Troops fired at the drone that came inside Indian territory on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in the area of border post 'MW Uttar' in Ferozepur.
Annual 'marginal increase' in budget allocation goes in salaries & allowances, leaving little for development & modernisation, say officers part of forces that make up the CAPF.
The incident took place in Gujarat when a BSF jawan along with three other family members went to the house of the accused to confront them over the leaked video.
After hearing the sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side on Friday, security personnel deployed in Amritsar sector of the India-Pak border, shot down the drone.
BSF, ITBP, SSB, and Assam Rifles have been given the mandate of guarding Indian borders. These forces lose more jawans every year than the Indian army does during peacetime.
BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh is learnt to have pointed to missive from Centre advocating that BSF take measures for ‘gau raksha’, as well as pressure from animal rights groups.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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