311 drug peddlers held in Jammu, heroin worth Rs 60 crore seized in 2025
Jammu: Police in Jammu arrested 311 drug peddlers, including 35 women, and seized heroin worth over Rs 60 crore as part of its relentless crackdown on narcotics during 2025, an official said on Saturday. In addition, 11 hardcore drug peddlers were detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances […]
Two FIRs lodged over unauthorised VPN use in Budgam
11 persons ‘bound down’ Srinagar: Police have registered two FIRs and initiated “security proceedings” against eleven people in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district for not complying with orders prohibiting the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) in the Union territory for security reasons, an official said on Saturday. A police spokesman said, to maintain law […]
Bend arc of justice towards communities that need it most: CJI

Patna: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday asserted that “empathy” in the legal system distinguished “a just society from an unjust one”, and underscored the need to “bend the arc of justice towards the communities that need it the most”. The CJI made the remarks while addressing a convocation ceremony at the Chanakya […]
Lt Guv unveils poster of film on drug abuse

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday unveiled the poster of “The Last Dose”, an awareness film on drug abuse produced by Khwaish Gupta Productions, at Lok Bhawan. The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the entire team and conveyed his best wishes to them. Khwaish Gupta, Founder of Khwaish Gupta Productions; Shivdeep Gupta and Priya Gupta, Producers […]
Mercury plummets below freezing point in JK, Himachal

Dense fog grips plains New Delhi/Srinagar: A biting cold gripped the northern states, with the mercury dipping below freezing point in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, while cold conditions prevailed along the plains, accompanied by dense fog during early morning hours. Cold wave conditions are likely to affect […]
VDGs from border villages being imparted intensive training in Jammu
Jammu: Around 85 Village Defence Group (VDG) members from remote border villages are being provided intensive training in handling automatic rifles, minor tactics, self-defence, bunker construction and repelling enemy attacks here, police said on Saturday. The training programme for the Village Defence Guards — hailing from Arnia, R S Pura and Kanachak near THE International […]
Efforts to prevent `Love Jihad’ must begin at home: Mohan Bhagwat

Bhopal: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said the efforts to prevent `love Jihad’ must begin within families, stressing the need for communication, inculcation of awareness among women and collective social response. Addressing ‘Stri Shakti Samvad’ programme, a discussion on women’s role in society organised by the Sangh here, Bhagwat touched upon the […]
Alarming trend of white-collar terrorism emerging in country: Rajnath

Udaipur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that an alarming trend of white-collar terrorism is emerging in the country, wherein highly-educated people are engaging in anti-social and anti-national activities. Singh pointed at the November 10 car bomb blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, where the perpetrators were found to be doctors. “Today, an […]
Red Fort blast:

NIA conducts searches in south Kashmir Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday carried out searches in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought […]
Lt Guv unveils Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board’s Panchang Calendar, Diary

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday unveiled the Panchang Calendar–2026 and the official diary of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) at Lok Bhavan. The 2026 Panchang, curated under the expert guidance of eminent scholars and priests, serves as a comprehensive spiritual guide for devotees. It provides detailed information on auspicious dates […]