Tripura: Fencing on porous India-Bangladesh border resumes after MHA orders

May 14, 2020, at 04:59 pm

Sonamura (West Tripura)/UNI: After Covid-19 spread like wildfire among BSF personnel in Tripura, barbed wire fencing along the 8.8 kilometre critical stretch of Indo-Bangladesh border in the state resumed today with the direction of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on an emergency basis.

Two BSF personnel succumb to COVID-19; nearly 200 infected in the force

May 07, 2020, at 05:00 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Two BSF personnel succumbed to COVID-19 this week with the first death reported on Monday last and the second personnel dying today at a hospital in Delhi, said reports.

One more COVID-19 case detected in Assam, 22 more persons tested positive in Tripura

May 06, 2020, at 11:52 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam on Wednesday reported one more positive case for COVID-19 taking the state's tally to 45.

Days after MHA declares Tripura COVID-19 free, two BSF Jawans test positive

May 02, 2020, at 07:54 pm

Agartala/UNI: A week after Tripura was declared Covid-19 free by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), two fresh cases of the deadly viral disease were detected on Saturday, leaving the state administration confused about the spread of the disease in the state.

BSF helps villagers of Assam-Meghalaya border

May 01, 2020, at 08:40 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: COVID-19 has affected all the sections of society especially the border population due to remoteness and additional restrictions.

BSF facilitate medical assistance to villagers along Indo-Bangladesh border

Apr 28, 2020, at 08:00 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Putting medical services back in order at a time when the entire nation is under a lockdown to fight the deadly spread of Covid-19 virus, the Guwahati Frontier, BSF has tied up with District medical health centre for medical assistance to border villages who are facing problems, particularly during medical emergencies.

Punjab: Suspected Pakistan intruder shot dead along IB in Amritsar sector

Apr 26, 2020, at 07:28 pm

Jalandhar/UNI: A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead on Sunday by BSF personnel while he was trying to cross the international border along Amritsar sector.

BSF seize 49 kg ganja from Assam-West Bengal border

Apr 15, 2020, at 05:03 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized huge quantity of ganja in two different operations in the bordering areas of Assam-West Bengal border on Wednesday.

BSF jawan commits suicide in Assam’s Karimganj district

Mar 09, 2020, at 01:57 pm

Guwahati/UNI: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan allegedly committed suicide at a BSF camp in Assam’s Karimganj district.

Assam: BSF apprehend drug peddler with huge quantity of contraband drugs

Jan 25, 2020, at 08:34 pm

Guwahati/IBNS : The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have seized huge quantity of contraband drugs and apprehended a drug peddler in Assam’s South Salmara district along Indo-Bangladesh border.

BSF seizes illegal drugs from a house in Tripura

Jan 23, 2020, at 04:49 pm

Agartala/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet containing 2,340 contraband Yaba tablets worth Rs 11.70 lakh from the house of one Badsha Miah (34) in Matinagar area of Western Agartala on Wednesday but failed to arrest anybody in connection with the case.

DRI, BSF and Tripura police seize huge quantity of drugs in joint action

Jan 02, 2020, at 01:29 pm

Agartala/UNI: The joint efforts of Tripura police, BSF and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to crackdown on drug smugglers in Tripura and other neighbouring states, following the direction of Union home ministry, has yielded results in the first drive.

Assam : BSF apprehends Indian FICN racketeer along with Rs 30,000 FICN

Dec 27, 2019, at 08:29 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Troops of Guwahati Frontier of Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended one Indian FICN racketeer along with 30 thousand FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) on Thursday, from bordering areas of  Boreralga in Assam’s South Salmara district.

BSF recover huge cache of arms-ammunition in Mizoram

Dec 25, 2019, at 06:20 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, including M-16 rifles, AK-series rifles, from a house in Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl.

BSF recover huge cache of arms-ammunition in Mizoram

Dec 25, 2019, at 06:20 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, including M-16 rifles, AK-series rifles, from a house in Mizoram’s capital city Aizawl.

PM Modi greets BSF personnel on its Raising Day

Dec 01, 2019, at 12:46 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and their families on BSF’s Raising Day.

BSF organizes civic action programme and free medical camp in South Salmara

Nov 30, 2019, at 10:35 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) organized a civic action programme cum free medical camp on the occasion of celebration of BSF raising day at LP School, Jhagrachar near BoP- Kakripara in South Salmara Mankachar district on Saturday.

BSF in Tripura accused of assaulting women

Nov 30, 2019, at 08:18 pm

Agartala/UNI: Tension mounted in western border of Tripura following the  allegation against BSF jawans of torturing two women yesterday at Ashabari village under Boxanagar in Sonamura area of West Tripura.

BSF nabs Pakistani intruder near Kutch border

Nov 23, 2019, at 06:57 pm

Bhuj/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a Pakistani intruder, while he was trying to cross the border near Vighokot in Kutch district of Gujarat.

Jammu Frontier to carry out recruitment in BSF, CISF

Nov 04, 2019, at 11:46 pm

Jammu/UNI: Jammu Frontier of Border Security Force will be carrying out recruitment in BSF, CISF for all the 22 districts of two Union Territories including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Three BSF jawans injured in a blast during Chhath Puja in Manipur’s Imphal East

Nov 03, 2019, at 03:12 pm

Guwahati, Nov 3 (IBNS): Three jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) were injured in a blast at a venue of Chhath Puja in Manipur’s Imphal East district last night.

Three BSF personnel injured in blast in Imphal

Nov 03, 2019, at 12:16 pm

Imphal/UNI: Three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel sustained minor injuries in a bomb blast at Telipati, Imphal East district last midnight.

BSF, Army working in synergy to foil infiltration attempts at LoC, says IG BSF

Oct 26, 2019, at 06:17 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Asserting that infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) increase every year before the closure of the passes due to heavy snowfall in winter, a senior security force official on Saturday said that Border Security Force (BSF) and Army were working in synergy to foil any attempts by militants to cross over to this side.

BSF nab Bangladeshi national with fake Indian currency notes of Rs 1.06 lakh in Meghalaya

Oct 16, 2019, at 09:41 pm

Guwahati: The troops of Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) having a value of Rs 1.06 lakh and apprehended a Bangladeshi national in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Tuesday.

Gujarat: BSF recovers 5 more abandoned Pakistani boats

Oct 12, 2019, at 06:36 pm

Bhuj, Oct 12 (UNI) Close on heels of the recovery of two abandoned Pakistani boats, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday recovered five more such fishing boats Haraminala in creek area near Pakistan border in Kutch district of Gujarat.

Jammu: Suspected intruder nabbed by BSF on IB

Oct 03, 2019, at 01:38 pm

Jammu, Oct 3 (UNI): Alert troops of Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday apprehended a suspected intruder from close to the International Border in Akhnoor area here on city outskirts, official sources here said.

BSF seizes 7000 Yaba tablets in Assam’s Karimganj

Sep 11, 2019, at 09:49 pm

Guwahati, Sept 11 (IBNS): The troops of Border Security Force (BSF) seized huge quantity of contraband drugs and apprehended a person in Assam’s Karimganj district along Indo-Bangladesh border last night.

One cattle smuggler killed, two others injured in BSF firing incident along Indo-Bangladesh border

Aug 24, 2019, at 06:49 pm

Guwahati, Aug 24 (IBNS): One cattle smuggler was killed and two others injured in police firing incident in Assam’s Karimganj district along Indo-Bangladesh international border on Friday night. 

BSF organizes pension adalat in Guwahati

Aug 23, 2019, at 05:56 pm

Guwahati, Aug 23 (IBNS): The Guwahati Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday had organized a pension adalat to speedy redress the grievances of BSF retirees and family pensioners of all the seven states of North East region and Coochbehar district of West Bengal.

West Bengal: BSF nabs 7 Bangladeshi cattle smugglers

Aug 19, 2019, at 05:36 pm

Barasat, Aug 19 (UNI) A BSF patrol party, guarding the Indo-Bangla border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, has nabbed seven cattle smugglers, after chasing them for about six hours, from border outpost of Swarupnagar, Police said today.