Gandhinagar: Following the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, the Union government has ordered the cancellation of visas issued to Pakistani nationals. Accordingly, around 438 Pakistani nationals living in Gujarat will be deported. According to the Home Department, 438 Pakistani nationals currently reside in Gujarat on long-term visas—77 in Ahmedabad, 50 in Kutch, and 44 in Surat. Additionally, seven are on short-term visas, with five in Ahmedabad and one each in Bharuch ...Read More

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met this evening under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The CCS was briefed in detail on the terrorist attack on 22 April 2025 in Pahalgam, in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were killed. A number of others sustained injuries. The CCS condemned the attack in the strongest terms and expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and hoped for the early recovery of the injured. Strong expressions of support ...Read More

Kutch: The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a Pakistani youth who entered Kutch on foot from Pakistan. Acting on a tip-off about a suspicious individual roaming in a sensitive border area, local police apprehended an 18-year-old youth, identified as Love Sarup Deva Bhil, near the BSF post in the Khawda Rann area of western Kutch. The youth is a native of Dermo village in the Diplo taluka of Mithi district, Tharparkar, Pakistan. During questioning, the youth revealed that he had left ...Read More

Gandhinagar: A total of 144 Gujarat fishermen are in Pakistani jails as of 31st January 2025. 432 Gujarat fishermen were released from Pakistani jails in one-year period from 1st February 2023 to 21st January 2024. After that, during the following year, no fishermen were released. However, the arrests of Gujarat fishermen by Pakistan have drastically decreased. In the one-year period from 1st February 2023 to 31st January 2024, only 9 fishermen were arrested by Pakistan, while in the subsequent...Read More

Bhuj: On the occasion of Republic Day, on Sunday, India's Border Security Force(BSF) caught a Pakistani citizen near the international border in Kutch district of Gujarat. This arrest took place when BSF jawans felt some suspicious activities near the border and after this they conducted a search operation in the surrounding area. This incident happened when security arrangements were tightened in the country on the occasion of Republic Day. Due to vigilance and alertness, BSF jawans caught t...Read More

Bhuj: In a swift operation on Sunday, the Border Security Force (BSF) of India apprehended a Pakistani infiltrator in the creek area of Kutch, near Border Pillar No. 1139. The infiltrator, identified as 22-year-old Babu Ali Umar from Kala Gugda village in Pakistan, was caught by jawans of the BSF’s 59th Battalion during routine patrols. Umar, who appeared to be a fisherman, was found carrying fishing equipment, along with three kilograms of crabs, a knife, a swimming tube, and a torch. Desp...Read More

Rajkot: Thanks to the efforts of the district collector of Rajkot in Gujarat, a Pakistani teenage boy was reconnected to his parents after two and a half years. A minor Pakistani boy was nabbed on 12 January 2022 off the Porbandar coast along with other Pakistani fishermen in a Pakistani fishing boat. An offence of coastal border violation was filed against him, and he was sent to judicial custody at the zonal observation home in Rajkot by the Juvenile Justice Board of Porbandar. On 25 August...Read More

Dwarka: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday rescued 12 crew members of the sunken Indian vessel MSV Al Piranpir from the North Arabian Sea. This humanitarian search and rescue mission saw close collaboration between the Indian Coast Guard and Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), with both nations' Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCCs) maintaining continuous communication throughout the operation. The mechanized sailing vessel (Dhow) Al Piranpir, which had departed from Porba...Read More

Porbandar: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship successfully rescued 7 Indian fishermen on 17 Nov (Sunday), apprehended by a Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) ship near the India-Pakistan Maritime Boundary off Gujarat coast. At approx 1530 hours on 17 Nov, ICG Ship on patrol received a distress call from an Indian fishing boat (IFB) operating near the No-Fishing Zone (NFZ). Call reported that Indian fishing boat, Kal Bhairav, had been intercepted by PMSA vessel, and 7 Indian crew apprehended....Read More

Delhi: The number of Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan off the Gujarat coast has notably decreased in recent years. Last year, Pakistan arrested only 9 fishermen in 2023, and only 19 so far in 2024 when over a half of year has passed.  This is a major drop compared to previous years when larger numbers were detained annually. In 2021, Pakistan arrested 223 Indian fishermen. The number dropped to 132 in 2022, only 9 in 2023 and 19 in 2024 so far.  When it comes to Guajrat fishermen, i...Read More