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Kolkata, April 5 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the entire country was shocked by the recent incident at Kaliachak in the Malda district of West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were taken hostage by criminals.“The entire country saw and was shocked by the way in which...

New Delhi, April 3 – Intelligence agencies have once again raised concerns about the large-scale illegal immigration into the states of Assam and West Bengal, where elections are to be held this month.There has been a significant effort to send illegal immigrants into Assam and West Bengal...

Patna, March 29 – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Sunday called for the fencing of the border areas in West Bengal that border Bangladesh, accusing the Trinamool Congress government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, of "protecting infiltrators."This comes a day after Union Home...

Kolkata, March 28 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday framed the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections as a "battle over infiltration, national security, and appeasement politics", while releasing a political "charge sheet" against the TMC government and asserting that the outcome would have...

New Delhi, March 18 A leader from the Trinamool Congress has written to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, highlighting the large, unfenced stretches along key international borders in West Bengal, and raising concerns about the...

Kolkata, March 14 – Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested at the India-Bangladesh international border in the North 24 Parganas district for allegedly entering the country illegally, a senior district police officer said on Saturday.According to police, the two individuals were...

Shillong, March 12 A vehicle belonging to the convoy of a Border Security Force (BSF) DIG was set on fire and some personnel were injured in an attack by a group of people amid the ongoing unrest in the Garo Hills region of Meghalaya, officials said on Thursday.The incident took place on...

Kolkata, March 9. Police investigations have revealed the modus operandi adopted by the two accused in the killing of Bangladeshi political activist Sharif Osman Hadi, detailing how they escaped from Bangladesh and managed to remain in India for several months after committing the crime...

Kolkata, March 2 The West Bengal government has, in principle, approved the transfer of around 105 acres to the Centre for border fencing and construction of outposts, official sources said on Monday.The land will be transferred to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing nearly 17 km and...

Krishnanagar (WB), March 1 Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of providing "shelter" to infiltrators, Union minister JP Nadda on Sunday claimed that the state's original inhabitants would become a minority if the trend continued.Addressing a rally in Krishnanagar in Nadia...

Kolkata, February 24 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the District Magistrate (DM), also known as the District Electoral Officer (DEO), of the sensitive India-Bangladesh border district of Nadia in West Bengal, of instructing the district's electoral registration officers (EROs) and...

Agartala, February 24 – The highly anticipated Maitree international bus service connecting Agartala and Kolkata via Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, resumed regular operations, bringing to an end a suspension that lasted over a year.The first bus in the Maitree International Bus Service...

Kolkata, February 24 – As the process of judicial review of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, began, the judicial officers appointed in four districts near the India-Bangladesh border have sought special...

New Delhi, February 23 – The busting of a Lashkar-e-Tayiba-linked module that was planning attacks in Delhi and surrounding cities has revealed several details about how the ISI plans to conduct future operations in the country.The module, which was broken up following the arrest of eight...

Agartala, February 21 – The cross-border bus service linking Agartala, Dhaka, and Kolkata is likely to resume regularly soon, ending a suspension that lasted over a year, officials said on Saturday.Vice-Chairman of the Government-owned Tripura Road Transport Corporation (TRTC), Samar Roy, said...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the Vibrant Villages Programme-II in the Cachar district of Assam today. The programme focuses on improving border villages and creating sustainable livelihood opportunities, fostering secure border communities in alignment with the vision of Viksit...

Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Mr. Amit Shah, will be visiting Assam tomorrow for a two-day visit that highlights the Centre's focus on national security, border development, and regional progress. As part of his tour, the Home Minister will travel to Silchar in the Barak...

Guwahati, February 19 Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Silchar, Assam, on Thursday night, marking the beginning of a three-day visit to the state, where elections are scheduled in a few weeks.He will spend the night in Silchar, in the Cachar district, and on Friday, he will visit...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries.The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to the Fraserganj Fisheries Port in the South...