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Time of India
an hour ago
- General
- Time of India
Army chief awards felicitates woman BSF officer for exceptional courage during Operation Sindoor
Jammu: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel flash victory sign during an exhibition organised as part of their preparedness, at BSF Camp Paloura in Jammu,Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (PTI Photo) General Upendra Dwivedi honored BSF Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari with the Commendation Disc for her bravery and skill during Operation Sindoor in Jammu. Leading her troops, she effectively silenced hostile Pakistani posts across the International Border. Six women constables also held gun positions, displaying courage in the Samba, R S Pura, and Akhnoor sectors. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Upendra Dwivedi, on Friday awarded Border Security Force BSF ) Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari with the Commendation Disc for her exceptional courage and operational proficiency during Operation Sindoor in the Jammu a border outpost within eyeball-to-eyeball contact of a Pakistani post along the International Border, the assistant commandant led her troops to silence three forward hostile posts across the zero line (the area closest to enemy territory) by giving a befitting reply."On 30 May 2025, COAS General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM, felicitated Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari of BSF Jammu with the Commendation Disc for her exceptional courage and operational proficiency during Operation Sindoor," BSF Jammu said on gallantly commanded a forward-deployed BSF company under challenging conditions, it from Neha, six women constables held gun positions at a forward border post, with their "josh" rising with every bullet they fired at the enemy positions across the IB in the Samba, R S Pura and Akhnoor a third-generation officer from her family in Uttarakhand, takes pride in being a part of the BSF and commanding a border outpost in the Pargwal forward area of Akhnoor sector in Jammu district during Operation Sindoor."I feel proud to be manning a post along the International Border with my troops. It is approximately 150 meters away from the Pakistani post in the Akhnoor-Pargwal area," she told PTI here on grandfather served in the Indian Army and her parents are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), making her a third-generation officer in the family."My grandfather served in the Army. My father was in the CRPF. My mother is in the CRPF. I am a third-generation officer in the force," she said.
Hans India
3 hours ago
- Hans India
Pak intruder trying to enter India arrested
Pathankot: The Border Security Forces (BSF) arrested a Pakistani intruder near the International Border in Punjab's Pathankot. On noticing suspicious movement, the alert troops acted swiftly to apprehend him ahead of the fence, when he illegally crossed the IB (International Border). He was handed over to the Narot Jaimal Singh Police Station after preliminary questioning. In another operation on May 24, the BSF on Friday night neutralised a Pakistani intruder attempting to enter Indian territory in Banaskantha district, Gujarat. According to a statement from the security forces, the troops spotted one suspicious person advancing towards the border fence after crossing the International Border. Taking swift action, BSF challenged the intruder, but the intruder continued to advance, prompting them to open fire. The intruder was neutralised on the spot, the statement added. Security forces have been on high alert after Pakistan committed ceasefire violations by cross-border shelling following Operation Sindoor. India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POJK). Earlier on Monday, the Border Security Force (BSF) showcased a range of weapons, including the 'Vidhwansak' anti-material rifle, which was used during Operation Sindoor to target Pakistani posts. The demonstration was held during a weapon exhibition at the BSF Frontier Headquarters in Jammu. The visuals from the event showed BSF personnel demonstrating the use of the anti-material rifle (AMR), the automatic grenade launcher system, and other heavy weaponry.
Indian Express
3 hours ago
- Indian Express
‘It's my mother, 8-month-old sister in that video': Families of those detained in Assam unsure of where they are
On Wednesday, 22-year-old Barek Ali, a resident of Assam's Darrang district, was forwarded a clip from a Bangladesh-based news channel. It showed a group of people standing in a field surrounded by armed Bangladesh border guards, with locals from the Durgapur border area saying they had been sent across the border by security forces at 3 am that day. In that group was a woman carrying a baby in her arms. When he saw it, Ali immediately recognised them as his mother Manikjan Begum and his 8-month-old sister, who had been missing after they were taken into police custody on May 25. 'Ever since I saw (the video), I feel like I can't breathe. All I can think about is what we can do to get them back,' he said. Begum is among several people who have been detained by police in the past week from across Assam and whose families say that they have not been given information about their whereabouts by authorities. Like most of these people, she had been declared a foreigner by a Foreigner Tribunal in the state in 2019 and spent two years in detention until she was released on bail in 2022. The Assam police and Border Security Force have not responded to queries about these developments. However, a senior BSF official told The Indian Express, 'It is an ongoing process. Anyone found to be a foreigner will be either deported or pushed back.' Ali said his mother was first taken to the Dhula police station in the early hours of May 23 and sent back home the next day. He said she was summoned to the police station again on May 25 with all her documents. 'From there, she was taken to the police reserve in Mangaldai and then to the Superintendent of Police's office in Mangaldai. My father and I waited outside for hours with relatives of others who had also been taken there. The baby was with my father, and she started crying, so my father took her inside and handed her over to my mother. That was the last that we saw of them… No one has told us anything about where they are ever since,' he said. The video he saw was the first clue he got of their whereabouts, and played into his fear since he saw another video a day before, which The Indian Express had reported on: One shared by a Bangladeshi journalist, in which another detained person, Khairul Islam, a resident of Assam's Morigaon district, can be heard saying that he was pushed into Bangladesh by security forces on Monday morning. Several such video clips have fuelled fear and confusion in Assam. Malek Ostar (37) said that his mother, Majeda Khatun (60), was also detained from Darrang district on May 24 alongside several others. 'In that video (of Manikjan Begum and her child), we can see the relatives of people we were waiting with in Mangaldoi, but we can't see my mother, who had been taken with them. I went to see our lawyer in Guwahati and to the Matia detention camp to try and find out if she's there, but I don't know anything about where she is,' he said. Majeda Khatun is also a declared foreigner, and her lawyer, Muij Uddin Mahmud, said her appeal against the Foreigners' Tribunal order is going on in the Gauhati High Court. Habibul Bepari, a volunteer with NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace, said he is looking for information on Doyjan Bibi, a declared foreigner from Dhubri district who was released on bail from detention in 2021 and whose case he has been working on. He said there has been no information about her whereabouts since she was detained on May 25. The family of Abdul Hanif (40) from Golaghat district said he was taken by the police on Sunday morning. With no information on his whereabouts, his brother Din Islam travelled to the Matia detention camp in Goalpara to try to find him. 'We went there on Wednesday, but we were not allowed to enter, and the police there told us that no one from Golaghat had been brought to the camp. I will try my luck with lawyers in Guwahati now,' said his brother.
Hans India
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Hans India
BSF destroyed 118 Pak posts, surveillance system: Amit Shah
JAMMU: More than 118 Pakistani forward posts and their surveillance system were completely destroyed by the BSF during Operation Sindoor, dealing a major blow to the neighbouring country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Concluding his two-day tour of the Jammu region to review the security situation, preparation for the Amarnath Yatra and to interact with victims of shelling, Shah commended the Border Security Force (BSF) for its resolute response to Pakistani aggression during the four days of conflict earlier this month. Damaging and destroying so many posts in such a short period is a remarkable achievement, he said, adding that dismantling the enemy's surveillance network is a significant blow and it would take Pakistan years to rebuild the system.
Time of India
5 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
Let women lead — and let men cook!
In India, women still aren't officially allowed to fight in frontline army battles. But guess what? During a big operation called Op Sindoor, a brave officer named Neha Bhandari and a team of women in the Border Security Force (BSF) did exactly that! For three whole days and nights, they faced heavy attacks and didn't back down until the enemy did. That's some serious hero stuff. Also cool: the first batch of boys and girls just graduated together from India's top defence school — the NDA (National Defence Academy). These are huge wins for women in jobs that were always seen as 'men only.' But even with these steps forward, women in India are still waiting for their first chances in many everyday roles. For example: India's never had a woman Chief Justice. Many cities still don't have women cab drivers. In a lot of homes, men rarely cook. According to a new government report, 76% of cooking and food work at home is done by women. Only 6% by men! That's despite more women being educated — 77% now, up from just 9% when India became independent. So why aren't things changing faster? It's not the rules stopping women — it's the old-fashioned thinking at home. That's why only 37% of women in India are part of the workforce, while it's 55% in Japan, 60% in China, and 63% in Vietnam. That means a lot of girls who want to work also have to convince their families just to let them try. And now with AI (Artificial Intelligence) changing the way we all work, India needs everyone — not just the men — to keep up. That means women must get the freedom to choose their paths. And men? Time to tie that apron and get cooking! Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
