Border Security Force recovers heroin worth more than ₹6 crore from India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The South Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday (March 21, 2025), foiled a major smuggling attempt on the India-Bangladesh International Border in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, recovering 3.387 kg of heroin. The heroin is estimated to be worth about ₹6,77,40,000. According to … Read more

Security forces bust two ‘Maoist’ hideouts in Chhattisgarh; seize firearms, explosives

Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces have recovered a cache of firearms and explosives from two Maoist hideouts in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said on Sunday (March 23, 2025). “Acting on a tip-off, separate teams of security forces unearthed Maoist dumps on a forested hill of Markanguda village near Duled … Read more

Waqf Bill assault on Constitution, part of BJP’s strategy to damage harmony: Congress

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress Sunday (March 23, 2025) termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill an “assault” on the Constitution and alleged the proposed legislation was part of the BJP’s “continuing attempts to damage” the centuries-old bonds of social harmony. It is also part of the BJP’s attempts to “demonise … Read more

Terrorist hideout unearthed in J&K’s Doda

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI A terrorist hideout was unearthed in a remote forest area in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to recovery of a pistol and some ammunition, officials said on Sunday (March 23, 2025). The hideout was unearthed during a joint search operation by the Special … Read more

Indian national detained in Qatar; embassy extending assistance

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istock An Indian national has been detained by Qatari authorities in connection with an ongoing investigation and the Indian mission in the Gulf nation is providing all assistance to him, sources said on Saturday (March 22, 2025). The charges against Amit Gupta, said to be … Read more

India must necessarily develop broad, diverse set of energy relationships: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. File | Photo Credit: ANI As the world’s fifth-largest economy, India must necessarily develop a broad and diverse set of energy relationships, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. said on Saturday (March 22, 2025). Speaking at a media event in Mumbai, Mr. Jaishankar also said that after decades of hearing the … Read more

Cash row: Supreme Court makes public inquiry report by Delhi HC Chief Justice Yashwant Varma

The 25-page inquiry report contained the videos and photographs of the fire fighting operation at Justice Varma’s residence on Holi night during which the cash was discovered. | Photo Credit: X/@ANI Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Saturday (March 22, 2025) constituted a three-member committee consisting of Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice … Read more