CHANDIGARH, Feb 18: The BSF on Saturday recovered 20 packets of heroin and a cache of arms and ammunition after a gunfight with Pakistani smugglers along the international border of India and Pakistan in Punjab’s Gurdaspur, an official said. The gunfight began when the 113 Battalion of the Border Security Force noticed suspicious movement of smugglers ahead of fencing in the area near Khasawali village in the Gurdaspur district early morning, said the official. “During patrolling in the dense fog […]
The Border Security Force has seized four Chinese-made pistols among a consignment of weapons dropped by a Pakistani drone in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, the force said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of farmers having their agriculture land across the barbed fencing along the International Border (IB) are likely to benefit in a big way if the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) goes ahead with its “proposed decision” to shift the fencing to within 200 metres of the zero line.