Pak intruder caught along international border in J&K’s Samba | India News

JAMMU: Border Security Force (BSF) troops Wednesday detained a Pakistani intruder along the international border in Ramgarh sector of J&K’s Samba district. Later in the day, Kathua SSP Mohita Sharma conducted an extensive security review and inspection of Kathua’s border areas.Officials said BSF personnel manning the border noticed a suspect near Bhaller border outpost in…

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Transgender Persons Amendment Bill: Parliament passes bill to amend transgender law; two members of council for TG persons quit in protest | India News

NEW DELHI: On a day Parliament put its stamp of approval on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2026 amid demands from opposition MPs that the bill be referred to a standing committee for wider consultation, two National Council for Transgender Persons members from the community sent their resignation to the social justice minister…

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PDP MLA’s bill proposing new divisions, districts in J&K faces flak from NC, BJP | India News

SRINAGAR: PDP legislator Waheed Parra’s private member’s bill proposing the creation of 16 new districts in J&K and two additional divisions in Jammu, has come in for scathing criticism from governing NC as well as opposition BJP, who questioned the intent behind the proposed legislation.NC said the bill was a “deliberate attempt to arouse public…

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Border Roads Organisation: Rajnath Singh chairs parliamentary panel meeting on BRO, reviews border infrastructure push | India News

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the ministry of defence on the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in New Delhi, where discussions focused on border infrastructure, defence preparedness and ongoing strategic connectivity projects, according to an official release. Focus on border connectivity and defence preparedness The meeting…

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Inside Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote island: How 242 people survive cut off from civilisation | World News

Tristan da Cunha is the world’s most isolated inhabited island, 1500 miles from the nearest land. There is no airport at this location, and a harbour that can be routinely battered by waves. Its 242 residents are ultimately masters of their own isolation. They have endured a volcanic eruption in 1961 and waited weeks on…

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