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SHILLONG, July 15: BSF personnel deployed in West Garo Hills foiled a major infiltration bid by Bangladeshi nationals and apprehended 26 individuals in the process. BSF troops on Tuesday observed three vehicles at Matchokpara on Hill Road coming from the Purakhasia side and heading towards Barengapara along State Highway 12. The operational team swiftly swung into action and intercepted the target vehicles. Subsequent verification revealed that 26 Bangladeshi nationals were being facilitated by four Indian touts in an attempt to infiltrate into India. All individuals involved were apprehended by the BSF personnel.
Kolkata: Bengali-speaking migrant workers were facing "persecution" in BJP-governed states and being branded Bangladeshis, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Samirul Islam said on Monday."These migrant workers are being detained without any police records. Authorities are not even contacting the state govt to verify their citizenship. What, then, is the motive of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah?" Samirul, who is also chairman of West Bengal Migrant Worker Welfare Board, said on X.Trinamool posted the same from its official X handle."Do they intend to punish Bengal in this illegal way -- bypassi ...Read More >
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], July 17 (ANI): BJP Leader Dilip Ghosh has criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent protest, over the alleged targeting of Bengali-speaking migrants in other states, and claimed that Mamata Banerjee wins elections in the State with the help of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. He said that an exercise like Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is being carried out by the Election Commission in Bihar, should also be done before West Bengal heads into Assembly elections next year.. Also Read | Flat Fraud in Mumbai: Man Cheats School Classma ...Read More >
New Delhi: Protest at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against a recently announced fee hike, the long-standing suspension of students' union elections and calls for administrative accountability have entered their sixth day, with students boycotting classes and staging sit-ins at the Bab-e-Syed gate (the iconic entrance of the varsity). The fee structure for different courses has witnessed a sharp revision. Students say the hike ranges from 25% to over 60% across various programmes. Many claim they first learned of the revised fees only while trying to pay through the university's online ...Read More >
Mamata Banerjee made a shocking remark on Pahalgam attack at a poll rally In a shocking political attack ahead of the polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has questioned if the BJP has a "blueprint ready" for "another Pahalgam attack before the election". The BJP has said the Trinamool chief's remark was aimed at appeasing its minority votebank and described the ruling party in Bengal as "anti-Hindu". Addressing a public meeting at Bethuadahari in Nadi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP Samirul Islam on Monday alleged that Bengali-speaking migrant workers are facing "persecution" in BJP-ruled states, and being branded as "Bangladeshis". "The persecution of Bengali-speaking migrant workers continues unabated in BJP-ruled states. Despite possessing valid documents, many poor workers from Bengal are being wrongly branded as Bangladeshis. They are being harassed in every possible way -" including illegal detention and forcible pushback across the border into Bangladesh," the AITC MP said in a post on X. He questione ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Sarai Kale Khan Namo Bharat station, which will be the converging point for three Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridors, is ready for operations. Trial runs have been concluded with the state govt to take a final decision on when it can open for public use."The final touches are being given to the station," said an official of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), which is executing the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor. Sarai Kale Khan is set to become a major transport hub with the presence there of RRTS, Delhi Metro Pink Line, Hazrat Nizamuddi ...Read More >
BSF hands over the victims' bodies to BGB through the Kedaraghat border in Chunarughat Three men from Habiganj's Chunarughat Upazila have allegedly been beaten to death in India's Tripura state. The bodies were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by India's Border Security Force (BSF) through the Kedaraghat border on Thursday evening. Tripura's Khowai Police Station chief Krishna Dhan Sarkar and Chunarughat administrator (UNO) Shafiqul Islam were present during the handover. The ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claims that Rajbanshis and Matuas face torture in other states. She alleges Bengali speakers are unfairly targeted and labeled as foreigners. Banerjee criticizes the central government's policies regarding Bengali-speaking people. She questions the deletion of names from voter lists based on caste and religion. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other stat ...Read More >
12 Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the deportation of 33 more Bangladeshi infiltrators this week -- pushing the total past 450 since 2024. Warning acceleration of such stringent efforts in the coming days, Sarma said, "We are deploying a two-pronged strategy to remove infiltrators from Assam. Existing illegals are being detected, detained and pushed back. And️ fresh batches of incoming illegals are being directly pushed back from where they entered," Sar ...Read More >