Amit Shah: Infiltration curbed in Assam, but Bengal rolling out ‘red carpet’ for illegal immigrants
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that while infiltration across the India-Bangladesh border has been successfully curbed in ...
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Vote banks and borders: How illegal migration is redefining West Bengal
In the fertile floodplains of West Bengal, where the Ganges breaks into countless distributaries before meeting the Bay of Bengal, ...
West Bengal’s borderlands: Demographic shifts and the debate over infiltration
In the low-lying plains of West Bengal, where the Ganges branches into countless channels before merging with the Bay of ...
BSF seizes gold worth Rs 5 crore in West Bengal near India-Bangladesh border
In a major crackdown on cross-border smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth approximately Rs. 5 crore ...
Former Bangladesh police officer held by BSF for illegally entering Indian territory
Kolkata: A former Bangladesh Police officer has been arrested by the Border Security Force for illegally entering Indian territory in ...
Democracy denied: Systematic voter exclusion moves eastward to Bengal
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has released the voter list for West Bengal based on a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ...
34 fishermen from West Bengal detained in Bangladesh after crossing maritime border
Kolkata: Thirty-four fishermen from West Bengal's Kakdwip region were detained by the Bangladesh Navy after their trawlers reportedly strayed into ...
After Bangladesh’s poll violence, a Barisal Hindu seeks refuge in West Bengal
On February 27, 45-year-old Abinash Kumar Mandal (name changed) woke up before first light, packed a few belongings in a ...
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