Air Force Had Indication Of Strike Option: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 4, 2019

The IAF's massive pre-planned day-night exercise in Rajasthan's Pokhran desert close to the Pakistan border on February 16 underwent certain changes in its format following the Pulwama attack after the government considered an air strike option across the Line of Control which was carried out 10 days later, official sources said on Monday.

Sushma Swaraj Leaves For Trilateral Meet In China Amid India-Pakistan Tension

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday February 27, 2019

Hours after Indian Air Force fighter planes struck a terror camp in Balakot across the Pakistan border, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj left for China to attend a Russia-India-China meeting on Tuesday night. She is also expected to hold bilateral meetings on the pre-dawn air strike with foreign ministers of the two countries.

Around 3,000 Ceasefire Violations By Pakistan In J&K, Say Officials

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 7, 2019

Jammu and Kashmir recorded 2,936 instances of ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2018 -- the highest in the past 15 years with an average of eight cases daily -- in which 61 people were killed and over 250 injured, officials said Monday.

At Least 10 Iranian Security Personnel Kidnapped On Pakistan Border

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 16, 2018

At least 10 Iranian security personnel, including members of the Revolutionary Guards, were kidnapped on the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, state media reported, and a Sunni separatist group said it was responsible.

Deterrent Action Will Continue At Pakistan Border: Nirmala Sitharaman

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday September 29, 2018

As the government marks the second anniversary of the surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that deterrent action against Pakistan "will continue at the border" even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh has claimed that BSF had taken strong action against Pakistani forces at...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Kill 4 Terrorists Near Pakistan Border

World News | Reuters | Friday September 28, 2018

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Friday it had killed four militants at the Saravan border crossing with Pakistan in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

BSF Soldier's Throat Slit By Pak Troops Near Jammu, India Complains

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Nidhi Razdan; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 19, 2018

A BSF soldier's throat was slit by Pakistani troops along the international border or IB near Jammu on Tuesday, in an incident that is likely to ratchet up tension between the neighbours at a low point in ties. Head constable Narendra Singh's mutilated body was found near the border, said the BSF.