NEW DELHI: The delayed director general (DG)-level talks between Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), to be held now in the third week of Feb, is likely to focus on resolving the impasse over proposed construction of single-row fence by India to close gaps along Indo-Bangladesh border.BSF recently had to suspend erection…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of aiding infiltrators to enter India to destabilise the state.Speaking at a public event, Banerjee charged the BSF with allowing entry through several border areas under its jurisdiction such as Islampur, Sitai and Chopra.She questioned the motives behind these actions,…
<p>Our security personnel stand firm in the inhospitable of places and protect us. We are very proud of them: PM Modi<br></p> NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that India will not compromise on even an inch of its borders. Celebrating Diwali with soldiers in Gujarat’s Kutch region, the PM said that national…
NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists on Wednesday in the upper regions of Basantgarh, situated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, according to authorities. The exchange of fire occurred when a combined unit of the Army‘s first para and police personnel advanced towards Khandara top, acting on intelligence regarding the…
DHAKA: Bangladesh has lodged a formal protest with the Indian government over the killing of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi girl of Juri upazila, Moulvibazar district, who they alleged was shot and killed by the Border Security Force on Sept 1, 2024. The BSF had said on Tuesday they had discovered on Monday the girl’s body near…
A violent clash occurred between Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladeshi smugglers on the night of August 11-12, near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Malda district. The smugglers, carrying sharp-edged weapons, were trying to smuggle contraband into Bangladesh when intercepted by BSF personnel. The jawans retaliating in self defense killed one smuggler and seized…
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: Tapan Kumar Das and his mother, who had arrived in Kolkata on Aug 4 for his medical treatment, had been spending sleepless nights, fearing their house back in Bangladesh might have been vandalised or looted since they left.On Friday, as the mother and son were walking across the Petrapole border In Bengal, Tapan stopped…
NEW DELHI: The Border security Force on Wednesday foiled an infiltration bid and neutralised one Pakistani intruder along the international border in the Samba border area, PTI reported.According to officials, The infiltrator was spotted moving into Indian territory near the Khora post.They said the intruder paid no heed to the warnings from BSF personnel and…
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,…
