The quadcopter was found in the wheat field, which is 1,000 meters away from the International Border.
"Troops of BSF have recovered one quadcopter (drone) in a wheat field near village Havelian, approximately 1000 meters from the border," the BSF Punjab Frontier said.
The Punjab Frontier officials said that the troopers heard the humming sound of a flying object during the early hours and the object was fired upon.
"Subsequently, during search operations, we recovered one quadcopter (Drone) in a wheat field near village Havelian," the officials said, adding "that no contraband or arms were found so far in the search operation."
On March 7 too, the BSF shot down a drone coming from the Pakistan side in Punjab's Ferozepur sector. According to the BSF officials, on Monday around 0255 hours, the forward deployed troopers heard the humming sound of a suspicious flying object coming from Pakistan side to India side in AOR Ferozepur sector. Immediately all troopers were alerted and fired upon the 'Flying Object' and also illuminated the area by firing Para bombs and the drone was shot down.
The BSF personnel found that along with the drone a small bag (green coloured) was attached which contained four packets in a yellow wrapping and one small packet in black colour wrapping. The gross weight of the contraband items was found to be around 4.17 kgs (with packing material) and of 250 gm of black colour wrapping.
India's border guarding force has been working on anti-drone technology in collaboration with the Defence Ministry research wing DRDO and soon will have the anti-drone technology to prevent the entry of quadcopter into the Indian territory from the Pakistan side.
The Rangers exploded six mortar shells at Dewra village in Rajouri district's Sunderbani town, the BSF said.
"Pakistan Rangers today (Saturday) exploded four 51 mm mortar shells and two 81 and 82 mm mortars in Dewra village. The BSF retaliated strongly during cross-border firing and shot dead at least three Pakistan Rangers," a BSF statement said.
The Pakistan Rangers also started unprovoked cross-border firing in Pargwal area of Jammu region on Saturday afternoon, with the BSF engaged in a befitting retaliation, the statement said.
On Friday, the Pakistan side had fired at a BSF trooper while he was standing and drinking water at a border outpost at Budhwar in RS Pura sector in Jammu frontier, the statement said.
It said that the bullet got lodged above the BSF trooper's ear. "He was operated upon last night and his condition is stable now."
"In view of 1,252 ceasefire violations by Pakistan during the current year, the Home Minister called for expediting construction of bunkers along the International Border and Line of Control to protect the border residents," the ministry said in a statement.
The bunkers are to be constructed in Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts. Work on construction of 1,431 community and more than 13,000 individual bunkers will commence from July, the official statement said.
The announcement came after Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the progress of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs at a high level meeting here.
It noted that there was a significant drop in stone-pelting incidents in J&K since the government announced suspension of operations during the month of Ramadan.
On compensation to victims of cross-border firing, the limit of three milch animals have been removed for losses incurred upon livestock. The minister directed that compensation for live-stock may be increased to Rs 50,000 from Rs 30,000 presently.
Rajnath Singh also directed expediting the raising of two new border battalions of state police, for which Rs 105 crore was approved last March, by completing the recruitment by March 2019. These would be raised from people living within 10 kms of the IB/LoC.
Besides, five India Reserve Battalions (IRB) are being raised for which 4,690 youth have been recruited. Also, 6,689 Special Police Officers (SPOs) have been appointed out of a total of 10,000 new posts sanctioned. The possibility of filling up of the vacancies of SPOs from border living community may be explored, the statement said.
On relief and rehabilitation programmes for migrants and displaced persons, the minister was informed that 12,763 beneficiaries of displaced persons of Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir have been disbursed Rs 578 crore.
Rajnath Singh directed holding special camps and publicity in regional newspapers for disbursing assistance of Rs 5.5 lakh per family to such displaced people, for which MHA has provided Rs 2,000 crore, the ministry said.
Reviewing the Prime Minister's Development Package worth Rs 80,068 crore, it was informed that nearly Rs 63,000 crore was sanctioned for 63 projects pertaining to 15 central ministries.
The meeting between sector commanders of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers was held following a request from the Pakistani side.
The Indian and Pakistan delegations were headed by P.S. Dhiman, Deputy Inspector General of BSF, and Brigadier Amjad Hussain of Chenab Rangers.
This was the first flag meeting of the sector commanders this year. The last meeting was held on September 29 last year.
Thursday's meeting came after heavy shelling and firing between the two sides on the international border.
Informed sources said the BSF strongly objected to the acts of snipping of two BSF troopers by Pakistan and unprovoked firing and shelling to target a number of Indian villages, innocent civilians and their properties.
"The BSF conveyed a strong protest with an equally strong message that such provocative acts are unacceptable and will not be tolerated."
"All schools within five km radius of the LoC and the international border shall remain closed for three days," officials of the provincial administration said here.
Four persons including two troopers and two civilians were killed on Friday in widespread ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops.
Two civilians including a woman and a youth were killed and 24 others including two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers and 22 civilians were injured in Pakistan shelling and firing on the international border.
A BSF head constable was killed on Friday in Samba sector while an army soldier was killed in Sunderbani sector of the LoC in Rajouri district.
Over a dozen cattle have also been killed in indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border.
Over 20 outposts of the BSF were targeted by Pakistan rangers in Kathua, Sam ba and Jammu districts on the international border on Friday.
Migration of civilians started on Friday evening in R.S. Pura, Ramgarh and Suchetgarh areas close to the international border.
Authorities have made arrangements in makeshift camps for border residents although this migration has been from isolated places so far not involving a large number of border villagers so far.
Conservation authorities and experts from both the countries will use the method in which they would install cameras in various locations in the tiger habitats as well as their roaming areas and capture and track down their movements, the Himalayan Times reported on Monday.
"The counting of tigers will begin from the second week of November," said Man Bahadur Khadka, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
Khadka said that although the tiger census had been conducted jointly in Nepal and India in the past, this is the first time when both the countries were employing the same method that is globally preferred.
By using this method, chances of counting the same tiger over again remain slim, said Khadka.
The decision was taken after a recent meeting between the officials of both countries regarding the tiger census.
The Chitwan National Park in Chitwan and Parsa Wildlife Reserve, which are the habitats of tigers in Nepal, are adjacent to the Balmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar state of India.
Similarly, Nepal's Bardiya National Park is close to India's Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh while the Shuklaphanta National Park in Nepal adjoins India's Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, also in Uttar Pradesh.
As per the last tiger census in Nepal in 2013, as many as 198 Royal Bengal Tigers were found in Nepal with Chitwan National Park alone housing 120 of them, the report said.
The tiger is regarded as an endangered animal and is listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
"The two troopers and three civilians were injured in the overnight Pakistan ceasefire violation in R.S. Pura and Ramgarh sectors.
"The Pakistan Rangers used mortars, automatics and small arms to target over half a dozen BSF posts and civilian areas in the firing that started at 10 p.m. Our troops effectively retaliated," the police said.
Villagers in the areas close to the international border said their crops have suffered extensive damage due to the shelling.
Residents of the border villages have also started moving to safer places.
The development comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state on May 19.
"We have sounded a high alert in the area since 12 am after the detection of suspected movement of a group of people near the I-B in Kathua district," the officer told PTI.
Security installations along highways in Kathua, Samba, Jammu districts and security establishments have been put on alert, he said.
Movement of suspected militants was detected in Kathua district's Tarnah Allah area, which is close to the I-B, the officer said.
Three to four suspected militants are believed to be part of the group that has infiltrated from Pakistan into this side in Tarnah Allah in the Londi-Bobbiyan area, according to reports.
Police and security forces have set up check posts and launched search operations in the area.
"The ordinance provides for amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, to bring persons residing in the areas adjoining International Border within the ambit of reservation at par with persons living in areas adjoining Actual Line of Control," Union Minister Arun Jaitley said in a media briefing about the cabinet decisions.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of Jammu & Kashmir government regarding amendment to the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) order, 1954 by way of the Constitution (Application to Jammu & Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019.
It will serve the purpose of application of relevant provisions of the Constitution, as amended through the Constitution (77th Amendment) Act, 1995 and Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019 for Jammu and Kashmir, by issuing the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Amendment Order, 2019 by the President under clause (1) of Article 370.
Once notified, this will pave the way for giving benefit of promotion in service to the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and also extend the reservation of up to 10 per cent for "economically weaker sections" in educational institutions and public employment in addition to the existing reservation in Jammu and Kashmir, said Jaitley.
Defence sources said Indian soldiers greeted Pakistan soldiers on the LoC in Chakan Da Bagh area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district and the two sides exchanged sweets.
The Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers deployed on either side of the International Border in the state's Samba district also had an exchange of goodwill and greetings, BSF sources said.
BSF troopers also exchanged sweets with the Rangers counterparts at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost, some 30 km from Amritsar, in Punjab to celebrate the festival.
It is for the first time after Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for the second five-year term that security personnel have exchanged greetings with each other.
Exchange of greetings and sweets takes place on the Independence Days, national days and festivals like Eid and Diwali.
In recent years, both sides have not greeted each other or exchanged sweets on some occasions due to tensions between both countries following ceasefire violations on the Line of Control and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir or terrorist activities in the state.
"The threat of cross-border terrorism continues to exist. The security forces are maintaining a state of high alert," Principal Secretary, J-K government, Rohit Kansal, who is also the state government's spokesman, said.
Kasnsal was briefing the reporters about the situation in the state.
He said the day-time restrictions have been lifted from 69 police station areas in the Valley.
"The day time restrictions have been lifted from 69 police stations across the length and breadth of the valley, while 81 police stations in Jammu region are without any day-time restrictions," Kansal said.