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…
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New Delhi/Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar of not giving any proper answer to the questions raised by the party delegation of MPs led by him on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal during a meeting at the Election Commission of India (ECI) headquarters in Delhi.“Last time in November, when we met the CEC and highlighted our points related to …
Bengaluru, Dec 31 (IANS) Responding to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s criticism that the Congress-led government in Karnataka was “providing houses” to Bangladeshis whose residential structures on government land were demolished, state Home Minister G. Parameshwara said that if any residents are found to be Bangladeshi nationals, they will be immediately arrested and deported.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday, while responding to a question, Parameshwara said, “It is not appropriate …
Bengaluru, Dec 30 (IANS) Commenting on the controversy regarding demolition drive to recover the government land by the Congress-led Karnataka government in Bengaluru and announcement of rehabilitation after All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) intervention, Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Shobha Karandlaje, on Tuesday, asked why the politics of the Kerala elections appeared to be influencing the develop…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday alleged ‘open hooliganism’ by Trinamool Congress workers after a vehicle of an Election Commission of India (ECI) observer was reportedly attacked in Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The incident occurred when Special Roll Observer C. Murugan, who has been assigned to supervise the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the South 24 Parganas and Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituencies, visited Mograhat for a field i…
Bengaluru, Dec 29 (IANS) The unauthorised construction row in Bengaluru took a new turn on Monday, with the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that it has information suggesting that the displaced residents are Rohingyas and opposing the state government’s move to allot houses to them under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Scheme.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Naraya…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Reuben Gauci, High Commissioner of Malta to India, who also holds charge of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and serves as ambassador in Nepal, has voiced concern over the political situation in Bangladesh, emphasising the implications for both regional stability and the sizable Bangladeshi community in his country.“I cover Bangladesh as well, because apart from being the High Commissioner of Malta to India, I’m the High Commissioner of Malta to Bangladesh, to…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) In the wake of the unrest in Bangladesh, Indian intelligence agencies have sounded a very high alert along the border, fearing a massive spillover of illegal immigrants. However, officials also say that as security agencies there are too busy controlling the situation in their country, many pro-ISI outfits are already planning a massive infiltration bid into India.The idea would be to send in lakhs of people near the Indian border with a clear intention of overwhelming t…