August 20, 2026 09:16 pm (IST)

Make this your homepage

News

Jadavpur erupts again: ABVP-SFI clash, police barricades shattered as fresh tension grips area | Ex-Congress MP and 1984 anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar dies while serving life sentence | India hits back at Pakistan: Structures outside High Commission demolished in Delhi | ‘Don’t daydream about my bedroom’: Kangana Ranaut fires back at Ramdev over ‘Gen Z’ row | Jadavpur University erupts at midnight: ABVP-Left student groups clash over meeting, BJP-CPI(M) leaders trade barbs | Vijay govt calls for action to stop students, youth from joining CJP, Left protests | Kolkata hotel fire kills 9: Bengal Minister Agnimitra Paul targets ex-TMC govt, CESC over licences | Kolkata hotel fire: 9 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and a child, die in massive blaze | Tarun Tejpal faces life term? Goa govt moves Supreme Court after 2013 rape conviction | Supreme Court rejects ‘less painful’ death penalty plea, but leaves door open for future change

WB: Rajnath assess situation along Indo-Bangla border

India Blooms News Service | | Apr 01, 2015, at 02:21 am

Kolkata, Mar 31 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived in West Bengal on Tuesday on a two-day visit to assess situation along Indo -Bangladesh boarder, was briefed by the Border Security Force officer at Chhit Balapukhri near Indo-Bangla international border.

The Social Organisations active in Cooch Behar area met the Union Home Minister and handed over a memorandum on Indo-Bangladesh Enclaves.

Singh met the Border Guards of Bangladesh at Panbari Border Out Post (BOP) near Teen Bigha corridor, Cooch Behar, in West Bengal.

He also met BSF security personnel posted in the area before leaving Teen Beegha corridor.

Singh will visit BOPs at North 24 Paraganas and South 24 Paraganas of West Bengal on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday raised questions Singh's visit Chhit-Mahal areas in Cooch Behar in north Bengal.

"Today Union Home Minister has visited Chhit-Mahal areas in Coochbehar, along with BJP MPs. Is it official visit or political visit #alerts," Banerjee said in tweet.

She said no prior discussion or consultation about the visit was made with the state government.

"It is customary to have prior discussion in such cases with State Govt. In a federal str, we must respect each other’s jurisdiction #alerts," she posted.

"No prior discussion or consultation about the visit was made with us. Chhit-Mahal & law and order fall within the jurisdiction of State Govt," she wrote.

"Even though I am now in North Bengal, with a prior programme, I have only received a fax message of his tour programme," Banerjee added.

#WB: Rajnath Singh assess situation along Indo-Bangla border # Mamata Banerjee

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

In Images: PM Modi’s 80th Independence Day address, grand celebrations at Red Fort Aug 15, 2026, at 03:42 pm

In Images: Kolkata’s Red Road comes alive with Independence Day parade, tableaux and drills Aug 15, 2026, at 02:23 pm

In Images: Suvendu Adhikari pays tribute to Khudiram Bose in Keshpur Aug 11, 2026, at 11:47 pm