Politics / Meghalaya

SHILLONG, April 23: The condition of the two wounded BSF men who were returned by Bangladesh Rifles yesterday was stated to be critical, RC Siloti, Headquarters Commandant, said. "The condition of injured constables Akshay Kumar and Bimal Kumar, who are admitted to the Battalion hospital in Tura, is stated to be critical," Silkoti told PTI over phone. Akshay Kumar and Bimal Kumar reached the 118 Battalion headquarters at Tura in West Garo Hills district on Sunday afternoon with the body of slain havildar Dhyan Chand, he said. "The cremation of the slain Havildar Dhyan Chand will take place at...

MANKACHAR, (Indo-Bangla border), April 23: 20 BSF men, who were attacked by Bangladesh rifles (BDR) on Wednesday, might have strayed into Bangladesh territory by mistake due to darkness in the night, according to Border Security Force DIG IJ Singh yesterday, reports PTI. "Twenty BSF men had gone for patrolling at Boroibari as there was red alert because of the situation prevailing along the Dawki border in Meghalaya along Bangladesh," Singh told a group of visiting journalists. He said that the two BSF jawans who had managed to escape from BDR custody had reported to the higher authorities...

MANKACHAR (Indo-Bangla Border), April 23: There is visible tension in the Boraibari border outpost area, in the adverse possession of Bangladesh, though the situation on the international boundary along Assam and Meghalaya was reported to be normal today, reports PTI. This correspondent who visited the border areas and Boraibari, where 16 BSF jawans were killed and another two injured by Bangladesh Rifles on Wednesday, found Boraibari village almost deserted with a few men guarding cattle. The men refused to talk or even respond and ran away when hailed. The people, who pay revenue in Dhubri...

SHILLONG, April 20: No fresh firing was reported on Friday on the international border with Bangladesh from Meghalaya to Assam since the Border Security Force and Bangladesh Rifles struck truce at Thursday flag meeting at Dawki in Meghalaya, reports PTI. R C Silkoti, Commandant of BSF head quarters here told PTI there was no report of exchange of fire between BSF and BDR at Pyrdiwah in Meghalaya and Mankachar area in Assam with both sides agreeing to maintain status quo. He said everything is peaceful there' and Bangladesh would on Friday return the bodies of the BSF, jawans killed by BDR at...

GUWAHATI, April 20: The bodies of 15 of the 16 Border Security Force (BSF) officers and men killed by the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel along with the villagers of Bangladesh were returned to the Indian authorities this evening and from the wound marks in the bodies, it was apparent that the BSF men were killed in cold blood and they were not killed in a shoot-out. Highly-placed official sources said that the bodies of 15 BSF men killed inside Bangladesh were handed over to the Indian authorities at Mahendraganj in Meghalaya-Bangladesh border late this evening. The Bangladesh Rifles...

AGARTALA, April 19: The 1286-km long Tripura-Cachar-Mizoram border with Bangladesh has been put on 'maximum alert' following the killing of 16 BSF jawans by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at Boribari in Assam yesterday, a senior official said today, reports PTI. "All BSF outposts in Tripura, Mizoram and Cachar district of Assam along the Bangladesh border have been put on alert so that any attempt to attack our nationals or occupy our land by any foreign quarters can be thwarted", Deputy Inspector General S Basumatari said. The BSF's strength has been increased in Muhurichar outpost in South Tripura...

GUWAHATI, April 19: Panicky villagers of Man-kachar subdivision in Dhubri district bordering Bangladesh continued to flee to safer places as a war-like situation has developed in the area following heavy exchange of fire between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) since yesterday. Official sources in Dhubri said that according to information available, the Bangladesh Armymen have also moved into the Bangladesh Rifles posts, while BSF reinforcements have been moved to the border posts. So far one person was killed and eleven others injured in the firing since...

SHILLONG, April 19: The BSF today peacefully regained control over the Pyrdiwah observatory post in Meghalaya when Bangladesh Rifles occupying it since Monday, pulled out and guns fell silent in Mankachar area after a ceasefire was agreed upon, BSF Inspector General (HQ) V K Gaur said, reports PTI. The impasse was resolved a day after the killing of 16 BSF personnel by the BDR at Boribari in Assam. BDR resumes firing: Breaking a luss of three hours, Bangladesh Rifles resumed mortar fire on Indian positions this evenin wounding one civilian at Thakurianbari village of border district Dhubri...

SHILLONG, April 18: Meghalaya Chief Minister EK Mawlong today said Pyrdiwah village in East Khasi Hills district bordering Bangladesh was still under the occupation of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) since Monday, reports PTI. "Bangladesh Rifles is still continuing to occupy Pyrdiwah village since Monday," Mawlong told PTI here. Mawlong said he had informed LK Advani about the incident and the Union Home Minister had asked him "to send all the details." After a meeting with Cabinet members and high police officials, the Chief Minister said a fax was sent yesterday urging him to 'take proper steps in...

NEW DELHI, April 18: Sixteen Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were today killed when Bangladeshi troops ope-ned fire and resorted to shelling in the border village of Boraibari in Meghalaya, Home Secretary Kamal Pandey, said, reports PTI. The Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have been resorting to shelling on BSF posts as well as civilian areas, he told media persons quoting reports reaching here from BSF border camp. An international news agency quoting BDR chief Major General Fazlur Rahman reported from Dhaka earlier that one Bangladesh soldier was also killed and several...