PETRAPOLE: After getting her documents checked at the immigration counter of Petrapole border check-post in North 24 Parganas, 45-year-old schoolteacher Sudharani Mondal hurriedly walked towards Bangladesh on Sunday.“I am hearing that houses, shops and temples are being ransacked. The Hindus are being brutally attacked and injured. I don’t know what will happen to me. But…
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…
NEW DELHI: Barely two days after taking over additional charge as BSF DG, Daljit Singh Chaudhary was holding fort at the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas and Sundarbans area of West Bengal, reviewing the force’s operational preparedness in the wake of political turmoil in Bangladesh.Sources said BSF has issued a high alert to its…
KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Travel to and from Dhaka, less than an hour away from Kolkata by air, was grounded Monday after a six-hour airport shutdown triggered by the upheaval in the Bangladesh capital set the stage for a spate of cancellations by airlines and left flyers bracing for the long haul.Indian Railways, too, extended the suspension…
