BSF plans to raise marine battalion, drone squadron for Sundarbans operations

BSF women personnel during a patrol duty in the Sundarbans on floating border outpost Ganga. (BSF file photo)New Delhi: The Border Security Force is planning to raise a marine battalion, a drone squadron and procure all-terrain vehicles for patrollin...

BSF deploys ‘Mahila Praharis’ in tough areas of Sundarbans near Bangladesh

BSF Mahila Praharis on floating border outpost Ganga in the Sundarbans. (Photo: BSF) Kolkata: The Border Security Force has for the first time deployed “Mahila Praharis” women guards in the Sundarbans delta in south Bengal. The Sunda...

Non-lethal strategy effective but smugglers emboldened on India-Bangladesh border

By Anish Singh Siliguri: Implementation of non-lethal weapons along India-Bangladesh border by the Border Security Force (BSF) has brought instances of border killings and injuries down by over half in the last few years but the incidents of attac...

BSF refutes BGB’s claim of killing Bangladeshi nationals along border

Siliguri: Refuting its Bangladeshi counterpart’s charge about the Border Security Force (BSF) involvement in killing Bangladeshi nationals along international boundary, the BSF on Thursday termed it as “entirely incorrect”.“Th...