New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Bikaner, Rajsthan on Monday for a two-day visit, during which he will review border security arrangements and hold meetings with senior officials on issues concerning Rajasthan’s border districts.Providing details earlier, Union Law Minister and Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal said HM Shah will arrive in Bikaner on Monday night and stay there overnight.On May 26, the Home Minister will chair a high-level meeting with senio…
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Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) A Bangladeshi couple allegedly living illegally in West Bengal for the last 14 years has been arrested from the Jagacha police station area in Howrah district, police said on Sunday.The arrested individuals have been identified as Ramzan Ghazi, 36, and Arifa Begum, 34.According to police, a raid was conducted at a house under the Jagacha police station area following a tip-off, during which the couple was apprehended. Police said the two are husband and wife and were stayi…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari’s meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi are significant – both politically and strategically.Politically, it can largely be linked to an imminent state Cabinet expansion – as the Adhikari government currently comprises only five ministers – apart from addressing other administrative issues.Strategically, the highlight of the “double engine…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the government has resolved not only to stop infiltration but also identify every single illegal person “one by one” and push them out of the country. Delivering the K.F. Rustomji Lecture organised in memory of the founder and first Border Guard of BSF, HM Shah said the government would not allow any artificial alteration of demography and promised to hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of Tripura, Assam and West Beng…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has directed the police department and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) authorities to directly send arrested illegal infiltrators from other countries to the nearest Border Security Force (BSF) border outposts instead of producing them before courts.Earlier, CM Adhikari said that the system of handing over illegal infiltrators directly to the BSF had come into force in West Bengal with immediate effect from Wednesday.On Thursd…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Congress MP Tariq Anwar on Wednesday praised reports of the killing of Hamza Burhan, one of the key planners behind the Pulwama terror attack last year, by unknown gunmen in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).The incident took place at Muzaffarabad in PoK, and Burhan is said to have been shot multiple times.Speaking to IANS, Anwar said: “Terrorism should be eliminated. This is good news for us because terrorists are being killed in Pakistan which provides a safe haven for t…
Jammu, May 20 (IANS) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GoC-in-C) of the Indian Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, on Wednesday reviewed the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness of troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, an official said.The Udhampur-headquartered Northern Command said in a post on X: “Gen Pratik Sharma, #ArmyCdrNC, reviewed the prevailing security situation and operational preparedness of the forward …
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s process of handing over land to the BSF for erecting fencing along unfenced borders with neighbouring Bangladesh began on Wednesday. Around 27 kilometres of land was officially handed over to the BSF, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told media persons at the state secretariat.He also assured that the process of handing over the entire land required for the purpose would be completed within the next two weeks.“The official handover of 27 kilom…
Imphal, May 20 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said on Wednesday that disarming all forms of firearms across the state is an urgent necessity to restore peace and normalcy in the violence-hit state. During a discussion on the prevailing situation in the state with a delegation of Tangkhul Naga tribals from the Sinakeithei Village Authority in Ukhrul district, the Chief Minister asserted that peace remains the only viable solution to the ongoing crisis in Manipur.”There are n…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) As an expression of political courtesy, the elected legislators from the opposition Trinamool Congress from eight districts in North Bengal have received invitations to attend the administrative review meeting for the region to be chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday.“Trinamool is the only opposition party in the state which has elected legislators from the eight districts of North Bengal. Accordingly, all 14 Trinamoo…