Guwahati: Accusing the Congress of playing "vote bank politics", BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said his party would take steps to seal the country's international borders to prevent illegal immigration, if elected to power. "If BJP comes to power, our top priority would be to seal the borders of the country... If Israel, surrounded by hostile countries, can seal its borders, why can't we," Gadkari said. Flagging off a...
01:14 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Beijing: Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1962-war, China on Friday said that it "wholeheartedly" wishes to solve the border dispute with India through negotiations and maintain a friendly relationship. "China develops in a peaceful way wholeheartedly, and hopes to maintain a friendly and cooperative relationship with India. China wishes to settle boundary issues through negotiation wholeheartedly," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in Beijing. The border area...
02:50 AM, Oct 13, 2012
New Delhi: Negotiations over the border row with China are in the final stages, Defence Minister AK Antony said in New Delhi on Monday. "Everybody knows that border dispute is still unresolved, inspite of the fact that many rounds of negotiations have taken place. Of course, it (the negotiations) is in the final stage," he said on sidelines of a function on the annual day of Defence Accounts Department (DAD)....
05:43 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Sikkim on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of three civilians and one General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) personnel, the state government said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said that seven of its workers had died in the landslides and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) claimed that 11 of its personnel were missing. The entire north Sikkim is said to be cut off...
08:37 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Chinese military build-up along its boundary with India, the Army is planning to deploy artillery and tank brigades along the borders in northern and northeastern regions. In recent times, the force has also proposed to increase its strength by one lakh soldiers along with the raising of a Mountain Strike Corps. To upgrade the fighting capabilities in the region, the plan is to set...
05:21 AM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Incessant rainfall has triggered landslides in Payong in East Sikkim. Several houses have been destroyed. Affected families have been moved to a temporary relief shelter. Highways connecting the state to the rest of the country have also been affected. Border Road Organisation (BRO) personnel have begun their road clearing operations. ...
04:04 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday freed 48 Indian fishermen from a jail in the southern port city of Karachi as a goodwill gesture and sent them to the Wagah land border crossing to be repatriated to India. The release followed President Asif Ali Zardari's announcement on Saturday that all Indian fishermen in Pakistani jails, including those who are yet to complete their prison terms, would be freed. Zardari made the announcement...
01:40 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Defence Minister of India and China will meet in New Delhi on Tuesday seeking to revive bilateral military ties. Gen Liang Guanglie is the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit India since 2004. On the agenda are a wide range of issues including the border dispute. A day before the first meeting in eight years with a Defence Minister from China, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony told...
09:17 AM, Sep 04, 2012
Bhubaneswar: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and another injured on Saturday in a land mine blast triggered by Maoists in Odisha's Koraput district, police said. The incident occurred in a forested area near Palur village, over 600 km from here, during a combing operation by the BSF. While a trooper died on the spot, one of his colleagues sustained injuries in the blast, district Superintendent of Police...
09:14 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Jammu: India will take up with Pakistan the issue of unprovoked firing along International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Friday, indicating that it could be linked to the recently unearthed secret tunnel. Singh, who reviewed the security situation along IB and LoC, did not rule out the presence of other tunnels similar to the 400-metre underground...
06:39 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Srinagar: Tension rising for those living along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan. Repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan have triggered panic and fear among border residents. Panic-stricken villagers in Samba near Jammu are ducking behind trees, walls for hours to avoid being hit by fire from Pakistani rangers who have breached the ceasefire agreement for the 14th time in the past fortnight. "I have seen it in...
07:48 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Barasat (WB): An Indian truck driver was assaulted by a Bangladeshi autorickshaw driver at Benapole on the India-Bangladesh border on Wednesday, police sources said. The assault led to protest by Indian drivers who refused to drive into Bangladesh, which led to suspension of import-export activities for over an hour. The issue was settled after negotiations and normal operations resumed, the sources said. ...
07:45 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Jammu: An infiltration bid from across the border was foiled by security forces in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu district on Monday morning. According to sources, one infiltrator was killed in the firing between the Border Security Force personnel and the Pakistan Rangers. This is the fourteenth time that Pakistan has violated the ceasefire along the international border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in the last fortnight. The Pakistani...
10:15 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Jammu: Firing has resumed in yet another ceasefire violation at the RS Pura sector in Jammu district. One personnel was killed on Thursday night in the cross-fire, which went on for about two hours. "Pak Rangers heavily fired on Indian post of Abdullian in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu district" in the ninth ceasefire in 12 days, a senior BSF Officer told PTI. They first opened heavy weaponry firing...
09:16 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Jammu: Pakistani border guards opened fire on a BSF post, critically injuring a jawan and sparking an exchange of fire along the International Border (IB) in Jammu sector on Thursday night. "Pak Rangers heavily fired on Indian post of Abdullian in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu district tonight" in the ninth ceasefire in 12 days, a senior BSF officer said. They first opened heavy weaponery firing and this was...
10:44 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Amritsar: After a recent spate of attacks on Hindus in Pakistan, several families have made their way across the Wagah Border into India. They say they are afraid of going back. Those who have crossed over say there are hundreds of others who are also waiting to escape. Mukesh Ahuja had a flourishing business in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. He never thought the day would come when he would have to...
08:49 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Jammu: Hours after exchange of sweets and greetings on the Indo-Pak border between troops of the two sides, Pakistan rangers on Wednesday fired at Indian forward post in Samba sector, violating ceasefire for seventh time in past 11 days. "There was small arms firing at Indian Border Out Post (BoP) of Pansar along International Border in Samba sector around late this afternoon," a senior BSF officer said. Firing by Pakistan...
06:41 PM, Aug 15, 2012
South Africa's captain will become the most-capped Test leader with 94 when the third Test against England starts at Lord's. ...
01:12 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Attari: The third batch of Hindu families from Pakistan on Monday crossed over, with members claiming that minority communities were living in oppressive conditions there and urged the Indian government to facilitate immigration of Hindus and Sikhs. Over 250 Hindus belonging to Balochistan and Sindh provinces, where the community has been the target of extortions, kidnapping and forced conversions, have crossed over to India since August 10 amid reports of...
01:41 AM, Aug 14, 2012
