He said that after the Cabinet Committee's 2018 approval, the Centre had been consistently urging the West Bengal government to allocate land for seven ICPs, including Ghojadanga, Fulbari, Hili and Mahadipur.
"Ministry of Home Affairs has amended its earlier notification under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, adding three more seaports to Category II entry points. According to the latest Gazette notification (S.O. 5306(E)), Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala, Hazira Port in Guj
Facilitation of cross-border movement and capacity-building support for Bhutan's police forces also featured prominently in the talks held from October 16-17 in Bhutan's capital, Thimphu.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy ordered the officials to immediately close transport check posts on all roads across the Telangana State, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release.
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Nara Nandendla Manohar, announced that three internal check posts have been established in the Visakhapatnam port area to ensure continuous inspection of vehicles transporting rice.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Kumar Sanjay, in a review meeting held on Wednesday with senior officials of the Foreigners Division, discussed policies on visa simplification, modernisation of immigration check posts and other related matters.
Crowds returned to the Attari-Wagah border and other key Joint Check Posts in Punjab on Tuesday, as the iconic Beating Retreat ceremony resumed today after a temporary suspension due to Operation Sindoor.
The Beating Retreat ceremony, also known as the flag-lowering event, at the Wagah-Attari, Hussainiwala, and Sadqi Joint Check Posts (JCPs) of the Border Security Force (BSF), which had been suspended on May 9 due to Operation Sindhoor, will resume today at 6 pm.
The retreat ceremonies at Attari-Wagah in Amritsar, Hussainiwala in Ferozepur, and Sadki in Fazilka district in Punjab have been cancelled till further orders, the Border Security Force (BSF) said.
In a crackdown on corruption, the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted surprise checks on Road Transport Authority (RTA) check posts across the state on Wednesday. The raids were carried out at three check posts: Bhoraj Check post (Adilabad), Vishnupuram Check post (Nalgonda), an
"Everyone's bags are checked. Devendra Fadnavis's bag was checked on November 5, but we did not make it an issue. Whenever we travel in our car, the police checks us at check posts etc. This is the job of the Election Commission and the police; they do their job," Goyal said.
Under the new system, 45 checking points will come up in the first phase in the state. Mobile units will be formed under temporary arrangements till the new checking points are ready and these mobile units will be constituted of district transport office and enforcement staff along with home