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Passengers with medical visa stopped at Ind-Ban border following lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Petrapole (West Bengal) [India], April 27 (ANI): Since the announcement of COVID-19 induced lockdown in Bangladesh, passengers' movement was restricted at the India-Bangladesh border at Petrapole. However, travel on medical visas was allowed.
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Vijay Diwas: Customs facilitates export of two high-security consignments
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 17 (ANI): On the occasion of Vijay Diwas, the Indian Customs facilitated the export of two high-security consignments of ammunition meant for the Bangladesh Army, at the border area here in Kolkata.
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India gifts 20 fully trained military horses, 10 mine detection dogs to Ba
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], November 10 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen ties between New Delhi and Dhaka, the Indian Army here on Tuesday gifted 20 fully trained military horses and 10 mine detection dogs to Bangladesh Army.
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BSF hoists national flag at Petrapole, Border Guard Bangladesh attends eve
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday organised a flag hoisting ceremony on the occasion of 74th Independence Day, at the parade ground of Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole.
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BSF exchange sweets with Border Guard Bangladesh on India's Independence D
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Petrapole (West Bengal) [India], August 15 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Saturday exchanged sweets on the occasion of India's 74th Independence Day at Petrapole border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
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BSF seizes 126 kgs of Hilsha fish at ICP Petrapole, 1 held
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Petrapole (West Bengal) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended one person for allegedly smuggling 126 kilograms of Hilsha fish to India from Bangladesh through the ICP Petrapole, India-Bangladesh border.
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India's first-ever export container train arrives at integrated check post
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): India's first-ever cargo container train for export to Bangladesh arrived at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in West Bengal's Petrapole from Kolkata's Majerhat Railway Station on Sunday, S S Guleria, the Deputy Inspector General, Border Security
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BSF nabs Bangladeshi trying to enter India illegally
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday arrested a Bangladeshi national, who was hiding inside a cargo train at Petrapole railway station. The BSF suspect it is a case of human trafficking.
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SC sets up expert committee to look into tree feeling for bridge construct
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday set up an expert committee to look into the issue of environmental degradation caused by the felling of trees to construct a bridge in the country's eastern border connecting Barasat to Petrapole.
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Bangladeshi National arrested with gold biscuits
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Petrapole (West Bengal) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday arrested a Bangladeshi national from West Bengal's Petrapole and recovered three gold biscuits valued at Rs 10, 79,575.
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14 B'deshi prisoners released by Indian govt
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 5 (ANI): The Indian Government on Friday released 14 Bangladeshi refugees, including five children, two years after they had entered the country illegally.
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PM Modi, his Bangladesh PM jointly inaugurate Petrapole Integrated Check P
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Thursday jointly inaugurated the Petrapole Integrated Check Post through video-conferencing, in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also participated from Kolkata.
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