According to a police order issued late Friday night, the battalion headquarters has been advised to ensure maximum mobilisation of the forces personnel at the battalion headquarters.
The closing ceremony of the 2nd All India Police Handball Cluster 2025-26, organised by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), was held on Friday at the Frontier Headquarters, SSB, Siliguri, marking the successful conclusion of a prestigious national-level sporting event from 19 to 23 January.
Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Sanjay Singhal on Thursday formally unveiled the official mascot, ‘Tejo’, of the Second All India Police Handball Cluster during a curtain-raiser ceremony at the SSB’s Siliguri headquarters.
The arrested Bangladeshi nationals have been identified as Md Shanihur Rahman, Md Sobaij and Md Firoz.
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 state cabinet, chaired by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, which held its meeting at the state secretariat, Nabanna, today decided to give two acres of land to the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) for setting up an outpost in Jalpaiguri.
Governor Dr C V Ananda Bose, today visited the India-Nepal border areas to assess security measures, border management, and anti-smuggling operations.
Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai, recently visited key Indo-Nepal border areas under the jurisdiction of the 41st Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), including Panitanki and Gaurasingh Basti, which fall under the Siliguri Frontier.
As Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Siliguri to attend the Sashastra Seema Bal’s Raising Day celebrations, the CPI (ML) Liberation, Siliguri Local Committee, staged a protest at Hashmi Chowk demanding his resignation and an apology for allegedly disrespecting Babasaheb Ambedkar in Parliament.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista underscored the critical role of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in safeguarding the Darjeeling Hills, Terai, and Dooars, which include the strategically significant “Chicken Neck” region of India.
