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Bangladesh border barbed wire fencing: Key meeting coming up between Suvendu Adhikari, BSF DGWest Bengal government is set to transfer land for barbed fencing near the Bangladesh border. A high-level meeting is scheduled in Kolkata....
21 May, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Bengal's SIR drive set stage for assembly polls with 5.8 million deletionsWest Bengal's political temperature is rising as assembly polls approach. The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls has become a ma...
05 Jan, 2026, 12.53 AM IST
TMC says Bengal draft rolls 'puncture' BJP's '1 crore Rohingyas' claim as 'ghost voters' at 1.83LWest Bengal's draft electoral rolls have been released ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. The Trinamool Congress claims the rolls refute...
16 Dec, 2025, 02.07 PM IST
Return of Bangladeshis from West Bengal sharpens infiltration narrative months before assembly pollsA steady trickle of illegal immigrants returning to Bangladesh from West Bengal's Hakimpur border has become a political flashpoint. Both B...
30 Nov, 2025, 10.47 AM IST
SIR-induced 'reverse migration' to Bangladesh: Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose takes train to reach MurshidabadGovernor CV Ananda Bose is visiting Murshidabad. He aims to understand the ground situation following reports of illegal immigrants from Ba...
25 Nov, 2025, 11.19 AM IST
Bangladeshi exits from Bengal spike to triple digits after SIREarlier, around five to six Bangladeshis were apprehended every day. "Prior to SIR, the BSF used to apprehend 5-6 Bangladeshis every day. T...
25 Nov, 2025, 12.31 AM IST
Where history once flowed in, it now flows out: Bengal's Hakimpur sees rare reverse migrationHistory is echoing in West Bengal's Hakimpur as illegal Bangladeshi nationals, who once sought refuge, are now returning home. Driven by We...
24 Nov, 2025, 01.07 PM IST
Borrowed lives on fake IDs: SIR sparks reverse migration of 'illegal Bangladeshi's' at Hakimpur borderIn a surprising turn, undocumented Bangladeshi migrants are making their way back from West Bengal, driven by the anxiety surrounding the n...
23 Nov, 2025, 04.01 PM IST
BJP, Trinamool spar over alleged mass exfiltration of Bangladeshis amid voter roll revisionIn a striking display of migration, Bangladeshis are seen retreating from the Hakimpur border in West Bengal, a movement closely linked to ...
21 Nov, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
Fugitive Bangladesh ex-cop on the run since Hasina’s fall nabbed by BSF in West BengalA former Bangladeshi police officer, Mohammad Arifuzzaman, was apprehended by the Border Security Force. He was attempting to enter India t...
25 Aug, 2025, 01.40 PM IST
13 Bangladeshis apprehended while crossing over to India: BSFWhile five Bangladeshis were apprehended at Bithari border outpost, six nationals of the neighbouring country were nabbed near Hakimpur bor...
08 Nov, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
How the Indian government is keeping Rohingya out85K BSF troops are trying to control the illegal migration around 150 weak spots identified along the border. The tricky topography is just...
15 Oct, 2017, 05.59 AM IST
Government adopts zero-infiltration approach against RohingyasBengal has witnessed the maximum number of protest rallies and public meetings by Muslim organisations in Kolkata and the outskirts demandi...
21 Sep, 2017, 01.31 AM IST