Properties of former Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Deep Narayan Singh Yadav worth around Rs 130 crore were seized under the Gangsters Act on Monday in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.

Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): Dilip Mahalanabis, whose Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) saved numerous lives during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh, passed away in Kolkata on Sunday, a local media report said.

North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 24 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended two Indian smugglers with 74 gold biscuits and three gold bars worth over Rs 6.15 crore in two separate incidents from their border area.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 1 (ANI): The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra on Monday busted a human trafficking racket by arresting four persons in which Bangladeshi nationals were brought to India through the India-Bangladesh border.

Mumbai Feb 28 PTI Four people have been arrested in connection with a human trafficking racket in which Bangladeshi nationals were being brought into India illegally a Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad official said on Monday The modus operandi was to get nationals from the neighbouring country into India though the open border or by cutting barbed wire fencing after which they would obtain Aadhaar Cards from a UIDAI centre in Bangaon in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal the official said These people would then spread out into various cities of India obtain more documents fraudulently and finally manage to get Indian passports made in their names We have arrested three Bangladeshi nationals including a 17-year-old girl Of these accused Kajal Sheikh has already managed to get herself an Indian passport he said Mumbai resident Santosh Varne 52 who claims to be a passport agent for the past eight to ten years has been arrested for supplying these people with forged civic documents school certificates etc the official said We have seized a booklet having 100 blank School Leaving Certificates on which the name and seal of schools used to be stamped by the accused These blank school leaving certificates are in old format when Mumbai was called Bombay and this has been done to make verification difficult he added He said one Sardar Shaikh alias Monjil Mondal a resident of Sindhrani under Bagdah police station limits in Bangaon in WBs North 24 Parganas was the kingpin of the racket He is a history-sheeter with four cases against his name including for offences like cutting border fencing and human trafficking the official said adding that efforts were on to nab him PTI ZA BNM BNM BNM

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 5 (ANI): Reacting to news of Union Minister Shantanu Thakur leaving Whatsapp group of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal unit, Trinamool Congress leader and MP Saugata Roy remarked that the BJP organisation in the state is in a 'bad shape', adding that it will scatter into pieces since the party's National President JP Nadda seems to have no interest in the matter.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 4 (ANI): Sparking speculations, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur left the West Bengal BJP WhatsApp group on Monday.