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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicIndia-Bangladesh border

Topic: India-Bangladesh border

‘Were trying to infiltrate into India’ — 11 Bangladeshis apprehended at border, says BSF

Force patrolling the Indo-Bangladesh border areas in West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, & Mizoram, has been on 'high alert' since Sheikh Hasina stepped down amid the turmoil in Bangladesh.

Counselled restraint to Hasina govt amid protests, our border forces on alert — Jaishankar in Parliament

The external affairs minister said India expected Bangladesh to keep minorities safe, as well as protect its missions in the country.

Intense patrolling, more personnel, leaves scrapped — BSF on high alert after Hasina flees Bangladesh

All possible methods being taken to prevent illegal influx, say officers; security outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi also tightened.

BSF, Bangladesh counterpart coordinate safe return of 3,000 Indian students amid anti-quota stir

BSF data shows that 4,315 students from India, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Canada, including 41 from Bangladesh, entered India between 18 and 23 July.

West Bengal CID uses divers and drones to hunt for ‘butchered’ Bangladesh MP’s body parts

A CID team reached Bangladesh to interrogate three accused arrested by police there in connection with murder of ruling Awami League legislator Anwarul Azim Anar, it is learnt.

Opposition corners Hasina as Awami League MP’s gruesome murder sends shockwaves across Dhaka

Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, missing since 13 May in Kolkata, was 'murdered over a gold smuggling disagreement' by an illegal immigrant, a hitman and others, it is learnt. 

Progress slow, MHA unlikely to finish fencing India-Bangladesh border by March 2024 deadline

There was 915.35 km of border remaining to be fenced from this January. ThePrint analysis shows that with just 35km fenced last year, meeting target seems to be an uphill task.

BSF is not trigger-happy, strife at Bangladesh border due to aggressive cattle smugglers

Deaths of smugglers sour relations between India and Bangladesh, the solution is legalisation of cattle trade not avoiding confrontation.

BSF’s shoot-to-kill policy can’t stop Bangladesh cow traffickers. Trade legalisation must

The success of Sheikh Hasina’s government in crushing jihadist terrorism has had a crucial role in making India more secure.

Ailing, dying cattle at the borders ‘hampering’ our work, BSF chief tells parliamentary panel

BSF chief Pankaj Kumar Singh is learnt to have pointed to missive from Centre advocating that BSF take measures for ‘gau raksha’, as well as pressure from animal rights groups.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.