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BSF Stops Aparna Sen From Meeting People At India, Bangladesh Border
Film maker Aparna Sen and two other members of Citizen Speak India, an organisation of personalities alive to different social contemporary issues, were on Saturday stopped from entering an enclave in West Bengal's Coochbehar district by BSF jawans.
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Terror-Hit Dhaka Bakery Returned To Property Owner
Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.
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Bangladesh's Ruling Awami League Leader's Son Among Dhaka Attackers
The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.
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16,000 New Citizens From Bangladeshi Enclaves Will Vote In West Bengal
Thousands will vote for the first time as Indians in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on May 5. These voters live in over 50 enclaves India got in exchange from Bangladesh on July 31, 2015 and became Indian citizens the same day, after decades of not being counted on either side.
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Parliament Passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Friday passed a bill granting voting rights to people who became citizens of the country following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the measure without debate.
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Election Laws (Amendment) Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill to amend two electoral laws to allow a limited delimitation exercise in West Bengal for granting voting rights to people who became Indian citizens following the exchange of enclaves with Bangladesh was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
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India-Bangladesh DG-Level Bilateral Talks to Begin Tomorrow
With the historic exchange of enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border accomplished, high-level delegations of both the country's border guarding forces will commence their annual DG level bilateral talks in New Delhi beginning tomorrow.
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In Historic Land Swap at Midnight, 14,000 Bangladeshis Become Indians
Jubilant crowds celebrated after India and Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight on Saturday, swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years.
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Meet India's 'Vicky Donors' Who Run Out of Work Tonight
When he was born, his parents named him Rubel Rana - a wholesome Bangladeshi name. But at age 6, he was enrolled in school as Anisur Rehman, son of a man named Sayyed Ali Mondal who was, in fact, a distant relative, and an Indian.
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India-Bangladesh Land Swap at Midnight: Your 10-Point Guide
Bangladesh and India will, at one minute past midnight, swap tiny islands of land following a historic border pact in June.
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A Pin Code: That Will be India's First Gift to 14,000 New Citizens Today
At midnight on Friday, when India and Bangladesh officially swap land, the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, P Ulaganathan, will experience what a civil servant might have experienced at Independence.
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Implementation of India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement to Start Tomorrow
Ending more than four decades of wait, India and Bangladesh will start the exchange of 162 adversely-held enclaves from tomorrow, marking the start of implementation of their landmark Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).
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No Longer an Enclave, Indians Opt for Dhaka
The excitement over the Land Boundary Agreement may have ebbed in Delhi and Dhaka, but in 111 enclaves in Bangladesh that were Indian till Saturday, people are still celebrating their homecoming.
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PM Narendra Modi Lauds Land Boundary Agreement, Promises Resolution on Teesta Issue
The land boundary agreement, he said, was another link in the chain. The agreement was formally signed between the two countries 41 years after it was endorsed. Under the deal, the two countries will swap 161 tiny enclaves, whose 50,000-odd inhabitants have been deprived of not only of nationality, but also of public services.
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India, Bangladesh Sign Historic Land Boundary Agreement
India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed an agreement to simplify their 4,000-km (2,500-mile) border and clarify the identities of 52,000 living in enclaves, over four decades after the neighbours first tried to untangle complex territorial rights set down in 1713.
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BSF Stops Aparna Sen From Meeting People At India, Bangladesh Border
Film maker Aparna Sen and two other members of Citizen Speak India, an organisation of personalities alive to different social contemporary issues, were on Saturday stopped from entering an enclave in West Bengal's Coochbehar district by BSF jawans.
-
Terror-Hit Dhaka Bakery Returned To Property Owner
Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.
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Bangladesh's Ruling Awami League Leader's Son Among Dhaka Attackers
The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.
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16,000 New Citizens From Bangladeshi Enclaves Will Vote In West Bengal
Thousands will vote for the first time as Indians in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on May 5. These voters live in over 50 enclaves India got in exchange from Bangladesh on July 31, 2015 and became Indian citizens the same day, after decades of not being counted on either side.
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Parliament Passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill
Parliament on Friday passed a bill granting voting rights to people who became citizens of the country following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the measure without debate.
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Election Laws (Amendment) Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill to amend two electoral laws to allow a limited delimitation exercise in West Bengal for granting voting rights to people who became Indian citizens following the exchange of enclaves with Bangladesh was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
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India-Bangladesh DG-Level Bilateral Talks to Begin Tomorrow
With the historic exchange of enclaves along the India-Bangladesh border accomplished, high-level delegations of both the country's border guarding forces will commence their annual DG level bilateral talks in New Delhi beginning tomorrow.
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In Historic Land Swap at Midnight, 14,000 Bangladeshis Become Indians
Jubilant crowds celebrated after India and Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight on Saturday, swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years.
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Meet India's 'Vicky Donors' Who Run Out of Work Tonight
When he was born, his parents named him Rubel Rana - a wholesome Bangladeshi name. But at age 6, he was enrolled in school as Anisur Rehman, son of a man named Sayyed Ali Mondal who was, in fact, a distant relative, and an Indian.
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India-Bangladesh Land Swap at Midnight: Your 10-Point Guide
Bangladesh and India will, at one minute past midnight, swap tiny islands of land following a historic border pact in June.
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A Pin Code: That Will be India's First Gift to 14,000 New Citizens Today
At midnight on Friday, when India and Bangladesh officially swap land, the District Magistrate of Cooch Behar in West Bengal, P Ulaganathan, will experience what a civil servant might have experienced at Independence.
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Implementation of India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement to Start Tomorrow
Ending more than four decades of wait, India and Bangladesh will start the exchange of 162 adversely-held enclaves from tomorrow, marking the start of implementation of their landmark Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).
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No Longer an Enclave, Indians Opt for Dhaka
The excitement over the Land Boundary Agreement may have ebbed in Delhi and Dhaka, but in 111 enclaves in Bangladesh that were Indian till Saturday, people are still celebrating their homecoming.
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PM Narendra Modi Lauds Land Boundary Agreement, Promises Resolution on Teesta Issue
The land boundary agreement, he said, was another link in the chain. The agreement was formally signed between the two countries 41 years after it was endorsed. Under the deal, the two countries will swap 161 tiny enclaves, whose 50,000-odd inhabitants have been deprived of not only of nationality, but also of public services.
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India, Bangladesh Sign Historic Land Boundary Agreement
India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed an agreement to simplify their 4,000-km (2,500-mile) border and clarify the identities of 52,000 living in enclaves, over four decades after the neighbours first tried to untangle complex territorial rights set down in 1713.
