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BSF to deploy women staff on Indo-Pak Border within a week

Jalandhar: Punjab Frontier of Border Security Force (BSF) is all set to deploy women constables at the highly sensitive Indo-Pak Border, as first batch of the Battalion would be deployed within a week.

"First batch of 178 women constables was recently passed out and accordingly an initial training was imparted to them and within a week they will be deployed on Indo-Pak border", Himmat Singh, Inspector General (IG) of BSF told reporters in Jalandhar.


Initially the women staff would be deployed for frisking of women villagers who cross the fence for going to their fields and later on after required training they would be deployed for guarding the border along with their male colleagues, IG said adding that total 595 women constables were selected for training and after their pass out, all of them would be deployed on Indo-Pak border.

Many a times the villagers of border areas raised their objection on frisking of their women folk by male staff of BSF and deployment of women staff would overcome villagers' objection as well, IG added.

Asked whether the women constables would add to the glory of Beating Retreat parade on Wagha Border, IG ruled out the same and so far nothing has been decided in this regard.

IG revealed that shifting of fence in the Ferozepur and Abohar sector start soon, survey and land acquisition process of which has already been completed. "There were large chunk of land (about 23 KMs) was available on Indian side and accordingly decision of shifting of the fence was decided after thorough survey", he added.

IG admitted that there were large number of attempts were noticed to smuggle fake currency through Indo-Pak border and even several such attempts were thwarted by the vigilant border guarding force by seizing fake currency of Rs 20 lakh last year followed by of Rs 55 lakh in the current year so far.

"Thermal imagers and Night Vision Devices (NVDs) were proved boon for thwarting the attempts of smuggling from the neighbouring country", IG said adding that recently it was noticed that even the smugglers have started using NVDs, which has become a cause of worry.

Claiming that the BSF has achieved success in intercepting the large scale of narcotics this year as so far 107.5 KG of Heroin was seized as compared to 106 KG in the previous year, IG said adding that large quality of arms and ammunition including 16 pistols seized with apprehension of 88 international drug smugglers.
 

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India warns Pak against ceasefire violations

BY : Headlines Today
Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Friday warned Pakistani forces to refrain from the frequent ceasefire violations along the line of control (LoC) or face action.
Gen Kapoor said India’s patience was running out and if the ceasefire violations by Pakistan and intrusions in Jammu and Kashmir did not end, India would be forced to take action.
Just a few days ago, India had lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the ceasefire violation by its troops along the LoC in Poonch. An Indian Army jawan was killed in the incident.
The army chief said infiltration was on the rise. He said before the snow blocked the passes, Pakistan was making desperate efforts to push in terrorists.
Security forces have been asked to remain vigilant round the clock along the borders in view of the increase in infiltration attempts.


India warns Pak against ceasefire violations IDRW.ORG
very sad that even when a jawan was killed,our soldiers were not allowed to retaliate:2guns:
 

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Brother thats IA,we are not cowards like them who dont have the guts to fight from the front and engaging in such proxies.
But in todays world,not retaliating against such acts and being such a deciplined outfit who are not aloved to retaliate till the extreme,will definitely hit us hard.
 

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Infiltration bid foiled near LoC; army major, 2 militants killed- Hindustan Times

Two militants and an army officer were killed in a pre-dawn encounter when security personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said.

During patrolling in forward area along LoC on Tuesday troops observed movement of a group of armed militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sonagali area of Mendhar sub-sector, and challenged them, the official told PTI.

The militants opened fire on the troops and hurled grenades, the official said, adding, the army personnel retaliated and a gunbattle took place in which the two infiltrators were killed and the army officer in the rank of Major lost his life.

Bodies of the two militants have been recovered while a search operation has been launched for the bodies of two other infiltrators who, as per the intercepts, were killed in the operation.
 

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Coping with China
Indian Army raises two mountain divisions

By Brig. Arun Sahgal (retd) and Pravin Sawhney

http://www.forceindia.net/coverstory2.aspx

In order to meet the Chinese threat, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force have launched an accretion and modernisation drive. The process is slow for two reasons: Equivocation at the political level. This has resulted in ambiguous signals to the defence services, on what is the end-game that is sought by a military confrontation. The second reason is that the Eastern Front continues to remain a lower priority than the front with Pakistan.

In concrete terms, the government has cleared an exclusive mountain strike corps in the East. The existing 3 Corps at Dimapur has been designated as the offensive Corps. Two new mountain divisions, 41 Mountain Division in Binaguri and 56 Mountain Division, to be raised in 2010, are being created. The important thing is that these mountain divisions will be an accretion to the Indian Army strength and will not be created from existing man-power assets. In effect, by 2011, the offensive 3 Corps will have under it, 56 Mountain Division and 2 Mountain Division in Rangia (under 4 Corps headquarters). It will also have 41 Division under the order of battle of 4 Corps (in Tezpur) available to it for the offensive battle. Consequently, the three corps in the East, namely, 33 Corps in Sukhna (for Sikkim)...

4 Corps in Tezpur and 3 Corps in Dimapur will be utilised completely against the Chinese front.

According to sources, troops of 3 Corps presently on counter-insurgency operations will be pulled out for training in conventional operations. Notwithstanding the new raisings and reorganisations, the overall posture will remain one of strategic defence, which implies limited tactical offensive capabilities.

To provide the forces with rapid reaction capabilities these formations will have heli-lift capability, ultra light 155mm howitzers capable of being heli-lifted as also dedicated combat support resources. 3 Corps headquarters in the East will be the controlling headquarters for working out operational employment contingencies. Similarly, the two holding Corps of the Indian Army in the Eastern theatre too are being provided with inbuilt brigade level rapid reaction capabilities including heli-lift capacity, aim being, quick response to any local contingencies. To improve fire power, plans exist, for providing dedicated artillery resources with possibility of raising a separate artillery division based on 155mm/52calibre guns.

To enhance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, India is embarked upon a programme of satellite-based navigation system project GAGAN (GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation or GPS and Geo Augmented Navigation) system. Experience of creating the GAGAN system will be utilised for the creation of an autonomous regional navigation system called the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) and that it might use the GSAT-4 satellite as a technology demonstration system phase of the proposed navigational system. One of the big advantages of GAGAN is high positional accuracies over wide areas, thereby enhancing weapon accuracies among other attributes.

At the tactical level to increase ISR capacities, army is inducting three additional troops of Heron UAV’s apart from satellite-based information systems. Similarly, to ensure high degree of communication security and connectivity, a satellite-based dedicated defence network is being planned for the armed forces. What is being attempted is provision of similar ‘informationalised’ conditions backed by dedicated air and rotary wing assets as available to PLA forces. Tactical air defence cover is also being improved by inducting low level quick reaction AD missiles to replace existing Igla shoulder-fired systems.
To enhance mobility in the mountainous regions dedicated infrastructure and strategic road development programme has been launched to enhance both connectivity and mobilisation including logistics. On implementation by 2011, there will be significant increase in forward deployment and maintenance capability.

Army’s modernisation and force development programmes are also being matched by forward deployment and increase in air profile in the East. The Eastern Air Command is seized of the fact that it will be called upon to deliver parallel operations on the complete spectrum of war. Like the army, the operations will be more defensive than offensive. The focus on conduct of operations in support of the army is primarily due to the prevalent weather and terrain conditions. This would include precision fighter strikes on vital targets, air defence of third dimension, rapid movement of large scales of ground forces across battle zones, ISR operations, special heli-borne operations and maintenance of operational logistics chain.

Given the nature of firepower, the IAF will have far more offensive capabilities that will provide deterrence to the PLA, than the Indian Army. Offensive operations indicate that the IAF will retain the initiative to strike and plan to probe deep into the adversary land. Towards this end, infrastructure for permanent deployment of a squadron of Su-30MKI in Tezpur by early March 2010 is in full swing. The infrastructure has been planned to cater for regular operations from hardened and blast-protected structures. It would blend in modern passive air defence features and NBC protection right from the inception stage. Other assets that the Eastern Air Command hopes to get to bolster the offensive arm are versatile platforms like heavy and medium-lift helicopters along with AWACS and Flight Refuelling Aircraft (FRA).

According to the IAF, the improvements planned for the ALGs in Arunachal Pradesh are because of both domestic requirements of communications and connectivity, as well as strategic compulsion. Work is in progress to upgrade ALGs in Arunachal Pradesh at Vijaynagar, Pasighat, Tuting, Along and Mechuka. Other ALGs like Walong and Ziro are being improved as well. In parallel, the IAF is also upgrading all the air fields in its area of responsibility since most of them are becoming ‘joint user airfields’ and need to be capable of handling a higher density of traffic by day and night.

To appreciate the need for operational awareness and preparedness, a holistic overview of India’s China policy is in order. This policy has been marked by friendship, sentimentalism, fear, diffidence, appeasement, brinksmanship, wishful thinking and engagement. Off late, despite positive political overtures, there is growing negativism in relations. The negative elements include slow progress in border talks marked by claim on Twang together with publicly expressed claims over the whole of Arunachal Pradesh. Continuing military modernisation together with incremental upgradation of its military posture in Tibet in terms of rapid force deployment and sustainment capability, forward development of logistics and communications infrastructure, and significantly growing border incursions, including the settled areas like Sikkim, are all pointers to coercive tactics aimed at keeping tensions alive.

Added to above is the growing stridency of the anti-India discourse with chorus being joined by the influential media, Chinese bloggers and even important think tanks — importantly those associated with the Peoples Liberation Army. The patronising and threatening tone of this discourse in the Chinese media indicates hardening of anti-India posture and raises a serious question of possible tensions being triggered on one pretext or the other.

Why the growing Bellicosity?

The rationale and logic of Chinese bellicosity appears to be what they see as a critical shift in Indian defence posture, one that calls on India to expand its military horizons beyond Pakistan and pay more attention to a dangerous Chinese encirclement of the Indian subcontinent, by creating a strong ‘dissuasive defensive posture’. In this context, increasing number of Chinese academics and even officially sanctioned websites and think tanks are ratcheting up India threat scenario, holding Indian military modernisation and incremental improvement in India’s defensive and offensive posture together, with statements by senior Indian military leadership and think tank discourse responsible.

The political construct of this is provided by the growing Indo-US strategic relationship, increasing US footprint in South and Central Asia apart from the Indian Ocean, which China sees as attempts to restrict its strategic space. Adding to that is stable polity and an improving economy which has enhanced India’s global standing.

From a Chinese perspective, Indian military developments along the border are particularly disconcerting. Chinese see this as an Indian attempt to carve out a strategic space along its troubled periphery in its favour, particularly in South Asia, where China is weaving a web of proxies through economic and political influence and growing military cooperation. Contextualising these developments, Chinese analysts appear to have come to the conclusion that India was upping the ante and attempting to create a scenario wherein non-resolution of the boundary dispute will lose the leverages that Chinese political leadership presumes it has. Aiding such a perception is growing American footprints in Pakistan which has the potential of robbing China of its most steadfast regional proxy.

In order to put this debate in a perspective, it is important to underscore the growing Indian concerns about Chinese military build-up in Tibet, which provides China with multiple and glaring strategic advantages.

Doctrine of ‘Active Defence’

First and foremost is the Chinese doctrine of ‘Active Defence’. Underlying Chinese military modernisation and force development models is the doctrine of active defence. The new doctrine is more assertive than previously and is not bound by any restrictions to confine and limit future conflict to within China’s national boundaries. According to China’s White Paper, active defence is a defensive military strategy. The doctrine demands the creation of a capability to project force across China’s borders through rapid deployment, conventional SRBMs and cruise missiles, information warfare, electronic warfare, precision-guided munitions, night-fighting capabilities and other advanced military technologies. The PLA expects to fight the next war under conditions of what it calls ‘informationalisation’ — this is Chinese euphemism of net-centric and RMA-assisted warfare.

Second and importantly is the infrastructural and capability upgradation in Tibet. China can support a force over 20-25 Divisions in Tibet which can be build over a single campaigning season. This is backed by forward location of operational logistics that could support large forces. Aiding the above posture is the increasing Chinese rapid reaction and punitive strike capability. As per current assessments, PLA has the capacity to air transport approximate a division plus (15,000 troops) in one go and air drop a brigade (3,500 troops) in a single airlift. Its heli-lift capacity is nearly two battalions in a single lift. This capability is now at display in exercise ‘Stride-2009’, involving 50,000 troops from four major regional military commands — stationed in the cities of Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou, which are likely to stretch over the next two months. The sophisticated nature of the far-flung deployments together with projected manoeuvres 12–1600 km away from their bases is an exceptional power projection capability, involving force mobilisation using high-speed civilian rail and air links in the rapid deployment of troops. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the exercises are a test of the PLA’s ‘long-range force projection’ capability in army’s ‘largest-ever tactical military exercise’.

These developments need to be seen in the backdrop of possible rapid reaction force deployment in Tibet. Chinese Rapid Reaction Forces, better known as ‘Resolving Emergency Mobile Combat Forces’ (REMCF), are prepared for a 24 to 48 hour response to any contingency that might threaten Chinese interests. This exercise implies, China today, is in a position to deploy upto 3-4 divisions in a rapid deployment mode following induction of its REMCF at a place of its choice along the Sino–Indian border, an awesome military projection capability by any standards.
 

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PIB Press Release

First ever all Women Expedition Team conquered Indira Col

Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor Flagged in the First Ever Women Expedition Team for Army Corps of Engineers to Indira Col, today at Army Headquarters, New Delhi.

The expedition led by Major Megha Astagikar summitted Indira Col, located at an altitude of 20,187 feet, after trekking 103.10 kilometers on 15 Aug 09, which coincided with the 62nd Independence Day. Enroute to Indira Col, the team halted at eight camps to carry out acclimatisation, training and build-up of essential logistics. Braving inclement weather and extremely difficult terrain conditions, Indira Col was summitted well before the planned schedule.

Prior to undertaking the expedition, a detailed planning and rigorous training in basic ice-craft and mountaineering skills was carried out by the team at the Army Mountaineering Institute, Siachen Base Camp. Major AR Ramakrishnan, the trainer of the expedition team, inspite of being a battle casualty summitted Indira Col alongwith the team making the achievement of the expedition spectacular and creditable.

A 17 women expedition team was flagged – off by the Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj on 03 August 2009.
 

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New N-E division with eye on China?​

KOLKATA: The Army is creating a new Mountain Division for the Northeast, headquartered in central Nagaland or the adjoining areas of Upper Assam. Although it will be stationed in an area when the Army is engaged in counter-insurgency operations, sources say the division could also have the task of keeping an eye on the Chinese border in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, sources indicated. The Army brass is keeping the plan under the wraps, since there were protests from China some time ago that induction of more troops in Arunachal could lead to an arms race in the region. The Army is cagey about the role of the proposed division. "It is nothing much,'' a senior officer based in Dimapur said.”It is not that we are going to induct 50,000 new troops.'' According to the brass, the role of a new formation can't be determined properly until it participates in a war game. The formalities are yet to be completed, said another officer, although it is learnt that the proposal was sanctioned long ago.

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2,500 NSG personnel to be freed from VIP duty​

Sources have told NDTV that about 2,500 security personnel from the NSG and other forces will be freed from VIP duty for anti-terror operations. Now the NSG troops will be made available for anti-terror operations, Home Ministry sources have told NDTV. Reports also says that review and downgrading of Z and Z + is being processed and will be made effective after winter session of Parliament. Home Minister P Chidambaram will take a call personally on Z and Z+. About 500 personal have been freed from review X and Y category already.

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Indian army doctors return from Lanka

COLOMBO: Indian army doctors left Sri Lanka on Wednesday after treating more than 50,000 Tamil war refugees in the last six months in makeshift hospitals that they had set up in the north and east of the island nation.


The 50-odd medical personnel carried out 500 major and 3,500 minor surgeries. Besides, 4,500 patients were treated in the day care centres and over 500 others were warded in the hospitals at Pulmoddai in Trincomalee district and Chettikulam in Vavuniya district.At a farewell function here, Indian High Commissioner, Alok Prasad, said that India had responded to the crisis by setting up, within 72 hours, a full-fledged hospital with all kinds of equipment, medicines, doctors and nurses in Pulmoddai. They treated over 7,000 of the war wounded and the sick brought in ships by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

When the war ended in May and about 300,000 refugees suddenly poured into Vavuniya, the Indians shifted to Chettikulam. “In all the six months, there were only two deaths in the Indian-run hospitals. Even these two cases had been brought to the hospital virtually dead,” Alok Prasad said.
 

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BSF women troopers positioned at India-Pak border

Amritsar: After undergoing nearly 38 months of rigorous training, the first batch of Indian women troopers on Friday joined duty at the international border in Punjab.

This is the first time that women officials, inducted in the Border Security Force (BSF), are guarding international borders.


"Today, after a formal ceremony called 'sainik sammelan', all the girls have joined their duty on the border. They are all very energetic and full of enthusiasm. In fact, they have already started their work and are busy frisking people and guiding them on the border checkposts," BSF Punjab frontier deputy inspector general (DIG) Jagir Singh told a media service in this border town, about 250 km from the state capital Chandigarh.

BSF had inducted 178 girls, all of whom have been trained in tackling any kind of emergency and handling sophisticated weapons. Of these, 118 are deployed along the 553-km fenced India-Pakistan border in Punjab near Amritsar while 60 have been posted on the India-Bangladesh border.

The passing out parade of these newly inducted troopers was held July 25 this year at the BSF's Kharkan training camp near Hoshiarpur town with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and BSF Director General M.L. Kumawat looking on.

"The women troopers will cover all the BOPs (border outposts). For the time being, they will be assigned only non-combat duties and will not carry arms," said Jagir Singh.

Most of the new recruits are between 19 and 25 years of age. Among them, 14 are postgraduates, 22 graduates and 128 have studied up to Class 12. The recruits include 25 sportspersons and 11 National Cadet Corps (NCC) volunteers
 

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BSF strikes back as Pak fires rockets near Punjab border

AMRITSAR: Pushed to the wall by Pakistan on Friday night, when it reportedly fired two rockets into border villages of Punjab — the second such
provocation in two months — India for the time is said to have struck back with machine guns.

The unsettling attack from a belligerent neighbour came on a day when the Border Security Force had deployed its first batch of women along the border. No causality was reported till news last came in at 11.45 pm, stating that Pakistan had fired three more rockets which were yet to be traced.

“Earlier, two rockets were fired from the Pakistani side, one falling in Dhanoae Khurd and the other is yet to be traced,” said BSF, IG, Frontier, Himmat Singh. As India opened fire from Pul Kanjari end, losing patience over repeated violations during peace times between the two nations, the IG confirmed, “During my tenure, this is the first time that BSF has retaliated.”

Swinging into action, police laid down barricades on roads leading up to the border, disallowing even the media to cover the incident. Calling for an emergency flag meeting with Pak Rangers, sources said, BSF strongly protested the unwarranted firing.

The last time Pakistan had breached border rules was on July 5 night, when three rockets landed on the Indian side — one each in Dhandae, Baherwal and Konake — while another failed to make it and fell in the attacker’s territory near Pul Kanjari.

Following the aggression, BSF DG ML Kumawat had visited the villages and assured of a befitting reply if Pakistan ever acted in the same manner again.
BSF strikes back as Pak fires rockets near Punjab border - India - NEWS - The Times of India
 

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107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF - India - NEWS - The Times of India

107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF
IANS 12 September 2009, 12:01pm IST

AMRITSAR: Even as the Pakistani authorities on Saturday denied that any rockets were fired from its side into Indian territory, paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officials here said they were fully equipped to retaliate against any provocation from the neighbouring country.

An Indian soldier collects the remains of a rocket at the site of a
blast at Dhoni khurd village in the Wagah sector of the India-
Pakistan border. (AP Photo)


Senior BSF officials, who inspected the spot and the rockets that were fired, said three 107MM rockets were fired into India Friday night near the Attari-Wagah check post.

"The 107 MM rockets are used by armies all over the world. Some terrorist organisations also use them. In July also, the same rockets were fired in this area. We are investigating the matter," BSF's Punjab Frontier Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Jagir Singh said.

"We had a meeting with officials of the Pakistan Rangers last (Friday) night. Though the Rangers have denied that rockets were fired from Pakistan side, we have given them time to investigate and react to the incident. They have said that they will investigate this. We will be meeting them (Rangers) again," Singh said.

BSF troopers fired from machine-guns into Pakistan after rockets were fired into Indian territory in Amritsar from across the border. The rockets landed in fields in the Pul Kanjari area near the Attari joint check post from across the border between both countries.

BSF officials said 7-8 machine-gun bursts were fired into Pakistan after the rockets landed on the Indian side.

Villages in the Pul Kanjari area, where the incident took place, were tense even though the BSF increased patrolling.

"We did retaliatory fire from machine-guns and have lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani side. Villagers heard three sounds," Singh said.

Residents of border villages near the Attari-Wagah check-post in Amritsar district informed BSF officials about rockets landing in fields, BSF Inspector General of Police for Punjab Frontier Himmat Singh said.

Commandants of the BSF and Pakistan Rangers held a meeting at the border in the wee hours of Saturday to investigate the incident. The Indian side lodged a strong protest over repeated incidents of shelling from across the border.

This is the second incident of rockets being fired into Indian territory from Pakistani soil. Three rockets were fired into Indian territory in early July.

India has erected an electrified barbed wire fencing on its side of the 553-km Indo-Pak border in Punjab.

The rockets were fired just hours after the BSF stationed the first batch of women troopers along the international border Friday.

"The women troops will do their duties normally. This incident will have no affect on their work. There is no move to withdraw them from the border," the DIG said.

As many as 118 women troopers were stationed at Border-Out Posts (BOPs) along the Punjab border Friday. Though the women troopers will be used for non-combat duties like frisking women and villagers doing farming across the fence in Indian territory, they are trained for patrolling and using weapons.
 

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Pak denies rocket attack, India lodges protest - India - NEWS - The Times of India

Pak denies rocket attack, India lodges protest
Yudhvir Rana, TNN 13 September 2009, 02:58am IST

AMRITSAR: In the second cross-border attack in nearly two months, four rockets smashed into villages in Punjab, shattering the quiet night and triggering a major scare. The attack forced BSF — perhaps for the first time — to retaliate with machine gun and mortar fire.

The BSF has lodged a strong protest with the Pak Rangers. It sounded an alert along the border late on Friday night. The attack happened the very day the BSF deployed its first female contingent along the international border in the Punjab sector.

There was no damage or casualties on the Indian side, BSF inspector-general Himmat Singh said. The 107 mm rockets landed in fields near Attari, about 2 km into India. The affected villages were Modhey, Rattan Kalan, Dalkae and Dhoneya Khurd.

BSF commandant Baljit Dhillon held a flag meeting with the Rangers at 1 am on Saturday and lodged a strong protest with wing commander Akbar Bhatt, who surprisingly denied all knowledge of the attack or the role of the Pakistan army.

Sources said armed men belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group now operate in Pakistani Punjab and could be responsible for the attack. In July, Pakistani security forces seized weapons, including 107 mm rockets with a range of 8mm — the kind used on Friday — from LeT men arrested at Dera Gazhi Khan.

On Saturday morning, Himmat Singh and DIG Mohammed Aquil inspected the blast sites and met villagers in a bid to restore confidence among them. Farmers with land near the border fence insisted on going to work on Saturday. “We have provided them security cover,’’ Aquil said.
 

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Rockets firing: BSF IG visits Punjab villages

STAFF WRITER 20:2 HRS IST

Amritsar, Sept 12 (PTI) BSF Inspector General Himmat Singh today visited the border villages of Modhey and Dhoneya Khurd in Punjab where three rockets fired from the Pakistani side landed last night.

Singh visited the paddy fields where the shells had caused extensive damage to standing crop and assured the villagers of all help.

Senior civil and Punjab Police officials accompanied Singh.

Three rockets from across the border were fired last night that exploded two km inside Punjab.
 

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Army to send passing-out officers to its Special Forces

New Delhi: Facing an acute shortage of officers in its Special Forces, the Indian Army has decided to send two passing-out officers each from its academies to these elite units.

"We have shortage of over 60 percent officers in our Para (SF) units. We would now be sending two volunteer officers each to these battalions right after they pass out from our academies such as the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun and Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai," a senior Army official said here.


Out of the sanctioned strength of around 35 officers, the official said, these units have only 10-12 officers.

"More than half of the officers on the strength of these units are out doing their mandatory courses in our various schools and centres. So, these units are left only with four to five officers at any time to manage the affairs," he said.

At the moment, the Army has seven Para (SF) units, which are deployed in different locations across the country.

The tough and strict physical and mental parameters for qualifying into the SF battalions are attributed as main reasons behind the shortage of officers.

Infantry and other units are also facing a shortage of 30-35 officers but problems of SF units become more acute because not many officers are able to qualify the physical tests and 90 days probation that they have to go through before they join the SF, Army sources said.
 

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BSF finds fifth rocket shell in Punjab border village- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times

BSF finds fifth rocket shell in Punjab border village
13 Sep 2009, 1739 hrs IST, IANS

AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Sunday found another rocket shell in the fields near a village in this district of Punjab, raising the number of rockets fired from Pakistan into India in the last 40 hours to five, officials said.

"During our search operation, our officials have found another rocket today (Sunday). It exploded in the open space around a km from the houses of Pul Kanjari village here. It must have been fired yesterday (Saturday) and gone undetected by us," BSF Inspector General (Punjab Frontier) Himmat Singh told IANS Sunday.

"Now the number of rockets that were fired from Pakistan towards Indian villages has reached five. We had lodged a formal protest with Pakistan Rangers yesterday (Saturday) and we are still waiting for any reply from their side," he added.

Earlier three rockets, which were fired in quick succession from Pakistan, exploded near a village in this district late Friday night. The attack triggered retaliatory gunfire by BSF officials.

Later Saturday evening, a fourth rocket, which had not unexploded, was found in the fields of Pul Kanjari village.

However, Pakistani authorities Saturday denied any rockets were fired from their territory.

Following the attacks, there was tension in the border villages. Local villagers Saturday also staged a protest against the shelling and demanded that Indian authorities take strict action.

In a similar incident in July, four rockets were fired from Pakistani territory towards border villages in India.

India has erected an electrified barbed wire fence on its side of the 553-km India-Pakistan border in Punjab.
 

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Two more locations traced where Pak threw rockets

STAFF WRITER 19:2 HRS IST

Amritsar, Sept 13 (PTI) The BSF today traced two more locations inside Punjab where Pakistan fired rockets from across the border on Friday night taking the number of missiles landing in Indian territory to five.

Two more locations hit by Pakistani rockets on that night were discovered today in Daleke and Rattan Khurd villages about 5-6 kms from the international border, a BSF officer said.

With the discovery of two more locations the troops are searching the entire border area vigorously for more such places if any.

On Friday night three rockets were found in open fields at Modhey and Dhoneya Khurd villages in Attari sector on the Indo-Pak border, prompting retaliatory gunfire from the Indian border troops.

BSF DIG (Punjab) Mohammad Akeal said the two missiles found today were fired between 10pm and 10.30pm on Friday night.
 

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BOLT system to give Indian army an edge on the battlefield

PUNE: City-based communication technology solutions company Transworld has developed Battle Online Tracking (BOLT) system for the Indian army, which will have tracking systems for tanks and heavy vehicles on the battlefield to ensure timely logistical support.

“The army formations will have a combination of communication capabilities like encrypted or local radio apart from GPRS and GSM. The solution will enable the officer concerned to see all his assets and it will be possible to zero-in on a particular tank or truck in the battlefield right from the army headquarters through an online platform,” Transworld Compressor Technologies Limited managing director Vikram Puri told Sakaal Times.




The solution, provided through a device called Mobile Eye, has already been successfully tested at the Armoured Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar.

The Northern Command has also started implementing Mobile Eye on their convoys for security against terrorist attacks, Puri said.

To win any battle, the most crucial aspect is timely and adequate logistics support. A tank division of 10,000 troops on the battlefield needs huge amount of logistics, including fuel, food, water and air support.

“A lot of time is spent on the battlefield to ascertain the exact position of assets like tanks. This is traditionally done manually. The information can be intercepted by the enemy, which could be used to block our supply routes. In this case, every device is independent of any communication system and the message is encrypted. It can't be intercepted by enemy,” he said.

Moreover, since the exact location of the tanks are known, logistics support like refuelling, air and artillery cover can be provided precisely.

“The fuel and ration stock can be replenished without delay. This will not hamper the advancement of the troops. The reinforcements can be sent in exact numbers to the exact location. Most importantly, in case of air force or artillery cover, the exact location of our assets will not only help in preventing hitting our own troops, but also attain greater degree of accuracy in destroying the enemy,” Transworld director Khursheed Panthaki said.

Even if the enemy knocks out a few tanks which have the device, the communication system would not be affected as long as two tanks having the device installed are functional. “It is a self-healing network. As long as two devices are alive, information flow will continue,” Panthaki said
 

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MHA nod to CRPF to set up separate intelligence cell

New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) The Union Home Ministry has given the much-awaited nod for the setting up of a separate intelligence network for the CRPF to deal with Naxalism and insurgency problems.

Home Ministry sources said that in an order dated September 1, the MHA has given the go-ahead for setting up the intelligence network in all the battalions of the largest paramilitary force in the country, a proposal which has been pending with the Ministry for the last few years.

They said the step was taken as part of the evolving new strategy to take on the Naxals. Earlier, the CRPF had to depend on the intelligence network of the local police.

As per the proposal, each battalion of the force will have an intelligence cell each comprising about 10 personnel.

At present, only the BSF has its own intelligence cell.
 

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