TMC’s Falta Strongman Jahangir Khan Arrested Near Nepal Border
Jahangir Khan was fielded by the TMC in the Falta assembly repoll but he withdrew his candidature on May 19, just two days before polling.
Jahangir Khan was fielded by the TMC in the Falta assembly repoll but he withdrew his candidature on May 19, just two days before polling.
Official sources said some 80 jail escapees who were released by Gen Z priotesters in September this year, fled across the border and tried to find sanctuary in India, some of them under asssumed aliases.
The India–Nepal border at Panitanki, under Naxalbari block in Darjeeling district has been fully reopened after temporary restrictions caused by recent protests in Nepal.
It is learnt that the personnel of the 8th battalion of SSB first arrested the citizen of New Zealand while he was trying to enter the Indian side by furnishing these forged documents.
A case in point is Asale, an area of scenic beauty, replete with an around 300-feet high waterfall, on the India-Nepal border near Mirik in Darjeeling district. The area is situated around 9km away from the Phuguri tea estate and lies near the Kharbani village under the Soureni Gram Panchayat-II in Mirik Sub Division.
On June 9, Nepal's House of Representative had unanimously endorsed the Constitution Amendment Bill to adopt a new map of the country which includes Indian areas of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura.
Military-level talks between India and China continued for de-escalation in the Galwan region of eastern Ladakh on Friday with top army commanders from both sides meeting to resolve the face-off.
An Indian national, Laagan Yadav (45), has been taken into custody by the Nepal border police, officials said.
Earlier in the parliament, KP Oli had reiterated Nepal's claim to Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh, and Kalapanias after the government showed the 'disputed' territories in a newly issued political map.
Nepal's objections came after the Indian Home Ministry released the political map of India, showing Kalapani within Indian borders.
