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  • India Puts BSF On High Alert After Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Lands In Agartala; May Fly To London |

    An alert was issued along the Indian borders adjacent to Bangladesh on Monday following the departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from the country amid a military coup. The army is now overseeing the interim government. Acting BSF Director-General Daljit Singh Chawdhary, along with senior officials, arrived in Kolkata to assess the security of the India-Bangladesh border in light of the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, according to officials. The BSF has maintained a heightened state of alert across the entire border for the last 24 hours and has bolstered its troop presence there.

    Zee News Television sources said that Sheikh Hasina has arrived in Agartala, capital of the Indian state of Tripura on Bangladesh border, although official confirmation is pending. Hasina likely to go to London via India, sources said to Zee News.

    Subsequent to the confirmation of the military coup by Bangladesh’s army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman during a press conference, where he also declared the establishment of an interim government to reinstate law and order, he urged the populace to maintain confidence in the military and remain calm.

    Local media outlets reported that Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed Dhaka aboard a military helicopter amidst the country’s escalating violence on MondaThe prime minister’s military helicopter took off from Bangabhaban, the official residence of the Bangladesh president, with her onboard at 2:30 PM local time.

    Sheikh Hasina, accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, reportedly left for West Bengal, India, by helicopter, as reported by Prothom Alo, which cited sources for this information.

    According to The Daily Star, protesters breached the gates of Gono Bhaban and entered the prime minister’s residence premises around 3 PM today. Concurrently, thousands participated in the Anti-Discrimination Students’ Movement’s “March to Dhaka” event, commencing at the Mirpur 10 roundabout and proceeding towards Farmgate.

    On August 3, the organizers of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement called for the resignation of Hasina and her cabinet members. Nahid Islam, a prominent organizer, made this demand public during a rally at the Central Shaheed Minar.

    This announcement from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement followed an appeal by Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina, who invited the protesting students to discuss their concerns at Gono Bhaban in an effort to quell the violence associated with the quota reform protests. She stated, “The doors of Gono Bhaban are open. I am eager to meet with the protesting students and hear their grievances. I seek a peaceful resolution.”

     

  • India-Bangladesh border talks set to start out in Delhi

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh will cling biannual talks between their border guarding forces right here starting Sunday all through which the 2 aspects are anticipated to speak about a number of problems associated with preventing cross-frontier crimes and measures to create higher synergy.

    A fifteen-member delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), led through its director common (DG) Primary Normal AKM Nazmul Hasan, landed in Delhi on Saturday.

    Border Safety Pressure (BSF) DG Sujoy Lal Thaosen and senior officials of the pressure welcomed them on the airport, officers mentioned. The four-day talks will conclude on June 14 at a BSF camp in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla house.

    “The convention is being organised to speak about the border-related problems and for higher coordination between each border guarding forces. Discussions shall be hung on learn how to collectively curb the quite a lot of trans-border crimes and well timed sharing of data between each the border guarding forces,” a BSF spokesperson mentioned in a observation.

    Additional, there shall be deliberations on developmental and infrastructural works, joint efforts for efficient implementation of Co-ordinated Border Control Plan (CBMP) and Self assurance Construction Measures (CBMs), the spokesperson mentioned.

    This would be the 53rd version of the talks and the final such assembly used to be held in July final yr when the BSF delegation travelled to Dhaka.

    The BSF guards the 4,096-km-long world border with Bangladesh on India’s jap flank.

    Those talks have been held once a year between 1975 and 1992 however they have been made biannual in 1993 with each side alternately travelling to the nationwide capitals of New Delhi and Dhaka.

    A senior BSF officer had previous informed PTI that the family members between the 2 international locations and their border forces are superb and the convention is predicted to give a boost to those ties.

    A joint file of “discussions” shall be signed through the 2 aspects on the finish of the convention.

    READ MORE: India has to be careful for its jap border

    NEW DELHI: India and Bangladesh will cling biannual talks between their border guarding forces right here starting Sunday all through which the 2 aspects are anticipated to speak about a number of problems associated with preventing cross-frontier crimes and measures to create higher synergy.

    A fifteen-member delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), led through its director common (DG) Primary Normal AKM Nazmul Hasan, landed in Delhi on Saturday.

    Border Safety Pressure (BSF) DG Sujoy Lal Thaosen and senior officials of the pressure welcomed them on the airport, officers mentioned. The four-day talks will conclude on June 14 at a BSF camp in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla house.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “The convention is being organised to speak about the border-related problems and for higher coordination between each border guarding forces. Discussions shall be hung on learn how to collectively curb the quite a lot of trans-border crimes and well timed sharing of data between each the border guarding forces,” a BSF spokesperson mentioned in a observation.

    Additional, there shall be deliberations on developmental and infrastructural works, joint efforts for efficient implementation of Co-ordinated Border Control Plan (CBMP) and Self assurance Construction Measures (CBMs), the spokesperson mentioned.

    This would be the 53rd version of the talks and the final such assembly used to be held in July final yr when the BSF delegation travelled to Dhaka.

    The BSF guards the 4,096-km-long world border with Bangladesh on India’s jap flank.

    Those talks have been held once a year between 1975 and 1992 however they have been made biannual in 1993 with each side alternately travelling to the nationwide capitals of New Delhi and Dhaka.

    A senior BSF officer had previous informed PTI that the family members between the 2 international locations and their border forces are superb and the convention is predicted to give a boost to those ties.

    A joint file of “discussions” shall be signed through the 2 aspects on the finish of the convention.

    READ MORE: India has to be careful for its jap border

  • Amit Shah meets Mamata one-to-one, land problems mentioned

    By way of Specific Information Provider

    KOLKATA: Union House minister Amit Shah met West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee one-to-one at the sidelines of Jap Zonal Council assembly on Saturday the place problems like land for Border Safety Pressure (BSF) outposts and railway initiatives and Bengal executive’s dues from the Centre have been mentioned. The assembly between the 2 political heavyweights persevered for 20 mins prior to Shah left for Kolkata airport.

    Within the Jap Zonal Council assembly convened by way of Shah at Nbanna, the state secretariat, West Bengal CM, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and representatives from Odisha have been provide. Fencing alongside the India-Bangladesh border, cross-border smuggling and well timed crowning glory of the freight hall have been the agendas mentioned within the assembly.

    The only-to-one assembly between Shah and Mamata stated to be politically important at a time when the Bengal executive and the Centre have been at loggerheads on a number of events over a number of problems starting from alleged highhandedness of central companies in opposition to Trinamool Congress leaders and higher coordination between the state police and the BSF

    Suvendu Adhikari, BJP chief and the Chief of the Opposition, who got here to the airport to look off Shah, stated, ‘’I requested Shahji about his assembly the with CM. He advised me that lands required for putting in place of 72 BSF outposts alongside the West Bengal-Bangladesh border and higher verbal exchange between the state police power and the BSF have been mentioned along with her. The Union minister additionally stated that he defined why the India-Bangladesh border is essential for nationwide safety.’’

    Adhikari stated Shah referred to as him for a gathering at the side of BJP’s state president in Delhi on Tuesday to speak about ‘’essential problems’’.

    Assets at Nabanna stated that mort essential factor that Shah highlighted within the Council assembly was once the fencing of the border between Bengal and Bangladesh. “Of the two,216 km of the border, 1,638 km is already coated with stressed fencing. The Centre is stressing on erecting barbed fencing alongside any other 150 km on the earliest. The remainder of the frontier can’t be fenced because the border runs thru rivers or has technical issues just like the life of villages inside of 150 meters from the boundary.”

    The problem of farm animals smuggling was once additionally mentioned within the council assembly.

    The ruling TMC is dealing with embarrassment at the factor of farm animals smuggling to Bangladesh because the BJP by no means misses a chance to make use of it as a political instrument, and the arrest of TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal by way of the CBI additional driven Mamata’s birthday celebration on again foot.

    The council assembly persevered for 1 hour 40 mins from 11 am. After the meet, Mamata asked Shah to consult with her chamber at the 14th ground of the state secretariat.

    KOLKATA: Union House minister Amit Shah met West Bengal leader minister Mamata Banerjee one-to-one at the sidelines of Jap Zonal Council assembly on Saturday the place problems like land for Border Safety Pressure (BSF) outposts and railway initiatives and Bengal executive’s dues from the Centre have been mentioned. The assembly between the 2 political heavyweights persevered for 20 mins prior to Shah left for Kolkata airport.

    Within the Jap Zonal Council assembly convened by way of Shah at Nbanna, the state secretariat, West Bengal CM, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and representatives from Odisha have been provide. Fencing alongside the India-Bangladesh border, cross-border smuggling and well timed crowning glory of the freight hall have been the agendas mentioned within the assembly.

    The only-to-one assembly between Shah and Mamata stated to be politically important at a time when the Bengal executive and the Centre have been at loggerheads on a number of events over a number of problems starting from alleged highhandedness of central companies in opposition to Trinamool Congress leaders and higher coordination between the state police and the BSF

    Suvendu Adhikari, BJP chief and the Chief of the Opposition, who got here to the airport to look off Shah, stated, ‘’I requested Shahji about his assembly the with CM. He advised me that lands required for putting in place of 72 BSF outposts alongside the West Bengal-Bangladesh border and higher verbal exchange between the state police power and the BSF have been mentioned along with her. The Union minister additionally stated that he defined why the India-Bangladesh border is essential for nationwide safety.’’

    Adhikari stated Shah referred to as him for a gathering at the side of BJP’s state president in Delhi on Tuesday to speak about ‘’essential problems’’.

    Assets at Nabanna stated that mort essential factor that Shah highlighted within the Council assembly was once the fencing of the border between Bengal and Bangladesh. “Of the two,216 km of the border, 1,638 km is already coated with stressed fencing. The Centre is stressing on erecting barbed fencing alongside any other 150 km on the earliest. The remainder of the frontier can’t be fenced because the border runs thru rivers or has technical issues just like the life of villages inside of 150 meters from the boundary.”

    The problem of farm animals smuggling was once additionally mentioned within the council assembly.

    The ruling TMC is dealing with embarrassment at the factor of farm animals smuggling to Bangladesh because the BJP by no means misses a chance to make use of it as a political instrument, and the arrest of TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal by way of the CBI additional driven Mamata’s birthday celebration on again foot.

    The council assembly persevered for 1 hour 40 mins from 11 am. After the meet, Mamata asked Shah to consult with her chamber at the 14th ground of the state secretariat.

  • House Minister Amit Shah to discuss with Assam on Might 9, 10

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Union House Minister Amit Shah will excursion Assam on Monday and Tuesday right through which he’s going to discuss with the India-Bangladesh border, inaugurate the Nationwide Forensic Sciences College and attend the first-anniversary birthday party of the Himanta Biswa Sarma executive.

    Shah will start his excursion through visiting a Border Out Put up (BOP) at Mankachar on Monday and have interaction with the BSF staff deployed alongside the world border, officers mentioned.

    After that, the house minister will inaugurate the BSF’s central retailer and workshop and release Khadi and Village Industries merchandise at Tamulpur.

    Within the night time, he’s going to inaugurate the census administrative center and an SSB construction at Amingaon, close to Guwahati.

    Shah may also inaugurate an ideal speciality sanatorium and the Nationwide Forensic Sciences College in Guwahati.

    On Tuesday, the house minister will investigate cross-check the ceremonial parade of the Assam Police, have interaction and feature lunch with officials and jawans of the Assam Police at its headquarters, officers mentioned.

    Within the afternoon, he’s going to grace a serve as organised in Guwahati at the instance of 1 yr of the Himanta Biswa Sarma executive, ahead of laying the basis of the police commissionerate construction within the town.

  • BSF is helping Bangladeshi family bid adieu to Indian girl who died

    By way of PTI

    KRISHNAGANJ: The circle of relatives of Ila Mandal, who died at a border village in West Bengal’s Nadia district, sought after her family at the different facet of the barbed wires to peer her for a final time.

    Her death want used to be fulfilled as BSF organized to take the frame to the 0 Level at the border the place her family from Bangladesh had been looking forward to a final glimpse of the 70-year-old girl.

    Mandal, a resident of Matiari village in Krishnaganj police station space, died on Thursday.

    Lots of her family reside in Chuadanga at the different facet of the border in Bangladesh.

    Mandal’s circle of relatives reached out to the border power, inquiring for permission in order that their Bangladeshi family organize to pay homage to her frame earlier than it’s cremated.

    The BSF quickly were given involved with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), which organized for the family to discuss with the 0 Level.

    The BSF helped the circle of relatives in bringing the frame to the spot the place they paid their remaining recognize.

    “But even so guarding the border, BSF additionally remains with the folks of their ache and delight,” stated Desh Raj Singh, the BSF commanding officer of the realm.

    Tens of hundreds of households had been cut up when India used to be partitioned in 1947, resulting in the advent of East Pakistan — which therefore become Bangladesh.

    West Bengal stocks a 2,217-km-long border with Bangladesh, but even so language, tradition and culinary behavior.