BJP to government: Raise intrusion issue with Chinese defence minister
September 3rd, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Alleging that Chinese troops were entering India's territory and disrupting development work, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay Monday urged the government to take ... Read more...
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Can’t rule out more border tunnels: Home secretary
August 24th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 24 (IANS) The presence of more tunnels along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan cannot be ruled out, Home Secretary R.K. Singh said Friday after arriving in Jammu ... Read more...
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Assam-Meghalaya border villages to shun militants
May 16th, 2012 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 16 (IANS) Eighty-four villages located on a remote stretch of the Assam-Meghalaya border have now decided to desist any help to militants who frequent the area.The villages, mostly ... Read more...
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BSF suspends eight troopers for filming assault (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Jan 18 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday suspended its eight troopers after a video clip allegedly showed its men thrashing a suspected cow smuggler near ... Read more...
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BSF to probe video of troopers beating man
January 18th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Jan 18 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Wednesday said it will investigate a video clip allegedly showing its men thrashing a suspected cow smuggler near the ... Read more...
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Indian states bordering Bangladesh vulnerable to bird flu (Lead)
March 23rd, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Indian states bordering Bangladesh have become vulnerable to bird flu with Dhaka failing to check the contagious disease as well as the smuggling of poultry products ... Read more...
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Indian states bordering Bangladesh vulnerable to bird flu
March 23rd, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 23 (IANS) Indian states bordering Bangladesh have become vulnerable to bird flu with Dhaka failing to check the contiguous disease as well as the smuggling of poultry products ... Read more...
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35,000 people to be hit by border fencing in Mizoram
September 27th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Sep 27 (IANS) Over 35,000 people from 45 villages near the India-Bangladesh border need to be rehabilitated to facilitate the fencing of the frontier in Mizoram, state Home Minister R. ... Read more...
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Flood threat looms over border villages in Punjab
August 28th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 28 (IANS) Threat of inundation looms over scores of villages of the border district of Ferozepur in Punjab as the Satluj river was overflowing because Pakistan was diverting ... Read more...
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Security forces launch operation against Naga rebels
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Saraipung (Assam), Aug 22 (IANS) Security forces in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Sunday launched a joint counter-insurgency operation to evict militants of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ... Read more...
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ULFA militant, aide held in Meghalaya
July 28th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 28 (IANS) A militant of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and an aide of the group were arrested in separate incidents Wednesday by Border Security Force (BSF) troopers ... Read more...
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BSF men trapped as Pakistan fires at Indian post (Third Lead)
June 21st, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 21 (IANS) At least 20-30 Indian Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were trapped in a border post in Jammu and Kashmir Monday after Pakistani troops opened fire, sparking intermittent but ... Read more...
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Statewide primary school enrolment drive in Gujarat
June 16th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 16 (IANS) A three-day statewide school enrolment drive, with special emphasis on the girl child, will commence in Gujarat Thursday.
Initiated by the Narendra Modi government and undertaken with zeal ... Read more...
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Border youth await Pakistanti pigeons’ arrival
June 4th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by ANI
Daoke (Indo Pak Border), June 4 (ANI): Even as any intruder from the Pakistani side of border has to face the security forces, it is the Pakistani pigeons that bring a big ... Read more...
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Punjab police playing host to Pakistani ’spy pigeon’
May 28th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar (Punjab), May 28 (IANS) Police in Punjab's Amritsar district, bordering Pakistan, are playing hosts to a pigeon, suspected to have come from the neighbouring country on a "secret mission".
According to police, ... Read more...
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Nepal concerned over attacks on Nepalis in India
May 25th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 25 (IANS) There is growing concern in Nepal over the attacks on Nepalis and Nepali-speaking people in north-east India that are reported to have left 17 dead and forced thousands ... Read more...
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Jammu villagers being trained to curb infiltration
May 21st, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 21 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu region have decided to rope in residents of border villages to help in curbing infiltration of militants from Pakistan. The selected ... Read more...
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Border villages of Manipur , gateway for trade
May 13th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
Chandel (Manipur), May 13 (ANI): The border areas of Manipur's Chandel district, adjacent to Myanmar, function as a gateway to promote international border trade. A visit to some of the remote villages ... Read more...
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Joint operation to search militants ends in Punjab
April 28th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Gurdaspur (Punjab), April 28 (IANS) A joint search operation, launched by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police in the Bhamial sector of this border district to look for militants after ... Read more...
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Government committed to rapid development in northeast: Patil
February 22nd, 2010 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The government is committed to the rapid development of infrastructure in the northeastern states, President Pratibha Patil said here Monday.
"My government remains committed to the rapid ... Read more...
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Chidambaram favours trade, commerce with Pakistan
February 20th, 2010 - 11:04 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAttari (Punjab), Feb.20 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said that despite India not being given Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status by Pakistan as a reciprocal ... Read more...
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Unrelenting Pakistan lobs six rockets into Indian territory
January 9th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Attari Sector (Punjab), Jan.9 (ANI): In a repeat of lobbing rockets incident in Punjab's border villages recently, at least six rockets were lobbed from Pakistani side in the fields ... Read more...
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Nepal records its first swine flu deaths
December 28th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 28 (IANS) Six months after the first swine flu cases were reported in Nepal, the pandemic has claimed its first victims in the country, with two people succumbing to the ... Read more...
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Radio Pakistan blames Hindus for discrimination against all communities including Sikhs
December 5th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Gurdaspur, Dec.5 (ANI): Though India is today looked upon by the world community for its democratic values and social fabric where over a billion people of diverse cultures co-exit in harmony ... Read more...
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Punjab to give priority to border areas development
December 3rd, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) The Punjab government Thursday said it would give top priority to villages in the border districts while deploying teachers and doctors to give the much-needed boost to the ... Read more...
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Radio Pakistan’s latest worry is adulteration of food in Punjab
October 29th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Abohar, Oct.29 (ANI): Radio Pakistan in its latest broadcast has expressed concern on adulteration of food in Punjab. The allegation is that all traders are Hindus and they are doing so to ... Read more...
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32 die in Tamil Nadu firecracker tragedy (Lead)
October 17th, 2009 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Thirtytwo people were charred to death when a fire suddenly enveloped a firecracker shop located in a godown in a Tamil Nadu village, trapping a large number of ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s rocket-shelling plunges market price of land beyond border
September 16th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinChak Allah Bakhash (Punjab), Sept. 16 (ANI): The prices of farming land have plunged following past week's rocket-shelling incident in the India-Pakistan border villages. Local farmers say ... Read more...
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BSF find fifth rocket shell in Punjab border village
September 13th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Sep 13 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Sunday found another rocket shell in the fields near a village in this district of Punjab, raising the number of rockets fired from ... Read more...
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Fifth rocket shell found in Punjab’s Dahleke Village
September 13th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinDahleke Sep. 13 (ANI): With another rocket shell being found in the fields of Dahleke village near the India-Pakistan border on Sunday, the total number of rocket shells ... Read more...
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India registers protest on rocket firing from Pakistan side
September 12th, 2009 - 9:04 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Sep. 12 (ANI): India on Saturday registered a strong protest with Pakistan over firing of rockets from across the border that exploded two kilometres inside Punjab.It was second instance of ... Read more...
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107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF (Second Lead)
September 12th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Sep 12 (IANS) Even as the Pakistani authorities Saturday denied that any rockets were fired from its side into Indian territory, paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officials here said they were ... Read more...
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Pakistan denies border firing (Lead)
September 12th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore/Amritsar, Sep 12 (IANS) Tension prevailed at the Pakistan-India border after loud explosions were heard on the Indian side near the Attari-Wagah check post. However, Pakistan denied Saturday that its forces were ... Read more...
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Pak denies rocket fire near Wagah border
September 12th, 2009 - 12:10 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Sep.12 (ANI): Pakistan has rejected India's allegations of breaking the ceasefire between the two countries by denying reports of rockets being fired from its side towards India at the Wagah border.The ... Read more...
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BSF retaliates after Pak fires three rockets
September 12th, 2009 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
Kachye Dhanoae (Punjab) Sep 12 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) retaliated with machine gun fire after Pakistan fired three rockets inside the Indian territory on Friday night.Last night between 10 and ... Read more...
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