Tripura: Int'l drug syndicate with Pakistan link busted (Lead)

IANS | November 18, 2025 11:05 PM

Agartala, Nov 18 (IANS) Dismantling an international drug syndicate involving Pakistan, in a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking, the Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Customs Department, seized 800 gm of cocaine valued at nearly Rs 8 crore and arrested two drug peddlers in Tripura, officials said on Tuesday.

China behind disinformation campaign after Operation Sindoor: Report

IANS | November 18, 2025 10:53 PM

Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a US Congress-created advisory body, accused China on Tuesday of masterminding a disinformation campaign after Operation Sindoor, as part of its Gray Zone activities to use “fake social media accounts to propagate AI images of supposed ‘debris’ from planes.”

ED arrests Al Falah University founder in money laundering case

IANS | November 18, 2025 10:18 PM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, founder of Al Falah University and Chairman of Al Falah group, in connection with a terror financing-linked money laundering case. He was taken into custody under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).