Tripura: BSF trooper shot dead woman after attempting rape, say villagers
--> Sat, 23 Jul 2016-12:55pm , Dhanpur , ANI VIllagers claim BSF trooper shot dead a woman for resisting rape. A 24-year-old housewife from the minority Muslim community was allegedly shot dead by...
View ArticleBSF trooper shoots dead young Muslim woman in Tripura after unsuccessful rape...
A 24-year-old housewife from the minority Muslim community was allegedly shot dead by BSF trooper in Sonunamura`s Bangladesh border of Tripura on Friday. ......
View ArticleBSF troopers shoot dead young Muslim woman in Tripura after unsuccessful rape...
A 24-year-old housewife from the minority Muslim community was allegedly shot dead by BSF troopers in Sonunamura`s Bangladesh border of Tripura on Friday. ......
View ArticleHousewife killed in BSF firing in Tripura, murder and rape charges against...
Dhanpur , July 23 : A 24-year-old housewife from the minority Muslim community was allegedly shot dead by BSF troopers in Sonunamura's Bangladesh border of Tripura on Friday. The incident occurred on...
View ArticleHousewife killed in BSF firing in Tripura, trooper charged for murder and rape
A BSF trooper allegedly shot dead a woman at the Bangladesh border of Tripura. A 24-year-old housewife from the minority Muslim community was allegedly shot dead by BSF troopers in ......
View ArticleKidnapped BSF troopers handed over to India
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View ArticleBSF pays tribute to martyr after 9 years
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View ArticleTripura State Rifles trooper kills lover, self
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View ArticleTight security in Tripura, Assam for Durga Puja
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View ArticleSuspected smuggler killed in Tripura BSF firing
A Muslim man was killed when BSF troopers, while on patrol along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, opened fire suspecting him to be a smuggler police said here on Saturday. ......
View ArticleTripura: Muslim man killed by BSF troopers along India-Bangladesh border
A Muslim man was killed when BSF troopers, while on patrol along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, opened fire suspecting him to be a smuggler police said here on Saturday. ......
View ArticleMan killed in Tripura BSF firing
Agartala, Dec 24 (IANS) A Muslim man was killed when BSF troopers, while on patrol along the India-Bangladesh...
View ArticleBSF on high alert after terror attack in Bangladesh
Agartala: The Border Security Force (BSF) has sounded a high alert all along the India-Bangladesh border in view of a terror attack in the neighbouring country, an officer said here on Monday. "Strict...
View ArticleCPI(M) calls bandh over death of tribals in BSF firing
Agartala: Normal life was today paralysed in Sabroom subdivision of South Tripura district after a dawn-to-dusk bandh was called by the ruling CPI(M) over the death of three tribals, allegedly in...
View ArticleBSF under fire for 'smuggler' deaths
AGARTALA: The Left Front government in Tripura called a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Sabroom on Saturday in protest against the alleged killing of three civilians along the India-Bangladesh border by...
View ArticlePartial shutdown in Tripura to protest against killing of 3 tribals
Tripura’s ruling CPI-M has called a 12-hour shutdown in Sabroom sub-division on Saturday and held demonstrations across the state to protest the killing of three tribals in BSF firing on Friday. An...
View ArticleTripura: Three tribals killed, two injured in BSF firing
Three tribals, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in BSF firing in southern Tripura, an official here said. “BSF troopers were on routine patrol when they spotted...
View ArticleThree tribals killed, two hurt in Tripura BSF firing
Agartala: Three tribals, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in BSF firing in southern Tripura, an official here said. "BSF troopers were on routine patrol when they...
View ArticleRajnath expresses regret over firing on Tripura-Bangladesh border
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View ArticleJ&K: BSF jawan, three civilians killed in cross-border firing along LoC
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View Article3 face gun-related charges tied to killing and firing upon vigil
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When the Myanmar military closed in on the village of Pwint Phyu Chaung, everyone had a few seconds to make a choice. Noor Ankis, 25, chose to remain in her house, where she was told to kneel to be...
View ArticleBurma: Security Forces Raped Rohingya Women, Girls
(New York) – Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016,...
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View ArticleFleeing Rohingya tell of rape, fire and death in Myanmar
When the Myanmar military closed in on the village of Pwint Phyu Chaung, everyone had a few seconds to make a choice. Noor Ankis (25) chose to remain in her house, where she was told to kneel to be...
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If the Naf River could talk, which horror story would it tell first? The narrow waterway marks the border between Burma and Bangladesh. On its western bank is the Bangladeshi province of Chittagong. To...
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View ArticleMyanmar says Rohingya rape and abuse allegations “made-up”, despite mounting...
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View ArticleISIS goes global: Mapping 50 attacks in 18 countries that killed 1,100 people
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View ArticleBurma: Rohingya Recount Killings, Rape, and Arson
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View ArticleBSF jawans in row over death of 3 tribals in Tripura
An inquiry was today ordered by the BSF after its personnel were caught in a row with locals in Tripura over killing of three civilians who had protested alleged molestation bid by some paramilitary...
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