Pakistan Border Action Force

A Border Security Force Sub Inspector was killed while a jawan injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday said that his force is not allowing any disruptive actions by Pakistani Army's BAT as the Army foils the attempts even before the adversary is able to launch them.

The BSF is keeping a close eye on Pakistan's actions across the border and is capable of dealing with any situation, a top official of the force said on Tuesday.

An infiltration attempt by the Pakistan Army's Border Action Team (BAT) in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector was foiled by the security forces this week, resulting in the deaths of at least five intruders, the Indian Army said on Saturday evening.

As the government marks the second anniversary of the surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that deterrent action against Pakistan "will continue at the border" even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh has claimed that BSF had taken strong action against Pakistani forces at...

The Border Security Force on Friday vowed strong retaliatory action against Pakistan, saying it was witnessing a "more aggressive stance" of the opponent along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir after Imran Khan became the prime minister of Pakistan.

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

The Border Security Force (BSF) fired over 9,000 rounds of mortar shells across the International Border (IB) in Jammu in the past four days as part of "pinpointed" retaliatory action against Pakistan's unprovoked firing, destroying firing positions and fuel dumps of the Pakistan Rangers at multiple places, officials said on Monday.

Five army commandos of the "Ghatak" battalion crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Monday evening and killed four Pakistani soldiers, senior officials confirmed to NDTV today. This was to avenge the killing of four Indian soldiers including a Major by a Border Action Team of the Pakistan Army in Rajouri on Saturday, said sou...

A strike by about seven to eight members of Pakistan's Border Action Team or BAT along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector was stopped by security forces, the army said on Tuesday. The incident took place around 1 pm. The BAT soldiers were provided cover fire by mortar and small arms fire by the Pakistani military, army official...

A day after the Army foiled an attack in Kashmir by a squad of the Pakistani Border Action Team, details are emerging of how one of the terrorists killed was likely to have been a serving soldier of the elite Special Services Group (SSG) Commando force of the Pakistan Army.

Constable Prem Sagar, one of the two soldiers killed and mutilated by Pakistan at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, was cremated early this morning, 11 hours after his body was brought to his village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria. For several hours, the Border Security Force Jawan's family refused to cremate his body until it was show...

A day after two soldiers were killed and mutilated by Pakistan at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, India's top military commander told his Pakistani counterpart "such a dastardly and inhuman act is beyond any norms of civility and merits unequivocal condemnation and response". The army has vowed revenge for the barbaric killing of Naib Su...

Head Constable Prem Sagar, 50, of the Border Security Force (BSF) spoke to his wife Gyanwati Devi on phone early on Monday morning and asked about her health and whether her blood pressure was under check. Hours later the soldier's family in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria learned that he had been killed and mutilated by Pakistani soldiers. Hun...

Deeply concerned over the "deterioration" in situation along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restoration of stability in the region, saying that the world body supports "all efforts" to reach "durable" peace and security.

A Border Security Force Sub Inspector was killed while a jawan injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said.

Army Chief General MM Naravane on Thursday said that his force is not allowing any disruptive actions by Pakistani Army's BAT as the Army foils the attempts even before the adversary is able to launch them.

The BSF is keeping a close eye on Pakistan's actions across the border and is capable of dealing with any situation, a top official of the force said on Tuesday.

An infiltration attempt by the Pakistan Army's Border Action Team (BAT) in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector was foiled by the security forces this week, resulting in the deaths of at least five intruders, the Indian Army said on Saturday evening.

As the government marks the second anniversary of the surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that deterrent action against Pakistan "will continue at the border" even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh has claimed that BSF had taken strong action against Pakistani forces at...

The Border Security Force on Friday vowed strong retaliatory action against Pakistan, saying it was witnessing a "more aggressive stance" of the opponent along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir after Imran Khan became the prime minister of Pakistan.

As US ambassador to Pakistan more than a decade ago, Ryan Crocker spent much of his time trying to convince the government in Islamabad to take action against terrorists moving freely inside the country and plotting attacks on US forces in neighbouring Afghanistan

The Border Security Force (BSF) fired over 9,000 rounds of mortar shells across the International Border (IB) in Jammu in the past four days as part of "pinpointed" retaliatory action against Pakistan's unprovoked firing, destroying firing positions and fuel dumps of the Pakistan Rangers at multiple places, officials said on Monday.

Five army commandos of the "Ghatak" battalion crossed the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Monday evening and killed four Pakistani soldiers, senior officials confirmed to NDTV today. This was to avenge the killing of four Indian soldiers including a Major by a Border Action Team of the Pakistan Army in Rajouri on Saturday, said sou...

A strike by about seven to eight members of Pakistan's Border Action Team or BAT along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector was stopped by security forces, the army said on Tuesday. The incident took place around 1 pm. The BAT soldiers were provided cover fire by mortar and small arms fire by the Pakistani military, army official...

A day after the Army foiled an attack in Kashmir by a squad of the Pakistani Border Action Team, details are emerging of how one of the terrorists killed was likely to have been a serving soldier of the elite Special Services Group (SSG) Commando force of the Pakistan Army.

Constable Prem Sagar, one of the two soldiers killed and mutilated by Pakistan at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, was cremated early this morning, 11 hours after his body was brought to his village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria. For several hours, the Border Security Force Jawan's family refused to cremate his body until it was show...

A day after two soldiers were killed and mutilated by Pakistan at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, India's top military commander told his Pakistani counterpart "such a dastardly and inhuman act is beyond any norms of civility and merits unequivocal condemnation and response". The army has vowed revenge for the barbaric killing of Naib Su...

Head Constable Prem Sagar, 50, of the Border Security Force (BSF) spoke to his wife Gyanwati Devi on phone early on Monday morning and asked about her health and whether her blood pressure was under check. Hours later the soldier's family in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria learned that he had been killed and mutilated by Pakistani soldiers. Hun...

Deeply concerned over the "deterioration" in situation along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restoration of stability in the region, saying that the world body supports "all efforts" to reach "durable" peace and security.