Poonch, April 4 (ANI): Beneath a tranquil sky in the deceptive calm of a stunningly picturesque landscape, little children squat on bare ground, clutching their colorful text books. This is the border village of Keerni in Poonch District of Jammu, and the young students are in the open-air 'classroom' of their government school.

New Delhi, Jan. 16 (ANI): Terming the act of planting landmines in the border areas in Jammu and Kashmir from the by Pakistan Army, as illegal and a part of their tactical plan, defence experts cautioned Indian Army to take the issue seriously.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday on Thursday said Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed had visited the border areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) a few days before the attack on Indian jawans by Pakistani troops.

Lucknow, Dec. 1 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh on Saturday met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and discussed various issues including land allocation by the state for various projects and construction of roads in Indo-Nepal border areas.

Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov.20 (ANI): Rural women in Kalaroos village in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir have expressed gratitude towards the government for improving basic healthcare facilities at maternity health centers.

Tehran, Aug. 6 (Xinhua-ANI): Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for stronger economic ties between the Islamic republic and Pakistan by furthering bilateral trade transactions through border areas, Press TV reported on Monday.

New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday informed that border area management is possible only when economic and infrastructural development takes place in the border areas.

Baghdad, July 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Iraqi military authorities moved an army brigade from southern Iraq to border areas with Syria in Iraq's western province of Anbar, an official television reported on Tuesday.

Sadiya (Arunachal Pradesh), July 2 (ANI): The two-lane, nine kilometer long Sadiya Bridge is all set to enhance connectivity in the border areas of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Kathmandu, June 9 (Xinhua-ANI): The Nepali government has taken an initiative to develop a project that would facilitate outward trade by improving quality of laboratories, custom facilities and roads in the border areas with an assistance of the World Bank.

Kathmandu, May 22 (Xinhua-ANI): Around 1000 vehicles carrying essential goods are stranded in the northern and southern border areas of Nepal due to general strikes called by various groups, compelling importers to pay extra cost, which will eventually be transferred to consumers, according to local media.

Agartala, Mar 10 (ANI): In an attempt to provide basic facilities like education and health to people living in border areas of Tripura, the Border Security Force (BSF), which runs a Civic Action Programme in border villages, recently organized a medical camp in the state's Sonamura sub-division.

Rajatal/Jalandhar (Punjab), Jan.20 (ANI): Villagers living in the border areas of Rajatal and Jalandhar in Punjab on Friday expressed sorrow over political parties and state governments failing to provide basic amenities to them.

Srinagar, Dec 12 (ANI): General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 15 Corps of the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Syed Atta Hasnain, on Monday said the militants are active in border areas and waiting to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir during the snowfall in the valley. Terrorist (Militants) still remains in the launch pad, just the minor difference is that may be in northern areas we used to witness them more Huraiz, Machal Or Kiran's sector in comparison with that we have more knowledge that in the areas like Udi and Leepa more attentiveness is given by the commanders," he said.

Mankachar (Assam), Sep 22 (ANI): A delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) visited the border areas in Assam which have been ceded away to Bangladesh through a recent bilateral agreement during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Dhaka.

Kullu, Sep 20 (ANI): Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Virbhadra Singh, has said the recent bunker demolition by Chinese troops occurred due to lack of territorial demarcation along border areas.

New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): Asserting that New Delhi is committed to building a strong partnership with Dhaka, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today said India and Bangladesh have now put in place mechanisms, including the recently concluded Coordinated Border Management Plan, which we hope will greatly reduce the scope for incidents on the border and strengthen mutual trust and goodwill among the border guarding forces and people living in the border areas.