JALPAIGURI PETRAPOLE: At least 1,000 Bangladeshis, mostly Hindus, attempted to cross over and seek refuge in India on Friday in Sitalkuchi of Bengal’s Cooch Behar district. BSF officials struggled to hold them back, with officers describing this as the largest group from the strife-wracked nation to head to India in the past few weeks.Such was…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
PETRAPOLE: Three jailbreaks in three days not far from the Indian border and zero policing on the streets of Bangladesh have put Indian security agencies on alert in Bengal for possible infiltration bids.While Border Security Force (BSF) is holding village coordination meetings along the border to sensitise villagers on suspicious movements, Bengal police have instructed…
At least nine people were killed and 34 wounded, including 17 in critical condition, after a rocket barrage from Lebanon struck the annexed Golan Heights on Saturday, Israel‘s emergency medical service reported. The head of the Magen David Adom emergency service, Eli Bin, confirmed the casualties following a rocket hitting the town of Majdal Shams.In…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday arrested four fishermen belonging to Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu for catching fish allegedly across the border near Delft Island in Northern Sri Lanka.Fishermen arrested are K. Parthiban (32), K Sarathy (23), K Murali (42), N Ramadoss (52). The Lankan Navy has confiscated the boat and has taken it…
RANIBARI (WEST GUWAHATI): In the tranquil village of Ranibari in the foothills of Meghalaya and “part of both Guwahati and Shillong parliamentary constituencies”, residents face a unique predicament every election. With a population of nearly 500 from 96 families, and nearly 230 voters, the village is gearing up to vote for the Guwahati Lok Sabha…
JAMMU: Alert BSF troops shot a Pakistan intruder near a forward post along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir late Wednesday evening and possibly thwarted a major infiltration bid.The troops, on noticing a suspicious movement close to the border fence around 8.15 pm, challenged the intruder. He ignored the repeated warnings,…
NEW DELHI: Four years into the face-to-face military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, which also triggered tensions all along the Line of Actual Control, there has been no let-up in the way China continues to build border infrastructure and dual-use ‘Xiaokang’ villages, strengthen military positions and deploy additional aircraft at its air-bases facing India.Latest satellite imagery,…
NEW DELHI: The Congress says it will work to restore the status quo ante on the northern borders with China instead of indulging in mere “chest-thumping” if it comes to office, as also scrap the Agnipath scheme, rectify anomalies in one rank, one pension (OROP), and restore the disability pension of soldiers and make it…
