New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) West Bengal is increasingly requiring judicial involvement in issues pertaining to procedural details and administrative inertia, where political interests are allegedly reigning over other aspects. From law-and-order matters to holding rallies, several incidents of such court involvement have been seen of late. Friday’s “extraordinary decision in view of the extraordinary circumstances” direction to depute judicial officers to adjudicate claims of voters listed under th…
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Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, alleging that they “opened the borders” to facilitate the influx of Bangladeshi nationals into India during their years in power. Addressing a gathering at Nathanpur area of Assam’s Cachar district, Shah asserted that every illegal Bangladeshi who entered the country under Congress rule would be identified and deported.“The Congress government allowed unchecked infiltration by open…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court has issued a major directive regarding the construction of a barbed-wire fence along the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal. On Tuesday, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen ordered the state government to hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of the fence in nine districts bordering Bangladesh by March 31, said high court sources.It may be noted that t…
Shillong, Jan 21 (IANS) In a major border security operation, Meghalaya Police intercepted 18 Bangladeshi nationals and detained two Indian touts in the West Jaintia Hills district, close to the India-Bangladesh border near Dawki, officials said on Wednesday. The coordinated operation was launched in the wee hours of Wednesday following specific Intelligence inputs indicating that undocumented foreign nationals were being transported from Jowai towards the Dawki border.Acting swiftly, a Special …
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) The situation in West Bengal must be addressed through political means rather than extraordinary central intervention, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said, stressing that patience and sustained political engagement are key to challenging the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).Speaking at an Overseas Friends of BJP (OFBJP) interaction here, Madhav rejected repeated calls for drastic measures in the eastern state. “It’s a political fight. We have to fight it politically, h…
Agartala, Jan 10 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, on Saturday, discussed the India-Bangladesh border-related issues and the implications of upcoming elections in the neighbouring country with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Red Shield Division of the Army, Major General Shubhankar Basu and other senior Army officials. An official said that the Chief Minister discussed recent developments along the India-Bangladesh Border, including concerns related to porous borders, inimica…
Agartala, Jan 6 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), protesting against the killing of Hindus in Bangladesh, on Tuesday demanded a complete stoppage of border trade with the neighbouring country.VHP activists on Tuesday organised a protest at the Raghna check post and border trade point along the India-Bangladesh border in northern Tripura.The protesters demanded a total halt to border trade and export-related activities with Bangladesh.A large contingent of security personnel was deployed du…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has received information about 14 voters who are holding Indian EPIC cards and Bangladeshi passports simultaneously.Based on inputs and suspicions that these 14 voters might be originally Bangladeshi residents, the CEO’s office had sought information about them from the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Kolkata.The FRRO, Kolkata, recently wr…
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) Security has been tightened along certain portions of the international borders in Tripura following reports of the movement of cadres belonging to two Bangladesh-based armed groups — the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) and the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), officials said on Saturday. District Magistrate of Gomati district in southern Tripura, Rinku Lather, issued a notification stating that reliable inputs had been received from the Border Secu…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of using inflammatory language and issuing veiled threats against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his recent visit to the state.Addressing a press conference here, the BJP condemned the West Bengal Chief Minister’s remarks, describing them as an assault on democratic norms and a desperate attempt to protect what it termed her “vote ba…