IBTimes

India's MEA has called US Vice President JD Vance's description of H-1B workers as 'indentured servants' 'deeply offensive', citing the phrase's colonial history. The ministry also stressed that PERM is separate from H-1B visas and said its suspension does not by itself affect existing H-1B status.

Days after the conclusion of Jammu and Kashmir Police's 100-day Nasha Mukti Abhiyan, a probationer sub-inspector posted in Kathua's Hiranagar was allegedly caught consuming heroin. The incident has raised questions about drug abuse within the police force, particularly as several police personnel have previously faced arrest, dismissal or termination in narcotics-related cases.

Security forces on Friday eliminated one terrorist during a 12-hour-long joint operation in the Ashdar Gali area of Budgam district. The operation was conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF following specific intelligence inputs.