The Punjab government took strong exception to the Centre's reported move of empowering the BSF to carry out searches and make arrests up to an area of 50 km from the international border.
According to an official statement issued by the BSF Punjab Frontier, a minor was detained by the force on Tuesday.
While four candidates were caught while using mobile phone during the examination, the fifth candidate had appeared in the exams on behalf of an original candidate.
Senior IPS officer Pankaj Singh was on Wednesday appointed director general of the Border Security Force (BSF), a post held by his father Prakash Singh nearly three decades back.
BSF Group C Recruitment 2021 is looking for candidates to hire for the 269 vacancies on a temporary basis.
Two Pakistani intruders were shot dead by the Border Security Force along the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.
Two Pakistani intruders shot dead by BSF near the Indo-Pak border when the were trying to cross over to India.
A 1984-batch IPS officer Rakesh Asthana took charge as Delhi Police Commissioner on July 28. He took charge from Balaji Srivastava.
"It was the first sector commander-level meeting between the two border guarding forces after the declaration of ceasefire agreement by DGMOs (in February)," a BSF spokesperson said.
Earlier on July 2, a quadcopter was repulsed by the BSF in the Arnia sector.
In a humanitarian gesture, India on Wednesday handed over a 17-year-old girl to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) who was pushed into prostitution six months ago by a gang involved in illegal human trafficking between the two countries.
A narcotics smuggler was shot dead by the BSF along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Wednesday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday unearthed two improvised explosive devices inside the Swabhiman Anchal on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.
A Pakistani drone was noticed in Dera Baba Nanak of Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Friday, said BSF sources.
Akshay Kumar on Thursday donated Rs 1 crore for a school building in remote Tulail village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.
Akshay Kumar visited remote Tulail area along the LoC in Gurez Valley of Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district. He went there to meet jawans of the paramilitary Border Security Force who are guarding the LoC with Pakistan.
The Kolkata-based south Bengal frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) is tasked to guard 913.32 kms of the India-Bangladesh international border (IB) out of the total 4,096 kms, running across five states and it has recorded official figures to claim that no cattle was smuggled from its side till May, 2021.
During interrogation, Han Junwe told security forces that he and his associates have smuggled thousands of SIM cards from India to China by concealing them in undergarments.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has intercepted a Chinese national in West Bengal's Malda district.
"The incident took place on the intervening night of June 2-3 when troops sensed suspicious movement at the border. A BSF sentry opened fire, forcing the smugglers to run," BSF spokesperson said
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