India-pak Conflict

Pak drone spotted near IB in Punjab, returns after BSF troops open fire

A Pakistani drone was spotted close to the International Border in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, a BSF official said on Thursday. The unmanned aerial vehicle flew back to Pakistan after the Border Security Force troops fired at it. The drone was spotted near Adia border outpost in Gurdaspur at around 9:40 pm on Wednesday, said the official. The BSF troops fired 16 rounds at the Pakistani drone and also used an illumination bomb, said the official. A search operation was underway, said the official.

Pak intruder shot dead by BSF in Gurdaspur; a fire arm recovered

An armed Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) in Gurdaspur sector along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab on Tuesday morning, officials said. The infiltration bid was detected around 8 am and a fire arm has been recovered from the intruder. "At about 0830 hours, BSF troops of border post Channa in Gurdaspur sector observed suspected movement of an armed Pak intruder ahead of the fence. The suspected intruder was challenged and neutralised by the troops," a BSF spokesperson said. This is the first in incident in 2023 where a Pakistani intruder has been killed at the border. Last year, the BSF killed two infiltrators and apprehended 23 Pakistanis along the 553-km-long India-Pakistan international border that falls in Punjab. On Monday, the force had recovered a drone, with about 1 kg of suspected heroin, that was shot by its troops in Kassowal area of the Gurdaspur sector on December 31.

1971 Indo-Pak war: Hero of Rajasthan's Longewala post dies at AIIMS-Jodhpur

Bhairon Singh Rathore, a BSF veteran of the 1971 India-Pakistan war whose bravery at Rajasthan's Longewala post was portrayed by actor Suniel Shetty in the Bollywood movie 'Border', died in Jodhpur on Monday. He was 81. "The braveheart took his last breath at AIIMS, Jodhpur, today," the Border Security Force (BSF) said in a Tweet. Rathore's son Sawai Singh told PTI on Saturday that his father was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Jodhpur on December 14, two days before the 51st anniversary of the war, after his health deteriorated and his limbs got affected in what seemed like a paralysis. "Doctors told us that my father has possibly suffered a brain stroke. He has been in and out of ICU over the last few days," Singh said. The Singh family lived in Solankiatala village, about 120 km from Jodhpur. Rathore was deployed at the Longewala post in the Thar desert, commanding a small BSF unit that was accompanied by a company of the Army's 23 Punjab ...

Kashmir issue elephant in the room: Pak on S Asia integration, trade boost

Describing the Kashmir issue as "the elephant in the room", Pakistan minister Hina Rabbani Khar said any efforts to integrate South Asia and boost trade would be futile without resolving the conflict

Peace with Pakistan will give India direct access to Central Asia: PM Khan

Imran Khan said India will be benefitted economically by having peace with his country as it will enable New Delhi to directly access the resource-rich Central Asia region through Pakistani territory

Fifty years of India's conflicts

Book review of Full Spectrum: India's Wars 1972-2020

Locust-hit Pak may consider importing insecticides from India: Report

Pakistan is facing its worst locust attack in decades, after insects destroyed crops on a large scale in Punjab province, the country's main region for agricultural production

Rahul condemns mob attack on Nankana Sahib, says bigotry knows no borders

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday condemned the mob attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, saying bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi termed Friday attack reprehensible, and said the only known antidote to bigotry is love, mutual respect and understanding. "The attack on Nankana Sahab is reprehensible & must be condemned unequivocally. Bigotry is a dangerous, age old poison that knows no borders. Love + Mutual Respect + Understanding is its only known antidote," he said in a tweet. A violent mob attacked the Nanakana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan Friday and pelted it with stones. Nankana Sahib is the birth place of first Sikhguru Guru Nanak Dev.

Terror attacks have increased after 2016 surgical strike, says Shiv Sena

Accusing the Modi government of boasting about how Pakistan was straightened out after the surgical strike, the Sena sought to know whether it has really happened

No extra-territorial ambitions but need to stay alert against Pak: Rajnath

History bears evidence to the fact that India does not have extra-territorial ambitions. It believes in friendly relations with its neighbours, the Defence minister said

India rejects Donald Trump's claim of PM Modi seeking help on Kashmir

The US president made the claim while meeting Pakistani PM Imran Khan at the White House

Ready to mediate on Kashmir issue if asked by India, Pakistan: Trump

If the president is asked to mediate by both countries, he has expressed his willingness and his interests to help facilitate a solution

The Pakistani laureate

Decades after the violence that broke out under the watch of the British, India and Pakistan are still locked into a conflict that is influenced by religious extremists

Pak PM warns PoK residents not to cross LoC for offering humanitarian aid

Tension between India and Pakistan escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5

Imran discusses Kashmir with Trump over phone ahead of UNSC meeting

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Khan took the US President 'into confidence' regarding the UN Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters

'Just a window dressing': US doubts Pak's intention on Hafiz Saeed's arrest

Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist was arrested on Wednesday -- the seventh times since December 2001

Pakistan PM Imran Khan says will release IAF Pilot as peace gesture

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the release of IAF pilot will be a "peace gesture"