BSF and RPF foil gold smuggling bid in West Bengal, seizing Rs 57.6 lakh worth of gold and 89.4 kgs of ganjaIn Nadia district, a joint BSF-RPF operation foiled a gold smuggling attempt, leading to the arrest of a woman carrying gold biscuits worth...
23 Jul, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
BSF thwarts gold smuggling bid along Bangladesh borderBorder Security Force (BSF) in South Bengal successfully intercepted a gold smuggling operation near the Bangladesh border, seizing gold wo...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.26 AM IST
BSF braves unfavourable terrain, weather to meet challenges in border areas of South BengalThe BSF is actively preventing smuggling and illegal activities along the India-Bangladesh border. In 2023, significant seizures of gold an...
09 Jan, 2025, 07.15 PM IST
Didi warns B'desh politicians over 'claims'; supports centreWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee expressed hope for successful Indian diplomacy talks during the foreign secretary's Bangladesh visit. She co...
09 Dec, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
BSF launches special surveillance project to plug over 600 gaps on Pak, Bangla bordersThe Border Security Force (BSF) is implementing an electronic surveillance project to secure over 600 vulnerable patches along the India-Pa...
06 Dec, 2024, 10.33 PM IST
Grains for gold: Indian export curbs drive boom in barter smugglingSmuggling of gold for food staples like sugar and grain surges across the India-Bangladesh border. India's export curbs created price dispa...
04 Dec, 2024, 03.46 PM IST
Cattle smuggling crackdown, slot booking policy, economic woes: Bongaon's struggle amidst transitionBongaon, a border town in West Bengal, has experienced a crackdown on cattle smuggling and changes in goods truck movement regulations, lea...
18 May, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
MHA directs CAPFs to adopt BSF's 'beehives on border fence' model across the countryThe Union home ministry directs central paramilitary forces to replicate a beekeeping model on the border fence by a BSF unit in West Benga...
12 May, 2024, 07.07 PM IST
MHA directs CAPFs to adopt BSF's 'beehives on border fence' model across the countryThe Union Home Ministry has instructed all central paramilitary and allied forces to replicate a successful beekeeping model initiated by a...
12 May, 2024, 12.50 PM IST
India, Bangladesh agree to initiate 5 joint development projects for border populationThe 53rd edition of the conference was led by the chiefs or directors general (DsG) of the BSF and the BGB and ended with the signing of a ...
14 Jun, 2023, 05.56 PM IST
Trinamool Congress leader's guard produced in courtAfter five hours of quizzing at the Nizam Palace office of CBI in Kolkata, CBI had arrested Hossain, the guard of Birbhum district presiden...
11 Jun, 2022, 01.05 AM IST
Assam Governor asks Army to put a stop to smuggling from MyanmarThe Governor mentioned the illegal smuggling of arms, gold, drugs and liquor through Myanmar via Moreh and requested Indian Army to play a ...
12 Jul, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
Punjab attacks: Link between the old war on drugs & new war on terrorJust last week Punjab Police arrested a BSF man in Tarn Taran district for allegedly helping cross-border smugglers sneak in heroin from ot...
13 Jul, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
Bangladesh says will not allow anti-India forces to operateBoth the delegation agreed to enhance joint capacity building of personnel from either side, sharing of information regarding organised cri...
12 Jul, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
Border Security Force, Border Guard Bangladesh agree on coordinated patrollingThe decision was taken after a four-day BSF- Region Commanders and BGB border conference here.
11 Jul, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
Increase in informers' reward to check drugs smugglingIn order to check smuggling of narcotics, Finance Ministry has increased monetary rewards given to informers and government officers for gi...
10 Aug, 2015, 04.22 PM IST
Why cattle continue to be smuggled from West Bengal's border areas to Bangladesh"The person who puts in initial funds to buy cows from Haryana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Delhi and UP gets minimum 100% returns on investmen...
29 Mar, 2015, 11.04 AM IST