Centre removes BSF Director General Nitin Agrawal, his deputy with 'immediate effect'

Aug 03, 2024, at 06:17 am

New Delhi/IBNS: In an unprecedented move, the Centre Friday removed Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) YB Khurania and sent them back to their state cadres "with immediate effect", as per government order.

BSF airlifts three patients from Tangdhar, Kashmir

Jan 12, 2022, at 01:12 am

Srinagar/IBNS: The Border Security Force (BSF) airlifted three patients for medical attention from the snow-bound Tangdhar sector in Kupwara district, officials said Sunday.

BSF launches a special coordinated drill against drones in Punjab's Jalandhar

Sep 05, 2021, at 03:44 am

Jalandhar/UNI: Troops of the Border Security Force launched a special coordinated drill to target the enemy-controlled drones in the area of responsibility of the Ferozepur sector Friday night.

Major infiltration bid foiled; heroin, arms recovered at LoC in north Kashmir

Jun 26, 2021, at 01:40 am

Srinagar/UNI: Security forces foiled a major infiltration bid by militants from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the Tangdhar sector of the frontier district known as Kupwara, a police spokesman said Friday afternoon.

Kashmir: Cross border fire kills BSF head constable, teenage girl

Jan 18, 2018, at 05:20 pm

Jammu, Jan 18 (IBNS): In a ceasefire violation by Pakistan rangers, a Border Security Force (BSF) head constable and a teenage girl were killed in Arnia Sector along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Thursday.

Joint Indian Air Force-Border Security Force Women Camel Expedition commences

Aug 16, 2017, at 03:20 am

New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Indian Air Force on Tuesday embarked upon an all women camel expedition along with Border Security Force from Utarlai (Barmer, Rajasthan) to Attari (Amritsar, Punjab).

BSF signs MoU with NSDC for special skill development opportunities for their personnel and family members

Jul 31, 2017, at 08:43 pm

New Delhi, Jul 31 (IBNS): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Skill Development Corporation( NSDC), in New Delhi on Monday.

BSF orders probe into porn video on officer's laptop that played by mistake

Jun 13, 2017, at 04:07 pm

New Delhi, June 13 (IBNS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has ordered a probe into the accidental playing of a porn video instead of a motivational clip from a laptop of an officer during a presentation before a group of BSF personnel in Punjab's Ferozepur.

PM greets BSF personnel on their Raising Day

Dec 01, 2016, at 07:31 pm

New Delhi, Dec 1 (IBNS) : Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has greeted all the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on their Raising Day.