BSF Personnel Injured In Cattle-Smugglers’ Attack Along India-Bangladesh Border

May 18, 2022

News Desk A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel sustained severe injuries in an attack by a bunch of livestock smugglers along the India-Bangladesh Border in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar region on Tuesday, Northeast Today reports. The injured jawan have been identified as – Dinesh Chandra Yadav of 45th Battalion BSF. The event occurred along the Kalo […]Continue Reading

India arrests former BSF commandant in cattle smuggling case

April 25, 2022

News Desk: Former BSF commandant Satish Kumar has been arrested under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh international border in West Bengal, the Enforcement Directorate said on Monday, the Press Trust of India reports. Kumar is a former commanding officer of the 36th Border Security Force […]Continue Reading

Govt has accepted definition of native Muslims: Assam CM

April 24, 2022

News Desk: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the government has accepted the definition of native Muslims of Assam as recommended by cabinet sub-committees, according to the local media report. Last year, the state government had constituted seven sub-committees to suggest measures and recommendations for overall development of the indigenous Assamese Muslims Continue Reading

‘Fearful of deportation, some Rohingya in India await crossing over to Bangladesh’

April 19, 2022

News Desk: The deportation of a Rohingya woman back to Myanmar has sparked fears that India is preparing to expel many more refugees from the country, The Guardian reports. Hasina Begum, 37, was deported from Indian-administered Kashmir two weeks ago, despite holding a UN verification of her refugee status, intended to protect holders from arbitrary […]Continue Reading

BSF arrests Bangladeshi teen as he crosses the border to buy chocolate from India

April 18, 2022

News Desk: There is no doubt about the fact that a piece of chocolate can instantly lift up our mood. You can have chocolate in any form, and it will always feel like pure bliss. But no matter how much you love having chocolate, would you ever cross borders for it? If you think this […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh visa centre opens in Siliguri

April 9, 2022

News Desk: A centre to receive and process applications for Bangladeshi visas was inaugurated in Siliguri on Wednesday, much to the elation of north Bengal residents who have been demanding such a facility for quite some time, Telegraph India reports. The application centre, located at the International Market on Sevoke Road near Panitanki More of […]Continue Reading

India named Vinay Hohan Kwatra as new foreign secretary

April 4, 2022

News Desk: India’s envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra was on Monday appointed as the new Foreign Secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is retiring this month, a Personnel Ministry order said. Kwatra, a 1988-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has held positions in India’s diplomatic missions in Washington DC, Beijing and has also served […]Continue Reading

Two Bangladeshi nationals apprehended by BSF, handed over to BGB

April 3, 2022

News Desk: Two Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman and a minor boy, were apprehended by the troops of Border Outpost, Jeetpur, 68 Battalion, as they crossed the international border on Friday, India Today reports. Both the nationals were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) as a goodwill gesture. The minor boy is a […]Continue Reading

US warns India, others against sharp rise in Russian oil imports

March 31, 2022

A significant increase in Russian oil imports by India could expose New Delhi to a “great risk” as the United States prepares to step up enforcement of sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, a senior US administration official said, Reuters reports. While the current US sanctions against Russia do not prevent other countries […]Continue Reading

Six members of Bangladeshi separatist group held in India’s Mizoram

March 31, 2022

News Desk: Six suspected members of a Bangladeshi separatist group have been arrested from Parva under Lawngtlai district in the Indian state of Mizoram. They were arrested in possession of illegal equipment and a letter linked to the group, said India’s Border Security Force or BSF, who arrested them last week. The arrested were identified […]Continue Reading