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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Across border, across the state
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Bihar on full alert as Intelligence inputs suggest infiltration across border
Patna, 16 JAN: Bihar appears to be a new destination where terrorists are headed. Barely a fortnight after the state government tightened security measures based on Intelligence inputs that six dreaded Taliban-trained terrorists have sneaked in through the porous Indo-Nepal border, a fresh alert has been sounded in view of arrests of two suspected terrorists and following reports that three terrorists, who escaped from a New Delhi hospital may enter Bihar to flee to Nepal or Bangladhesh using the long borders India shares with its two neighbouring countries.
India shares a total of 1,751 km border area with Nepal of which 726 km falls in Bihar whereas the Indo-Bangladesh border extends to a total length of 4,095 km of which half still remains unfenced.
Reports said the Union home ministry in its missive to the Bihar government has informed about the Intelligence inputs regarding the escape of three Pakistani terrorists from Delhi who carry a cash reward of Rs 50,000 each on their head. The absconding terrorists had been arrested in October 2000 with 15 kg of RDX and 50 kg of heroin. The inputs have resulted in a red alert across Bihar with security forces keeping a hawk-eye vigil on the movements of suspicious “elements”. In addition to this, security around the international airpacross
orts at Patna and Gaya too has been beefed up with police banning the entry of visitors inside the airports. Reports said the three-level screening of passengers was also being done in view of the alert.
“We have alerted the police stations located in bordering districts and the security forces are keeping a watch on the movements of people entering Nepal”, the state director general of police Mr Anand Shankar said today.
What has further panicked the state administration is the arrest of two foreign nationals, one hailing from Afghanistan and the other from Bangladesh, with maps of oil refineries in the country in the last three days, further forcing the state authorities to tighten securities measures around the Bihar’s biggest Barauni oil refinery and other Indian Oil Corporations installations across the state.
Source :
http://www.thestatesman.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=317406&catid=36
I'm confused about the usage of 'across' in the above contexts. Could you please explain to me what "across the border", "across Bihar", "across the state" means here?
Bihar on full alert as Intelligence inputs suggest infiltration across border
Patna, 16 JAN: Bihar appears to be a new destination where terrorists are headed. Barely a fortnight after the state government tightened security measures based on Intelligence inputs that six dreaded Taliban-trained terrorists have sneaked in through the porous Indo-Nepal border, a fresh alert has been sounded in view of arrests of two suspected terrorists and following reports that three terrorists, who escaped from a New Delhi hospital may enter Bihar to flee to Nepal or Bangladhesh using the long borders India shares with its two neighbouring countries.
India shares a total of 1,751 km border area with Nepal of which 726 km falls in Bihar whereas the Indo-Bangladesh border extends to a total length of 4,095 km of which half still remains unfenced.
Reports said the Union home ministry in its missive to the Bihar government has informed about the Intelligence inputs regarding the escape of three Pakistani terrorists from Delhi who carry a cash reward of Rs 50,000 each on their head. The absconding terrorists had been arrested in October 2000 with 15 kg of RDX and 50 kg of heroin. The inputs have resulted in a red alert across Bihar with security forces keeping a hawk-eye vigil on the movements of suspicious “elements”. In addition to this, security around the international airpacross
orts at Patna and Gaya too has been beefed up with police banning the entry of visitors inside the airports. Reports said the three-level screening of passengers was also being done in view of the alert.
“We have alerted the police stations located in bordering districts and the security forces are keeping a watch on the movements of people entering Nepal”, the state director general of police Mr Anand Shankar said today.
What has further panicked the state administration is the arrest of two foreign nationals, one hailing from Afghanistan and the other from Bangladesh, with maps of oil refineries in the country in the last three days, further forcing the state authorities to tighten securities measures around the Bihar’s biggest Barauni oil refinery and other Indian Oil Corporations installations across the state.
Source :
http://www.thestatesman.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=317406&catid=36
I'm confused about the usage of 'across' in the above contexts. Could you please explain to me what "across the border", "across Bihar", "across the state" means here?
Top answer
It means the alert is in effect from one end (or side) of the state to the other.
- It means the alert is in effect from one end (or side) of the state to the other.
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It means the alert is in effect from one end (or side) of the state to the other.
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Across is used to mean two different things here.
'Across the border' means going from one country into another. [In the U.S. we seldom hear 'eh?', but across the border (in Canada) it is very common.]
'Across the state' means throughout a specific area, state-wide. [Gasoline prices are very high in Denver, Colorado, but they are relative low across the (rest of the) st
'Across the border' means going from one country into another. [In the U.S. we seldom hear 'eh?', but across the border (in Canada) it is very common.]
'Across the state' means throughout a specific area, state-wide. [Gasoline prices are very high in Denver, Colorado, but they are relative low across the (rest of the) st
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