Amritsar airport was placed on high alert after two to four suspected drones or drone-like objects were spotted near the runway. Seven flights were diverted to Delhi and Chandigarh as a security precaution.
Jalandhar: Punjab, once celebrated as India’s breadbasket, is now grappling with a grim reality: a spiraling drug trafficking crisis that has entrenched itself as a generational tragedy. Situated along the India-Pakistan border, the state’s strategic location near the Golden Crescent—comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran—has made it a prime conduit for illicit narcotics, particularly heroin. The.
India on Thursday reiterated that any India-Pakistan engagement has to be bilateral, at the same time making it clear once again that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan "credibly and irrevocably abjures" its support for cross-border terrorism.