With Bangladesh in focus, IAF s vintage Dakota to fly past this Republic Day
This is only the third time in Indiaâs history that any foreign military contingent has been invited to participate in the Republic Day parade. Vintage Dakota aircraft (Photo: Twitter)
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Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 03:48 PM IST
With focus on Bangladesh, a vintage Indian Air Force (IAF) Dakota will fly past at the Republic Day parade on January 26. The Dakota will be part of the Rudra formation, along with two MI 171V. Dakotas had played a key role in Bangladesh s war of liberation in 1971 and was used to airdrop troops. In fact, Bangladesh s air force began its journey with gifted Dakotas from IAF.
BSF to erect High Tech BOLD-QIT (Smart Fence) on Indo-Bangla border along North Bengal
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Synopsis Large portion of the unfenced border will be brought under this to ensure better surveillance, said IG BSF North Bengal(NB) Frontier Sunil Kumar. To be established purely based upon need, no specific lengthwise target has been set for this, he added.
Out of total 4097 km long Indo Bangladesh border, BSF NB frontier looks after 936 km with total 254 border outposts in northern half of West Bengal.
After successful implementation of high tech BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) on patches of Indo Bangladesh border in Assam, Indian Border Security Force(BSF) is going strong in extending it to the sensitive Bangla border along Northern West Bengal.
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GUWAHATI: The Inspector General (IG) of BSF Frontier Headquarters, Guwahati, Rajesh Kumar has said that it s through investigation by the State police force that the big fishes involved in the Indo-Bangladesh cross-border smuggling can be brought to the book.
Addressing the media here on Monday, the IG said, The smugglers we catch are mostly couriers. The big fishes seldom come to the border. Since we hand over the apprehended couriers to the State police forces, it s only through their investigation that the big fishes can be caught. Such successes were achieved in West Bengal in 2020. The smugglers keep changing their modus operandi, so do we. As and when their style of working is busted, they shift to newer ways. Smuggling is high at night, when there are dense fog, heavy rains and floods.
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Relations between the two Border Guard Forces of India and Bangladesh are cordial and both of them are putting in their best efforts to promote bilateral relations.
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Guwahati Frontier, Border Security Force apart from manning Indo-Bangladesh International Border, also deployed 14 Company for NRC/CAA/ Internal Security duty in Assam
Guwahati: Border Security Force (BSF) stated Indo-Bangladesh border is a very complex border as the population lives in close proximity on both sides of the border and has ethnic and cultural similarities that make it sensitive which poses a serious challenge to guard the border.
Rajesh Kumar, Inspector General frontier Headquarter on Monday said that the socio – religion – politic dynamics of bordering Districts of West Bengal and Assam differs to each other resulting in different security scenario. Guwahati Frontier, Border Security Force apart from manning Indo-Bangladesh International Border, also deployed 14 Company for NRC/CAA