Woman killed in Tripura for practising witchcraft
A 55-year-old tribal woman was killed by her neighbours in Tripura for allegedly practising witchcraft, police said on Tuesday. Kanyapati Debbarma, a mother of three...
View ArticleBSF trooper killed by Bangladeshi smugglers
A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was shot dead by cattle smugglers near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, an official said on Wednesday....
View ArticleBSF trooper, civilian driver killed in Tripura attack
A BSF trooper and a civilian driver were killed, while another man was injured Monday when militants fired at them in Tripura, police said....
View ArticleBSF jawan killed in Tripura OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Villagers gather with...
Agartala, June 7: The BSF shot dead a notorious smuggler responsible for the killing of BSF assistant commandant Jeevan Kumar in April 2005 along this towns border with Bangladesh last night. However,...
View ArticleBSF trooper kills wife, commits suicide in Tripura
Phatikcherra (Tripura), Nov 2 (ANI): In a bizarre incident a security person shot his wife dead and then committed...
View Article2 killed as BSF, villagers clash in Tripura
Two persons, including a BSF jawan, were killed and 10 injured in a clash between the border guards and villagers at South Ramnagar near Agartala. The clash took place when the BSF personnel were...
View ArticleKidnapped BSF troopers handed over to India
Agartala, Aug 19 (IANS) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has handed over two injured Indian troopers to the Border Security Force (BSF) after they were kidnapped by Bangladeshi smugglers, police said here...
View ArticleBSF to deploy women troopers along borders
Agartala, Feb 12: Indian border guards will soon deploy women troopers in the northeast frontiers to deal with the trans-border crimes involving women, officials said here Wednesday. "Around 30 armed...
View ArticleBSF pays tribute to martyr after 9 years
The Tripura Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) honoured its Assistant Commandant Jeevan Kumar on Wednesday, nine years after he was allegedly killed by the Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guards...
View ArticleTripura State Rifles trooper kills lover, self
Mrinal Das, 32, stormed into the rented house of nursing student Tanushree Karmakar, 25, late on Monday night at Durjoynagar near Agartala and shot the woman dead. A trooper of the Tripura State Rifles...
View ArticleBSF jawan killed in Tripura rebel attack OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Agartala,...
Agartala, Oct. 24: Tripuras banned NLFT militants, who have been carrying out low-key offensives over the past few months through abduction of impoverished shifting cultivators, shot dead a BSF jawan...
View ArticleBSF to sensitise troopers along India-Bangladesh border
Tweet Agartala, June 9 (IANS) BSF Director General D.K. Pathak has asked the commanders and top officials of the force to sensitise troopers and maintain close relations with people living near the...
View ArticleMilitants kill BSF trooper in Tripura
A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was shot dead by militants in Tripura, police said Friday....
View ArticleBSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura border clash, probe ordered
Tweet Agartala, June 7 (IANS) A BSF trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura. The Tripura government...
View ArticleBSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura border clash
Agartala, June 7: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, police said...
View ArticleBSF nabs three Bangladeshi militants
Agartala, June 11: The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested three Bangladeshi trained hardcore militants of National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), police said here on Thursday. "The...
View ArticleFour militants surrender in Tripura
Agartala, May 30: Four terrorists after fleeing from their camps in Bangladesh have surrendered to the Assam Rifles in Tripura and deposited arms and ammunition, an official said here Friday. "Four...
View ArticleAmid tension at border over violence, Tripura orders magisterial probe
Tension continues to grip South Ramnagar (Joypur) locality on edge of border with Bangladesh in Agartala after violent clashes on Friday night that left a BSF jawan and a local resident killed. Tripura...
View Article250 Bangladeshi tribals seek refuge in Tripura
Agartala, June 03: Over 250 Bangladeshi tribals, mostly Buddhists and Hindus, have entered Tripura seeking refuge after ethnic clashes with non-tribal Muslims in their country, an official said here...
View ArticleTight security in Tripura, Assam for Durga Puja
AGARTALA/SILCHAR: Armed with sophisticated weapons, a large number of para-military and state security personnel would be deployed in Tripura and Assam for the Durga Puja festivities beginning next...
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