The Border Security Force has apprehended 15 Pakistani fishermen and also seized an engine-fitted country boat near the Indo-Pak border in Gujarat’s Kutch district, the BSF said on Sunday (August 24, 2025). The BSF carried out a search operation on Saturday (August 23) on the basis of a specific information regarding an unidentified boat found … Read more
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addresses a press conference, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) rejected Nepal’s objection to resumption of India-China border trade through the Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, stating that Kathmandu’s arguments are not based on “historical facts”. “Our position in this regard has been … Read more
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil at a meeting of Kannada organisations in Belagavi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT HUBBALLI Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil has said that there was no reason for Kannadigas to be concerned over cases pertaining to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border row before the Supreme Court, as … Read more
After three days of intense military hostilities, India and Pakistan have reached an “understanding” about stopping “military action” and “firing” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced on Saturday (May 10, 2025). Official sources asserted that the decision to stop military actions was bilaterally agreed between India and Pakistan and that the initiation of this “understanding” … Read more
In a major crackdown on cross-border arms smuggling in Punjab, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday apprehended two smugglers and recovered two pistols from them. The BSF recovered a drone in a separate operation, officials said. Acting on an intelligence tip-off, BSF troops put up multiple ambushes in suspected areas of Amritsar district on … Read more
GUWAHATI A high-level delegation on Sunday (April 20, 2025) visited southern Tripura to assess the flood protection measures after a massive embankment being constructed by the Bangladesh government along a border river triggered flood worries in the State. The flood-prone Muhuri River runs along much of the stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in the South … Read more
Image used for representation | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP BSF and Punjab Police have recovered six pistols along with 14 magazines in the border area of Amritsar following an extensive search operation, an official said on Friday. The joint search operation carried out on Thursday led to the recovery of a large packet wrapped … Read more
This is the second such meeting between the India and Pakistan sides this month. File (Image used for representation purpose only) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday (April 10, 2025) held a brigade commander-level flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’‘s Poonch district … Read more
Of the 906 Bangladeshis apprehended from August 2024 to March 21 this year, 411 have exited in the past three months. File | Photo Credit: PTI The voluntary return of undocumented Bangladeshis is showing an increase after the government in December 2024 began a crackdown against foreigners staying illegally in India, following political changes in … Read more
Superintendent of Police (Vellore) N. Mathivanan inaugurating the new check-post at Ananthagiri village near Pernambut town in Vellore. New police check-post at Ananthagiri village near Pernambut town in Vellore on Tamil Nadu – Andhra Pradesh border was opened, mainly to prevent smuggling of river sand and PDS rice. Residents said that remote border villages like … Read more