Security

SHILLONG - Indian border guards have asked their Bangladeshi counterparts to maintain status quo in “areas of adverse possession” until a solution is found to boundary dispute between the two countries.

NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to reinstate 22 retired women officers and not to challenge a court order asking the armed forces to grant permanent commission to them, an official said Tuesday.

NEW DELHI - Indian Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh Tuesday inaugurated a polyclinic for ex-servicemen in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of the national capital, that will provide quality services to nearly 22,000 former defence personnel and their families.

SHILLONG - Tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border in southern Meghalaya Tuesday after Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops resorted to "unprovoked firing" in different areas.

SHILLONG - The Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Tuesday traded gunfire in three areas along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya in which a woman was injured, officials here said.