Agartala, April 11 (IANS) After more than a month-long high-voltage campaign marked by intense political activity and sporadic clashes among party workers, the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is set to go to polls on Sunday, officials said on Saturday. The 30-member TTAADC, comprising 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 square km geographical area.This ma…
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Chatra, March 18 (IANS) A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) soldier posted in Jharkhand’s Chatra district allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself with his service weapon, officials said on Wednesday.The incident took place at the Shila OP Picket under the Simaria police station limits, where the jawan had been deployed for duty.According to officials, the incident occurred around 10 p.m. on Tuesday when the soldier used his service rifle to shoot himself, leading to his death on the spot.The in…
Kathmandu, March 3 (IANS) Nepal-India border checkpoints have been closed for 72 hours, starting from midnight Monday, as part of election security measures ahead of the Nepal parliamentary elections on Thursday.There is a tradition of closing border points between the two countries to ensure that ‘unwanted elements’ do not disrupt elections whenever polls are held, in either Nepal or India.”The cross-border movement of people and goods, except essential items, has been halted for 72 hours start…
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) On the third and final day of his visit to Bihar’s Seemanchal region, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting on the India–Nepal border management in Purnea on Friday. The meeting, held at Zero Mile in the city, focused on strengthening security arrangements, preventing infiltration, and enhancing intelligence coordination across border districts.The Union Home Minister’s emphasis on action against infiltrators indicated the possibility of stricter measu…
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Bihar’s main opposition party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), has accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of promoting a communal agenda during his visit to the Seemanchal region.RJD MLA from Maner, Bhai Virendra, on Thursday, alleged that the Home Minister’s visit was aimed at targeting a particular community. He claimed that whenever Shah tours a region, he seeks to strengthen “communal forces” and acts against a specific religion.“Whenever he comes, he fuels comm…
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…
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Araria on Thursday, where he will take part in a programme at the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) border outpost in Letti area before undertaking further security assessments in the region.He will also review development initiatives being implemented under the centrally sponsored Vibrant Villages Programme as part of his engagements in the border districts.Shah commenced his three-day tour of Bihar on Wednesday, with the focus fi…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The vehicles allotted to the Central Armed Police Forces personnel, whose deployment in West Bengal will start from March 1 ahead of the Assembly elections, will be fitted with GPS trackers to ensure that the Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed central observers can constantly monitor whether the deployed CAPF personnel are effectively utilized from day one or not.The ECI has already given clear instructions that the first phase of 240 companies of CAPF to be depl…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Saturday, announced the deployment Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) even before the declaration of the polling dates and enforcement of the model code of conduct for the West Bengal elections. According to a notification issued by the ECI, the deployment of CAPF will be done in two phases, the first on March 1, which is before the announcement of the poll date and the enforcement of the model code of conduct.The second phase of …
Kathmandu, Feb 8 (IANS) Security officials of Nepal and India have agreed to close border checkpoints for 72 hours during Nepal’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5, with the aim of ensuring a secure polling environment.During the 16th Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-level coordination meeting between Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF) and India’s Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), held in Biratnagar in Morang district on Friday, both sides agreed to tighten border controls to pre…