New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opposing Centre's proposed move of amending Border Security Force Act, 1968 to give wide powers to the paramilitary force to arrest and search anybody in any part of the country. In his letter, Modi objected to the unwarranted move, especially when the chief ministers of different states are meeting in New Delhi on...
07:17 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Ranchi: A BSF helicopter on anti-Naxal duty crashed on the outskirts of Ranchi on Wednesday, killing two pilots and a technician on board. The advanced light helicopter (ALH) Dhruv was going to Chaibasa from Ranchi when its engine caught fire and it crashed in Khunti jungle, a senior BSF official said. All three on board the Pawan Hans chopper, Captain Thomas, Captain S P Singh and technician Manoj Kumar Swain,...
11:09 AM, Oct 19, 2011
New Delhi: India lives in the most "troubled neighbourhood" in the world, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday and asked security forces to raise the vigil along the country's borders. "As I have always said, we live in perhaps the most troubled neighbourhood in the world. "In this troubled neighbourhood there are countries with governments that are extremely fragile and all this increases the level of threat to our...
03:33 PM, May 21, 2011
Sirohi (Rajasthan): A Pawan Hans helicopter of the Border Security Force crashed in Sirohi district of Rajasthan on Friday killing the pilot and three others. Sirohi District Collector Ram Meena said that the helicopter crashed at 3 pm near Bahadurpura village. A team of officials from Mount Abu reached the crash site and all the bodies, which are badly burnt, have been recovered. According to unconfirmed information received from the...
06:46 PM, May 13, 2011
New Delhi: Asking the Home Ministry to devise an effective mechanism to deal with cases of sexual harassment in paramilitary forces, a Parliamentary panel has expressed "surprise" over the practice of officers' wives judging such complaints lodged by women employees in BSF. "The committee is surprised to note that in some of these forces, especially BSF, wives of officers listen to grievances of women employees which can never be unbiased...
03:56 PM, Dec 03, 2010
Gwalior: The families of Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers who served the nation and some, who died in the call of duty, have been fighting to recover the land allotted to them for 24 long years. Here's a special report. Darshna Devi was widowed in 1998. Her husband Chhatar Singh, who was with the BSF, was killed in action in Kashmir. After her husband's death, Darshna Devi applied for a...
08:32 AM, Nov 28, 2010
Constable under arrest claims officer asked him to shoot schoolboy. ...
10:15 AM, Feb 13, 2010
According to intelligence received, 1,000 to 1,200 terrorists are staged along the border. ...
08:47 AM, Jan 11, 2010
Militant leader and his associate handed over to BSF. ...
07:02 PM, Dec 02, 2009
Out of total 178 girls, 118 are deployed at India-Pakistan border in Punjab. ...
02:51 PM, Sep 11, 2009
The women's battalion will be commissioned from July 25. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 18, 2009
BSF DG says India is taking measures to neutralise Pakistan's activity. ...
12:57 PM, Jul 14, 2009
There has been heightened Pak army activity along the international border. ...
05:01 PM, Dec 25, 2008
The troops came under heavy fire at around 3 am in Makwal area. ...
01:09 PM, Nov 04, 2008
Three militants intruded into the Indian territory from the Kana Chack sector. ...
12:45 AM, Aug 27, 2008
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