Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah, on Friday released the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra (Election Manifesto)’ for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled for later this month. Zero tolerance against infiltration, evolving a transparent and corruption-free state recruitment mechanism, economic progression, and women empowerment were among the top priorities in the Patra.After releasing the manifesto, the Union Home Minister said that if …
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Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party while addressing a massive election rally in Patharkandi in Assam’s Sribhumi district, asserting that only the BJP can safeguard the state from illegal infiltration and preserve its cultural identity. HM Shah said the BJP government has already identified infiltrators and vowed that they would be “removed one by one” if the party returns to power.He alleged that illegal migrants …
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…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Intelligence agencies have once again flagged the issue of large-scale illegal immigration into the states of Assam and West Bengal, where elections are to be held this month. There has been a massive push to send illegal immigrants into Assam and West Bengal, in a clear sign that attempts are being made to vitiate the atmosphere in these states as elections are set to be held, an Intelligence Bureau official said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Assam, m…
Patna, March 29 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday called for the fencing of the border areas in West Bengal that adjoin Bangladesh, accusing the Trinamool Congress government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of “providing protection to infiltrators”.The reactions follow a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the BJP’s 35-page ‘white paper’ on 15 years of Trinamool Congress rule in West Bengal. The document claimed that 569 km of the 2,216.7 km int…
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) Alert Army troops foiled an infiltration bid on Wednesday along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bhimber Gali sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.The Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps of the Army said in a statement: “Acting on credible intelligence inputs and persistent surveillance, movement of terrorists was detected in the general area of Bhimber Gali along the Line of Control during the early hours of March 4, 2026. Responding with decisive force and…
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated and laid the e-foundation stones for several infrastructure projects of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at the Border Outposts Leti and Indarwa in Araria, Bihar.Addressing SSB personnel and local residents, the Home Minister stressed the importance of heightened vigilance along the India–Nepal border, despite India sharing friendly relations with the neighbouring country.”It is true that we are guarding a border with a fr…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday launched a sharp attack on her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, alleging deterioration in law and order and claiming that people in the state have made up their minds to remove the Trinamool Congress from power in the upcoming Assembly elections.Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of an event in Kolkata, the BJP leader criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led government over alleged atrocities against women and what she d…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Lashkar-e-Tayiba is readying for a series of attacks in India, Intelligence agencies have warned. The outfit is planning on using local modules to execute these attacks. This alert comes in the wake of the agencies warning that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba is in the process of setting a series of homegrown modules in India. The outfit wants the attacks to be localised and is targeting states such as Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to set up these local modules.Th…
Srinagar, Jan 21 (IANS) The Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) overnight in the Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara district, officials said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday when Rashtriya Rifles soldiers came under attack.“The incident occurred when troops from the 6 Rashtriya Rifles were setting up high-tech surveillance cameras in the Keran Bala area to strengthen border security and fill blind spots along t…