Six Indians detained in Bangladesh

October 5th, 2009 AGARTALA - Five militants of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), who had allegedly killed six of their colleagues, were detained while while they were crossing the Bangladesh border into Tripura, officials said Monday. A large cache of arms and ammunition, including five AK-series rifles and some grenades, as well as Bangladeshi currency were found with the terrorists, aged 21 to 24 years, who were detained late Sunday by troopers of the Border Security Force (BSF).

August 20th, 2009 AGARTALA - Security forces in Tripura recovered cache of arms and ammunition from a tribal hamlet close to the state's border with Bangladesh. Acting on a tip off by a surrendered militant, a joint operation was launched by state police along with paramilitary forces.

July 18th, 2009 AGARTALA/IMPHAL - Tripura police Saturday arrested seven militants, including a woman, of an outlawed Manipuri separatist group, officials here said. "The seven guerrillas of People's United Liberation Front (PULF) including their self-styled army chief Mohammad Abdur Rahaman, 25, were detained from a motor stand in Agartala with some Bangladeshi mobile SIM cards and incriminating documents," said Director General of Police Pranay Sahaya.

July 15th, 2009 DHAKA - India has proposed coordinated patrolling of its border with Bangladesh to curb trespassers who cross over at night, leading to many of them being shot by the Border Security Force (BSF) - the bone of contention at talks between the top brass of the border guards of the two countries. The killing this year of 64 unarmed civilians, as Bangladesh puts it, has become a sensitive issue between the two neighbours, who Tuesday ended their bi-annual consultations between top officials of the BSF and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).

July 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - India has proposed to Bangladesh joint border patrolling along the international boundary, the Border Security Force (BSF) chief said here Tuesday. "We've given a draft proposal to our counterpart Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) for carrying out coordinated border patrolling activities along the Indo-Bangladesh border.

April 25th, 2009 AGARTALA - Indian security forces are fully equipped to deal with any armed infiltration bid from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Saturday said here Saturday.

April 23rd, 2009 AGARTALA - The gates on the barbed wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura would remain open till the balloting ends to enable all voters to exercise their franchise, an official said here Thursday. 'We have asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to open the gates on the border fence for the whole day to facilitate the voters to exercise their franchise,' said Dilip Acherjee, additional chief electoral officer.

March 20th, 2009 AGARTALA - The bloody mutiny of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka last month has knocked off the Indo-Bangladesh border trade by 50 percent, traders here Thursday said. 'The BDR mutiny and reduction of the rate of the Indian rupee against the US dollar have largely affected the Indo-Bangla export-import business during the past few weeks,' said Habul Biswas, spokesman of the Indo-Bangla Desh Trading Organisation.

February 27th, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Thursday expressed concern over the bloody mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) while Indian border guards strengthened security along the 4,095-km long border with that country. 'Such revolt by paramilitary troopers in a neighbouring country is a cause of concern.

February 26th, 2009 AGARTALA - India put its eastern borders on high alert Wednesday after a mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) left many people dead and several injured, an official said. Senior officials of the Border Security Force (BSF) rushed to the frontier along Bangladesh, BSF spokesman A.K.

February 14th, 2009 AGARTALA - More than 100 tribal separatists have surrendered before the authorities in Tripura after fleeing from their bases in adjoining Bangladesh, officials said here Sunday. 'The Bangladesh-trained militants, numbering 118 and led by their leader Pabanjoy Reang, surrendered before senior police and paramilitary officers late Saturday night,' police spokesman Nepal Das said.

January 27th, 2009 AGARTALA - Bangladesh is keen to boost trade and commerce with northeastern India to narrow down its trade deficit with the country, an official said here Wednesday. 'Traders, industrialists and investors are really keen to boost trade and business activities with the northeast,' said Abdul Matlub Ahmad, president of the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI).

January 4th, 2009 AGARTALA - Four top tribal separatist leaders, who surrendered before authorities in Tripura, revealed they were trained by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh, officials said Monday. A police spokesman said the four militants, two of them women, of the outlawed All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), surrendered before the police late Sunday.

December 30th, 2008 AGARTALA - Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Wednesday expressed optimism that the new Bangladesh government led by the Awami League would help settle pending issues related to the northeast, including terrorism. 'We strongly believe that the Awami League government headed by Sheikh Hasina would resolve the northeast India's terrorism related problems and provide transit to transport men and materials between the northeast and the rest of the country via Bangladesh,' Sarkar told reporters here.

December 26th, 2008 AGARTALA - The Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified its vigil along the border with Bangladesh that goes to polls Dec 29, an official said here Saturday. 'We have deployed additional BSF troopers all along the border with Bangladesh and asked the forces to maintain their strict vigil specially in the porous and riverine sections of the border,' a senior BSF official told IANS.