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NEW DELHI: Jammu police carried out extensive security and crime-control operations in 2025, conducting 541 cordon-and-search operations and 1,093 long-range patrols, while reporting no active terrorist presence in the district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.Presenting the annual crime and security review, Jammu Senior Superintendent of Police Joginder Singh said 4,134 FIRs were registered…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the West Bengal government to immediately release the enhanced honorarium for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and warned that strict action will be taken against anyone attempting to intimidate election staff.“The state government of WB should immediately release the enhanced honorarium as approved by ECI to…

File photo: PM Modi with US President Donald Trump in White House NEW DELHI: The US Embassy in India has shared a year-end recap highlighting major moments that shaped India–US relations in 2025, saying it is looking forward to another year of “even stronger” ties between the two countries.In a post on X, the Embassy…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday seized Rs 5.12 crore in cash, a suitcase containing gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 8.80 crore, and documents linked to assets worth Rs 35 crore during searches at a Delhi house, officials said.The raid at the residential premises in south Delhi’s Sarvapriya Vihar is being undertaken by…

This is a representative AI image “There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, about yesterday and tomorrow,” Mahatma Gandhi once said. But between those two days lies memory, and 2025 gave India plenty to remember.It was a year of extremes. Of faith and fury, viral moments and violent turns,…

NEW DELHI: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Election Commission for “failing to provide answers” after a marathon meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on issues surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. Abhishek Banerjee said the two-and-a-half hour discussion, which touched on eight to ten concerns…

Putin-Modi ‘carpool’; Trump’s inauguration In a year of seismic shifts — from Donald Trump’s White House comeback to PM Modi-Putin’s diplomatic carpools and Nepal’s fiery protests — cameras captured the raw drama of global politics. These photographs, blending power, protest, and unlikely alliances, encapsulated 2025’s turbulent geopolitical pulse.2025 was, in many ways, Trump’s year. As…

DHAKA: Bangladesh high commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah on Wednesday noted that external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, during his visit to Dhaka, conveyed the condolences of the people and government of India as Bangladesh mourns the passing of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.In a post on X, Hamidullah said, “HE @DrSJaishankar, Hon. External Affairs…

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday launched a broadside against the Centre and sought a clarification on China’s role after Beijing claimed credit for mediation between India and Pakistan after tensions flared up between the two countries in May.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in a social media post on X, said that China’s…

Agartala: Tripura Police, in a joint operation with Assam Police STF and central agencies, arrest suspected JMB offshoot member Jagir Miah from a border village, in Agartala. (PTI Photo) GUWAHATI: Assam police busted a module of Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK) with the arrest of 11 alleged operatives of the Bangladesh-based Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) offshoot formed…