In a major success against cross-border narcotics smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police have seized 27 kilograms of heroin in a joint operation conducted near the India-Pakistan international border.
Varanasi District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar inspected the mega expansion project underway at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport on Sunday.
Despite the Bihar government’s decision to order a judicial inquiry into the controversial Bharat Bhushan Tiwari encounter case in Bhojpur district, the state’s Opposition parties—the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Congress and Jan Suraaj—have intensified their campaign over the issue.
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Omprakash Rajenimbalkar has confirmed joining the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Awareness on government welfare schemes, sustainable farming practices and technological interventions in agriculture and aquaculture took centre stage at the PM-KISAN Utsav Diwas organised jointly by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Kausalyaganga, and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Khordha, on Sunday.
In a statement issued by its Polit Bureau, the CPI(M) said the alleged leak had pushed nearly 22 lakh medical aspirants into severe mental distress despite students having no role in the controversy.
The LG joined the campaign in Baramulla of north Kashmir, engaging with citizens and participating in a Padyatra.
SOG sources said that no formal arrests have been made so far. However, authorities remain in touch with the NTA.
Giving a new twist to the ongoing liquor ban controversy, ruling National Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government could impose a ban on alcohol “within two minutes” if the Centre agreed to compensate for the resulting revenue loss.
The cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination has pushed India’s already embattled examination system into an unprecedented crisis, raising serious questions about the credibility of the country’s centralised testing framework and intensifying concerns over organised paper leak networks, institutional failure and the growing erosion of public trust in merit-based competitive examinations.
