Agartala, June 2 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Tripura on June 4-5 to assess the preparedness of the Border Security Force (BSF) and other agencies in dealing with a range of challenges along the India-Bangladesh border, officials said here on Tuesday.A senior official said that after chairing the 73rd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) in Meghalaya capital Shillong on June 4, HM Shah will arrive in Agartala on Thursday evening (June 4). “During his stay in Tr…
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Shillong, May 27 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday said nearly 90 per cent of the fencing work along the India-Bangladesh international border in the state has been completed, while the remaining stretches are expected to be finished after resolving a few local issues. Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, Sangma said Meghalaya shares an international border of nearly 440 kilometres with Bangladesh, of which fencing work has already been completed across arou…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that a total of 142.79 acres of land has so far been handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of outposts and barbed-wire fencing.In a post on X, Adhikari said: “Govt of WB has initiated intensified measures to strengthen border security by facilitating construction of BSF outposts and barbed-wire fencing, further enhancing security in the border areas. Additional land has now been h…
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…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Police have arrested a Bangladeshi national allegedly living illegally in West Bengal and hiding at the residence of a Trinamool Congress leader in Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district, officials said on Saturday.According to local residents, the accused, identified as Shahidul Gazi, was caught by locals on Friday night and later handed over to the police. The incident took place in the Hingalganj area of North 24 Parganas district.It has been alleged that Shahidul ill…
Agartala, May 9 (IANS) The Tripura Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) has initiated the process of handing over the bodies of two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers who were killed in firing near the Zero Point along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, officials said on Saturday. A senior police official said that tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border in Sepahijala district after the two suspected Bangladeshi smugglers were killed in firing on Friday…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the government in West Bengal, veteran Air Commodore Ranjan Mukherjee (retired) on Monday described the electoral outcome as a “historic shift”, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the party’s organisational strength, and a strong voter-driven sentiment for change.Speaking to IANS, Mukherjee underlined the strategic importance of West Bengal, calling it the “nerve centre” of the Northeast and a critical r…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, on Wednesday ordered a fine to be imposed on the Joint Director of the State Land and Land Reforms Department. The Central Government has paid the land acquisition fee, but the land has not been handed over for the construction of a barbed wire fence on the India-Bangladesh border.The High Court was dissatisfied after reviewing this report from the state…
Aizawl, April 17 (IANS) Mizoram Governor General Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) on Friday underscored the importance of balanced development, with a special emphasis on strengthening infrastructure in international and state border areas. Flagging off a Basic Life Support Ambulance (BLSA), the Governor noted that border regions require sustained attention, as residents in these areas often face the greatest hardships due to limited access to essential services. He expressed appreciation to NBCC …
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Nisith Pramanik, former Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, on Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being behind the recent incident in Malda, alleging that it was orchestrated to create what he termed as “fear psychosis” among people in the state. In an interview with IANS, Pramanik, the BJP candidate from Mathabhanga Assembly constituency of Bengal, alleged that the Trinamool Congress government has been providing shelter to Banglades…