Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) In a major operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended a suspicious fishing boat off the Sundarbans coast in West Bengal on July 22, and recovered a cache of illegal firearms and ammunition. Four Indian crew members were arrested and are being interrogated by several agencies about their plans in the sensitive area.“The operation was based on credible intelligence inputs and the ICG worked in coordination with the West Bengal forest department. The recovery of s…
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Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) West Bengal Forest Department has ordered an immediate crackdown against brackish water fisheries (traditional aquaculture farms), set up illegally in the Sundarbans area scattered over South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas during the previous Trinamool Congress regime by destroying portions of the mangrove plantations in the region.The new state forest minister, Manoj Oraon, has personally directed his department officials to start the process of identifying such illeg…
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of the nine fishermen who were found dead after a fishing trawler, which had gone missing earlier this month, was recovered from the Bay of Bengal near the Sundarbans in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, officials said.”The loss of lives due to the capsizing of a boat in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal is …
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Nine fishermen were found dead after a fishing trawler that had gone missing earlier this month was recovered from the Bay of Bengal near the Sundarbans in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, officials said on Monday.Six other fishermen who were onboard the vessel remain untraced. According to officials, personnel from the police, the Forest Department and the Indian Coast Guard located the sunken trawler in the Raktachar area near the Chulkathi forest on Sunday. Th…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A bulldozer was used on Thursday morning to demolish the cafe of Imran Molla, son of former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla, which was built illegally on the banks of Matla River in South 24 Parganas district near Sundarbans.The cafe named ‘Aranyer Kule’ was located on the banks of the Matla River in the Moukhali area under Jibantala police station in South 24 Parganas. On Thursday morning, the district administration brought in a bulldozer to demolish the cafe. A larg…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The administration in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas has issued a notice to Imran Molla, the son of arrested Trinamool Congress leader Saokat Molla, to demolish a cafe built on a river Island near the Sundarbans, a state government official said on Tuesday. Imran Molla is accused of building a cafeteria on a river island on Matla river after indiscriminately destroying mangroves and occupying the island.According to the government official, if the cafe is not demolished …
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The city of joy is set to take global centrestage on June 21, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kolkata to lead the International Yoga Day celebrations. Besides large-scale preparations in the run-up to the mega event, hundreds of Yoga instructors have also been roped in to ensure its grand success. Abhijit Ghosh, a yoga instructor and Director of VYASA Kolkata, told IANS that 600 yoga teachers and demonstrators have been selected for the successful conduct of …
Bhuj, May 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said more than 2,000 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel had made the “supreme sacrifice” in the line of duty over the past six decades, as he praised the force for guarding some of India’s most difficult frontiers under extreme weather and terrain conditions. Addressing BSF jawans during an interaction at Border Outpost G-7 in Bhuj, Shah said the force had successfully protected both the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh bord…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), G.P. Singh, on Saturday led a route march of CRPF personnel in Diamond Harbour of South 24 Parganas district as part of confidence-building measures ahead of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal.The West Bengal Sector of the CRPF shared a video of the route march on its X handle, showing the DG leading the personnel on the ground.“Leading from the front! DG CRPF Shri G.P. S…
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Following instructions from the Election Commission of India (ECI), special scanning is being carried out at unfenced stretches along the international border with Bangladesh in districts of West Bengal that will go to the polls in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in the state on April 29.“Special checking is taking place near the unfenced borders ahead of the polls. The Border Security Force is on high alert. The intensity of naka checking is also …