India to erect single row fence along Bangladesh border
September 18th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 18 (IANS) India will erect single row fencing instead of double row fencing in several areas along the border with Bangladesh, officials said here Tuesday.About 80 percent of ... Read more...
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Pakistan Army, Rangers fire on Indian posts on LoC, border (Lead)
August 16th, 2012 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire for second day Wednesday by firing at two Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) late evening on India's Independence ... Read more...
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Pakistani Rangers fire on Indian post on Independence Day
August 15th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistani Rangers opened unprovoked fire in Hira Nagar sector of the international border Wednesday on India's 66th Independence Day, according to sources in the Border Security ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistan border guards exchange greetings
August 15th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Aug 15 (IANS) Pakistani border guards Wednesday greeted their Indian counterparts on the occasion of India's 66th Independence Day.Officers and troopers of Pakistan Rangers walked up to the ... Read more...
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Surjeet home after 30 years, says he was a spy (Roundup)
June 28th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) After more than 30 years of incarceration in Pakistan, Surjeet Singh returned home Thursday to a tumultuous and teary welcome from family and friends and ... Read more...
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Surjeet met by children, to meet wife later
June 28th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) Shutterbugs were waiting to capture the moment when Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh would meet his wife after a gap of over three decades that he ... Read more...
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Surjeet is home, after 30 years in Pakistan prison (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) After 30 years of incarceration in Pakistan on charges of being a spy, Surjeet Singh returned home Thursday to a tumultuous and teary welcome from ... Read more...
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Surjeet Singh walks back to India after 30 years
June 28th, 2012 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), June 28 (IANS) Held in Pakistan on spying charges in the early 1980s, Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh returned home after three decades Thursday.Smiling and waving to family members, ... Read more...
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New check-post launched at Attari
April 8th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), April 8 (IANS) The newly constructed integrated check post (ICP) at Attari, along the international border between India and Pakistan Sunday saw a soft launch prior to ... Read more...
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Bangladesh against fencing at border zero-line: Sarkar
March 5th, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 5 (IANS) Bangladesh has rejected India's proposal to erect border fencing at the zero line along the border, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told the state assembly Monday."Erection ... Read more...
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Intruder killed on India-Pakistan border
January 26th, 2012 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 26 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead an intruder from Pakistan who entered Indian territory in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday morning, a BSF ... Read more...
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Tripura seeks fencing on actual border
November 25th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 25 (IANS) Tripura has asked the central government to fence the actual border with Bangladesh so as to secure all markets, shrines and even government installations, an official ... Read more...
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India, Pakistani troopers exchange sweets on Eid
November 7th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), Nov 7 (IANS) Border guards from India and Pakistan Monday exchanged sweets at the joint check post along the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan on the occasion ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan border guards exchange Diwali sweets
October 26th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Oct 26 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani border guards Wednesday exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border post near here to mark Diwali, which is also celebrated by Hindus in Pakistan.Border ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh soon to settle border issues: Tripura CM
September 9th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Sep 9 (IANS) India and Bangladesh would soon delineate their long-disputed border areas while Dhaka has sought information about the bases of terrorists from India's northeast in Bangladesh ... Read more...
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Pakistan Rangers offer BSF sweets on I-Day
August 14th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Aug 14 (IANS) Troopers of the Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to their Indian Border Security Force (BSF) counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost Sunday to mark the 65th anniversary ... Read more...
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Bangladesh relaxes norms for India to erect border fence
April 8th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 8 (IANS) Dhaka has allowed New Delhi to erect fencing along the 'zero line' of the international border so that Indian homes and farms located close to it ... Read more...
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Dhaka, Delhi erect fences on border
October 18th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 18 (IANS) Bangladesh and India have begun setting up fences within 150 yards of the zero line along the international border.The exercise, which is on for some months now, marks ... Read more...
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Pak releases last batch of Indian fishermen
September 7th, 2010 - 10:52 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah, Sep.7 (ANI): Pakistani Rangers handed over the last batch of 141 of the 442 released Indian fishermen to the Border Security Force (BSF) officials here on Tuesday afternoon at the Wagah-Attari ... Read more...
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Pakistan releases second batch of 100 Indian fishermen
September 3rd, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah, Sep.3 (ANI): Pakistan Rangers handed over a second batch of 100 Indian fishermen to India's Border Security Force (BSF) at the Zero Line on Friday afternoon after a court in Pakistan ... Read more...
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India hands over 28 Pakistani prisoners
August 18th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinWagah, Aug.18 (ANI): Border Security Force personnel on Wednesday handed over 28 Pakistan nationals to the Pakistan Rangers at the zero line of Attari - Wagah land route after ... Read more...
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BSF gives Pakistan Rangers sweets at Punjab border (Lead)
August 15th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Attari border (Punjab), Aug 15 (IANS) Celebrating the 63rd anniversary of India's independence, the Border Security Force (BSF) Sunday presented sweets to its Pakistani counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint check post between ... Read more...
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Thousands converge for I-Day celebrations at Attari border
August 15th, 2010 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Attari border (Punjab), Aug 15 (IANS) At an hour when most people across India would have been sleeping, thousands of people converged at the Attari-Wagah joint check post between India and Pakistan ... Read more...
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India hands over four Pakistani prisoners at Wagah border
June 30th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah June 30 (ANI): Reciprocating Pakistan's gesture, India on Wednesday, released four Pakistani nationals who had been lodged in Indian jails.The names of the released prisoners are Mishri Mal, Jetha Krishen, ... Read more...
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Ceasefire violation by Pakistan again, BSF men trapped (Fourth Lead)
June 21st, 2010 - 10:34 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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Talks on for reopening India-Bangladesh border markets
June 11th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 11 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Friday said the opening of border 'haats' (markets) between India and Bangladesh is in the advanced stage of approval by both neighbouring countries. ... Read more...
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India releases 19 Pakistani fishermen
June 1st, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah Border, June 1 (ANI): India on Monday released nineteen detained Pakistani fishermen at the Wagah border in Punjab.These fishermen were detained for trespassing into Indian waters off the Gujarat coast ... Read more...
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Fencing-affected border residents of Mizoram go on strike
April 6th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, April 6 (IANS) People affected by the fencing on the India-Bangladesh frontier Tuesday called an indefinite shutdown in the border areas of Mizoram while their counterparts in Tripura threatened to launch ... Read more...
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Runaway Pakistani teenager sent back home
March 13th, 2010 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Amritsar, March 12 (IANS) A teenaged Pakistani boy who ran away from his home near Lahore city in Pakistan two months back after a scolding from his father and landed up in ... Read more...
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Bangladesh will not be used for terror activities: BDR chief
March 11th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
By Shreeraj GudiNew Delhi, Mar11 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday reiterated that its soil would not be used for terrorist activities against any country.Addressing a joint press conference with Border ... Read more...
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BSF guns down another infiltrator along the India-Pakistan border
January 17th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Jan.17 (ANI): Border Security Force personnel on Sunday gunned down an intruder along the India-Pakistan border while he was trying to infiltrate into Indian territory.The intruder, identified as a Pakistani national, ... Read more...
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Pak intruder killed near R.S.Pura border in Jammu
January 17th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
By Tahir Nadeem KhanArnia (Jammu), Jan 17 (ANI): A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Sunday morning after he refused to surrender in the Arnia ... Read more...
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India repatriates 31 Pakistani fishermen
January 2nd, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinAttari Border, Jan 2(ANI): Reciprocating Pakistan's goodwill gesture, India on Saturday released 31 Pakistani fishermen including one child through Wagah land route.The fishermen crossed over after the completion ... Read more...
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Pakistani rangers, BSF men share sweets at Wagah border on Eid-ul-Zuha
November 28th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravinder Singh RobinWagah, Nov. 28 (ANI): In a show of camaraderie, Indian and Pakistani border guards deputed at the Wagah border checkpost, exchanged sweets and greeted each other on the ... Read more...
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BSF-CRPF to jointly fight Naxals: Srivastava
October 5th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by ANI
Wagah, Oct 5 (ANI): The Director General (DG) of the BSF, Raman Srivastava, today said that the Government has decided to strengthen the Border Security Force by deploying other paramilitary soldiers along ... Read more...
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