north 24 Parganas

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Politics

India imposes border restrictions in North 24 Parganas for smooth conduct of Lok Sabha elections

These measures are aimed at facilitating a peaceful and orderly election process for the 14-Bongaon Parliamentary Constituency, scheduled for 20 May 2024.

While in 2018, the BSF’s south Bengal Frontier had seized 22 such consignments, in 2019 the number went down to 13. This year, however, despite the pandemic and the lockdown when infiltration had dropped, the BSF has seized at least 25 consignments till October. Photo: HT
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