India’s border villages are being transformed from remote and isolated settlements into vibrant centres of development and strategic partners in national security under the government’s Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP), which is being implemented in two phases with a combined outlay of Rs 11,639 crore. The programme seeks to improve living standards and create sustainable livelihood.
The Centre-backed 'Operation Clean' has been widened from a 15-km to a 50-km radius along the India-Pakistan International Border, placing 102 villages and hamlets under intensified scrutiny.
Jammu: Two soldiers were injured in an accidental grenade explosion along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, officials said. The accidental grenade explosion took place in the forward area along the LoC during a training exercise, officials said. Injured Soldiers Shifted to Army Hospital “Two soldiers sustained injuries.
India's intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on the India-Bangladesh border amid plans by the Jamaat-e-Islami and its allies to stage major protests against the alleged push-ins of illegal Bangladeshi nationals.
Jakarta: Indonesian authorities have strengthened cross-border monitoring through enhanced data sharing and early detection measures at ports, airports and border crossings to counter increasingly sophisticated drug trafficking methods. Enhanced coordination between agencies Abdul Kadir Karding, head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin), said Thursday in Jakarta that narcotics traffickers continue to adapt their methods, including exploiting.
Agartala: Over 3,705 foreign nationals, including 3,463 Bangladeshis, have been arrested in Tripura since 2022 for illegally entering India, officials said on Sunday. A senior Home Department official stated that 965 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in 2022, followed by 1,014 in 2023; 947 in 2024; and 537 in 2025. Most of the foreign nationals have.
A major campaign under the "Detect, Delete and Deport" policy appears to be pushing a growing number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants towards the international border in West Bengal.
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Bikaner, Rajasthan, for a two-day tour beginning Monday, during which he will review border security arrangements and hold meetings with senior officials. Providing details, Union Law Minister and Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal said Shah will arrive in Bikaner on Monday night and stay.
Rattan Chand Sharma Polling for high stakes assembly elections closed on April 29, 2026. Now is time to assess, the impact of electoral deployment on border security. Elections and border security are antonyms adversely affecting each other. Election security management is a ping- pong battle between festival of democracy and border security. It starts with.
Security forces launched a massive search operation in Samba district after a drone believed to be from Pakistan briefly entered Indian territory along the International Border. The incident heightened security alert in the region and prompted a coordinated response by multiple agencies. Officials said the suspected enemy drone was spotted late Friday night in the.
