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…
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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…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The reported detention of a California resident — claiming to have earlier served the US Navy — while attempting to cross into Nepal this month without travel documents comes four months since the arrest of an alleged American trainer in military warfare and six Ukrainian nationals point out the vulnerability and uncharted agendas in this part of the world. In another unconnected incident, the mysterious death of Terrence Arvelle Jackson, a serving officer of the US A…
Guwahati, July 12 (IANS) Two suspected poachers and an absconding wildlife offender were apprehended in two separate anti-poaching operations by forest personnel at Assam’s Raimona National Park under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), officials said on Sunday.In a major boost to wildlife protection and conservation efforts, the Central Range of Raimona National Park (RNP) conducted an intensive anti-poaching operation that led to the arrest of two persons allegedly involved in illegal wild…
Patna, July 8 (IANS) Security agencies have arrested a Bangladeshi national near the India-Nepal border in Bihar’s East Champaran district during a joint operation conducted by the district police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).The arrest was made near the Maitri Bridge at Custom Chowk under the Haraiya police station area, where the suspect was allegedly attempting to cross into Nepal.According to the police, security personnel were conducting routine surveillance and document verification a…
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 2 (IANS) The draft of the Uniform Civil Code, West Bengal, 2026, aiming to implement a uniform civil code in the state, was cleared at a meeting of the state cabinet on Thursday, which was chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. “Now the draft Bill will be sent to a newly constituted committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (retired), for examination. Following the recommendations of the high-powered committee that will be received within the…
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…
Lucknow, June 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized several incriminating documents during searches at four locations to builder Sandeep Singh, and office bearers of Seva Suraksha Sahkari Awas Samiti in Ghaziabad, Noida and Delhi, an official said on Saturday. The ED’s Lucknow Zonal Office, carried out search operations under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, for money laundering related to land and real estate fraud in Ghaziabad, the ED said in a sta…
Itanagar, June 27 (IANS) An Army personnel lost his life, and two others were injured after an Indian Army truck skidded off National Highway-13 in the wee hours of Saturday and plunged down a hillside near the PT Ground of the 30 Battalion, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), in Dirang of West Kameng district, officials said on Saturday. The accident occurred at around 2 P.M. on Friday when the truck, belonging to the 18 Sikh Light Infantry, was on its way to the unit with three Army personnel on board….