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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicBorder Security Force

Topic: Border Security Force

Pakistani drones nearly double at Punjab border –drugs, arms, explosives. BSF ups its counter

As many as 266 drone incidents recorded until November this year. Smugglers from Pakistan use drones mainly to send heroin. BSF trying to deter with patrols & interception units.

West Bengal, Punjab govts’ apprehensions on BSF jurisdiction extension ‘ill-founded’: Centre

MoS Nityanand Rai said the extension of BSF’s jurisdiction would result in better & more effective control on trans-border crimes in conjunction and cooperation with state police.

Terrorists open fire at BSF convoy in J&K’s Kulgam, encounter underway

A police spokesperson said there were no reports of any injuries in the attack but the assailants were trapped.

BSF opens fire at suspected Pakistani drone trying to cross IB in Jammu

The drone, meant for carrying out surveillance of the area, returned to the Pakistani side after the border guards fired at it early morning Friday, a BSF official said.

Pakistani Rangers open fire on forward posts & villages in J&K’s Kathua

Firing from across the border started around 9.50 pm Friday in Hiranagar sector's Pansar Border Outpost area, drawing a strong, effective retaliation by the BSF, said officials.

BSF foils attempt to smuggle arms, ammunition & narcotics in India’s Arnia from Pakistan

According to officers, the troops of border outpost Budhwar & Bullechak observed suspicious movement of some Pakistani’s near IB who were trying to sneak under the cover of darkness.

54 years since formation, BSF’s role has gone far beyond protecting India’s borders

BSF was set up to man India’s border with West and East Pakistan after the 1965 war, but its 2.72 lakh personnel now perform a variety of other tasks.

BSF former top cop, 4 others held guilty in 2006 Kashmir sex scandal

The case involved the sexual exploitation of two minors in Srinagar by a group of politicians, bureaucrats and police officials.

On Camera

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.