Patna, July 18 (IANS) In a significant operation at the India–Nepal border in Raxaul, Bihar, security agencies apprehended a woman from Uzbekistan who was allegedly attempting to enter Nepal using a forged Indian Aadhaar card.The arrest was made by personnel of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) during routine border checks.According to an official, SSB personnel were conducting routine inspections near the Raxaul Maitri Bridge on the evening of July 16, 2026, when they stopped a woman whose moveme…
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Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) In a major operation, the Border Intelligence Team (BIT) of the 41Bn Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Ranidanga, seized three suspected foreign‑origin diamonds and apprehended two persons along the India–Nepal border on Thursday. “During a routine check at New Mechi Bridge around 4.25 pm, a Maruti Suzuki WagonR bearing registration number WB‑73L4869, going from India to Nepal, was stopped. There were two people in the car. The baggage of both persons was scanned and phy…
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) Two residents of Sikkim were apprehended by a Border Intelligence Team (BIT) of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) along the India-Nepal border on Wednesday while trying to cross into the neighbouring country with Rs 9.74 lakh in Indian currency. The seized cash was unaccounted for and had not been declared at the customs checkpost. A senior SSB official said that around 4.25 pm, while the BIT was performing routine checking duty at New Mechi Bridge, Panitanki (in north Bengal…
Patna, July 3 (IANS) A high-level review meeting on security, administrative, and developmental issues related to the India-Nepal border was held on Friday at Samvad Hall, located in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police from Bihar’s seven border districts participated in the meeting through video conferencing. During the meeting, Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit delivered a detailed presentat…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) seized large sums of Indian currency along the India-Nepal border in Siliguri, West Bengal, officials said on Wednesday. The money was seized on Tuesday in two interceptions and was being taken to Nepal without any proper documentation.Two persons — an Indian and a Nepali citizen — have been detained and handed over to the Customs department for further legal proceedings.Large sums of money being taken to Nepal have to be disclosed at the bo…
Bhubaneswar, June 28 (IANS) The Infocity Police, Bhubaneswar, on Sunday arrested a 51-year-old man from West Bengal for allegedly duping several people of around Rs 3 crore by posing as the son of a former Lok Sabha MP and the CEO of a private company. The accused fraudster, identified as Sachidananda Bhoi, is a resident of Kendupali, under Bheden police limits in Odisha’s Bargarh district. He was presently residing at Phulnakhara, in Kataka district.Speaking to media persons, the Assistant Co…
Patna, June 26 (IANS) In a significant development along the India-Nepal border, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Friday apprehended two women from Uzbekistan who were allegedly residing illegally in India while attempting to cross into Nepal through the Raxaul border in Bihar’s East Champaran district. The women were detained near the Maitri Bridge at Custom Chowk under the jurisdiction of Haraiya police station during routine border checking operations.According to an official, an SSB team dep…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a Land Port Management System (LPMS) to improve border and internal security, underscoring the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s promise to secure the frontier and promote cross-border trade. Calling the creation of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) an outcome of a recommendation made in a report, Home Minister Shah said that Prime Minister Modi’s vision has not only made it a first layer of security bu…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) In a move to improve border and internal security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch a Land Port Management System (LPMS) on Tuesday.”The LPMS is a state-of-the-art digital platform designed to integrate operations across land ports into a unified system. It enables secure, real-time exchange of logistics and regulatory information, bringing land ports at par with digital systems operational at airports and seaports,” the official said in a statement.This initiat…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end days of police chase as the Falta candidate had been on the run and was evading law enforcement agencies despite multiple criminal investigations against him. Jahangir Khan, who attained popularity as ‘Pushpa’ during Bengal Assembly elections was arrested by the Special Task …