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हरादून: देहरादून में इंडियन मिलिट्री एकेडमी (IMA) से एक अनोखी कहानी सामने आई है। यह कहानी हिम्मत, लगन और ऊँची उड़ान भरने की इच्छाशक्ति की मिसाल है। उत्तरी कश्मीर के बारामूला जिले के 27 साल के इमरान अहमद ने शनिवार को आईएमए में अफसर की वर्दी पहनी। इमरान कभी भारतीय सेना में राइफलमैन थे। अब वह स्पेशल कमीशंड ऑफिसर (SCO) स्कीम के तहत लेफ्टिनेंट बन गए हैं। उन्होंने 2017 में सेना ज्वाइन की थी।

इमरान ने गुजरात और जम्मू-कश्मीर के उरी सेक्टर में अपनी सेवाएं दीं। अपनी सर्विस के दौरान उन्हें अपने कंपनी कमांडर, लेफ्टिनेंट नीरज जोशी से प्रेरणा मिली। लेफ्टिनेंट जोशी ने ही उन्हें SCO स्कीम के बारे में बताया था। यह स्कीम सैनिकों को अफसर बनने का रास्ता दिखाती है। इस विचार से उत्साहित होकर इमरान ने सर्विसेज सिलेक्शन बोर्ड (SSB) की तैयारी शुरू कर दी। उन्होंने SSB को सफलतापूर्वक पास कर लिया।

इमरान ने कहा, “यह आसान नहीं था।” उन्होंने आगे कहा, “लेकिन सबसे आगे रहकर नेतृत्व करने के सपने ने मुझे आगे बढ़ने के लिए प्रेरित किया।” इमरान दो छोटी बेटियों के पिता हैं। उन्होंने कश्मीर के युवाओं से सेना को एक अच्छा और सम्मानजनक करियर विकल्प मानने का आग्रह किया। उन्होंने कहा, “वर्दी में देश की सेवा करने से बड़ा कोई गर्व नहीं है।”

Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army’s Northern Command, conducted an in-depth review of the security situation in North Kashmir on June 11, 2025. The visit marked one of his key field engagements since assuming charge in April 2025, following a distinguished career that includes serving as Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy). During the visit, he toured formations and units of the Counter Insurgency Force (Kilo), assessing ongoing operations and preparedness in one of the most sensitive regions along the Line of Control.

The General reviewed the progress of Operation All-Out, a comprehensive multi-agency initiative that was launched in response to the 2016 unrest following the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The operation has led to the neutralization of over 60 militant hideouts and the seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunition. It has also marked a strategic evolution in counter-insurgency doctrine, emphasizing synergy between military action and civilian engagement. Interacting with troops on the ground, Lt Gen Sharma lauded their dedication and sacrifices in preserving national integrity. He expressed appreciation for the tireless efforts of the units in combating both conventional and asymmetric threats. He also emphasized the importance of adapting to evolving security challenges while upholding the values and professionalism of the Indian Army. Lt Gen Sharma also took stock of developmental and humanitarian initiatives under Operation Sadbhavana, the Army’s flagship outreach program in Jammu and Kashmir since 1998. These initiatives, which include healthcare camps, infrastructure support, model villages, and local youth engagement through sports events such as the Kashmir Premier League, have reportedly received widespread community support, with approval ratings reaching 70% in some areas. The visit reaffirmed the Army’s dual focus on maintaining robust counter-insurgency capabilities and fostering local goodwill through development and confidence-building measures. Under Lt Gen Sharma’s leadership, the Northern Command is expected to reinforce these priorities in its mission to secure peace and stability in the region.

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Jammu University, Army hold sports camp to revive adventure tourism in Doda dist

ANI

Doda, Updated At : 10:45 PM Jun 15, 2025 IST

In a step towards reviving adventure tourism and promoting indigenous games among the youth, the Directorate of Sports and Physical Education (DOSPE), University of Jammu, in collaboration with the Indian Army, organised a ten-day sports camp at the Bhadarwah Campus in Doda district.

The joint initiative came after recent tensions in the region following the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which adversely impacted tourism and youth activities. The initiative featured various traditional and modern games, providing young participants with a valuable opportunity to explore their talents and stay engaged in constructive activities.

Events included athletics, volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho, and wrestling, drawing enthusiastic participation from both students and local youth.

Dr Dawood Baba, Director of DOSPE, Jammu University, said, “The camp aimed to primarily help revive adventure tourism in Bhadarwah Valley, which was badly affected due to the recent tensions after the Pahalgam attack. Besides, local rural games like kho-kho, kabaddi, wrestling, volleyball, and athletics will also be promoted on a larger platform.” “This is not just about sports; it’s about healing, rebuilding trust, and giving the youth of Jammu & Kashmir a platform to express themselves positively,” Dawood said.

He added that the initiative’s objective was to take students beyond the boundaries of the classroom and theory, discover hidden talent and nurture it through practical exposure. “This camp is an important component of physiological development. We aim to bring students out of their four walls and beyond bookish learning, so they can gain real-life experience and grow holistically,” he said.

Colonel Yogesh Chouhan, Commanding Officer, 4 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), reaffirmed the Indian Army’s commitment to youth empowerment and said, “The Army is always there to help youth in whatever way we can. Our goal is to build trust and provide growth opportunities.”

Zehra Malik, a student participant, said, “I always wanted a platform to show my talent in athletics, and this event made it possible. It’s not just about winning, but the confidence we gain and the unity we feel here. These outdoor activities help us connect with nature and improve our mental strength. It’s a refreshing break from regular classes,” she said.

Arif Haleem Khateeb, External Relations Officer of Bhaderwah Campus, appreciated the Army’s dedicated efforts in shaping the future of the youth through such impactful initiatives. He highlighted the importance of institutional collaboration in creating a well-rounded and resilient generation through platforms that blend sports, education, and civic responsibility.

An infiltration bid by a group of suspected Pakistani terrorists was foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district early on Sunday.

The incident took place at Baratgala area in Rajouri when the Army personnel witnessed suspicious movement close to the border fence.

An official said a group of heavily armed terrorists was trying to enter into the Indian side from POJK through the fence. “Soon after noticing the suspicious movement, the soldiers fired at the intruders forcing them to return and foiled the infiltration bid,” the official stated.

A search operation was carried out in the area on Sunday morning to assess if the fence was intact.

THE GREAT GAME: America realises that Pak military establishment’s potential to harm is far larger than its potential for good

Jyoti Malhotra

AS many as seven delegations comprising over 40 Indian politicians and former diplomats fanned out across 33 countries over the past two weeks to explain India’s actions against Pakistan during Op Sindoor, but it is Pakistan’s army chief — and now Field Marshal — Gen Asim Munir who has been invited to participate in the US army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington DC on June 14, today.

All the bells and whistles for the first parade since 1991 will be on display — 6,600 soldiers, 28 Abrams tanks, 28 Bradley Fighter Vehicles, 28 Stryker vehicles, four Paladin self-propelled howitzers, eight marching bands, 24 horses, two mules and a dog — besides a few rocket launchers and precision-guided missiles.

It also happens to be Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.

Meanwhile, all seven MP delegations have returned home and met the PM. The BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad, who travelled to London, Paris, Rome, Copenhagen, Berlin and the European Union headquarters in Brussels, told reporters on his return that he and his colleagues had explained India’s zero tolerance towards terrorism to their interlocutors in all these European cities.

“We clarified that we are not against the people of Pakistan. The problem is Pakistan’s generals, with whom Pakistan’s people are also fed up,” Prasad said.

Perhaps Prasad hasn’t been reading the press carefully lately. Only the day before in DC, Gen Michael E Kurilla, the powerful commander of the US Central Command, told the US Senate Armed Services Committee that Pakistan is a “phenomenal partner”, especially on the anti-terror front.

“I do not believe it is a binary switch that we can’t have (a relationship) with Pakistan if we have a relationship with India,” Kurilla said.

A few days prior, Kurilla’s boss, Donald Trump, had announced, “Pakistan has very strong leadership. Some people don’t like when I say this, but it is what it is. And they stopped that war. I’m very proud of them. Am I getting credit? No. They don’t give me credit for anything.”

So what happened to the famed “strategic partnership” between India and the US? Moreover, is the much-detested “hyphenation” between India and Pakistan back?

The larger question, of course, is why the most powerful country in the world would still fall for the charms of a nation whose economy is in deep trouble (it has taken 25 loans from the IMF), is a democracy only in name and continues to mastermind terror attacks inside India, the latest being the horror in Pahalgam.

Certainly, something is stirring again in the black lentils. At least since 2008, when India and the US signed their nuclear deal, the Americans have been eager to build a partnership with Delhi — and vice-versa. It was not just about how many Boeings India could buy, although that may have helped. The US recognised the value of a real relationship, beyond a transactional partnership, in which Delhi was seen as a counter-weight to Beijing.

But as Trump up-ends the world with his penchant for transaction, Pakistan has seen a new opening. It doesn’t matter how many snakes you keep in your backyard and whether they can bite you too, as Hillary Clinton so feelingly summed up the Pakistan dilemma back in 2012. Once again, it’s about how you can deliver a snake or two to the Americans so that they return to appreciating the qualities of the snake-charmer.

Here are three reasons why the West seems to be reciprocating Pakistan’s charm offensive:

First, Pakistan’s continuing influence with terrorists makes it a valuable friend. Recently, Pakistan handed over five Islamic State (IS) fighters, including Mohammad Sharifullah ‘Jafar’, who had been involved in the 2021 bomb attack near the Kabul airport in which 13 US soldiers were killed, to the Americans.

Fact is, ‘Jafar’ is not even part of the top IS leadership, even if he may have masterminded this particular Kabul attack. By handing him over, Munir is buying both time and influence — an integral part of Pakistan’s US playbook that has worked well over the decades.

Kurilla’s praise for Pakistan was quickly followed by it being named as the head of two key committees in the UN Security Council — chair of the Taliban sanctions committee and vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism committee.

The US realises the Pakistan military establishment’s potential to harm is far larger than its potential for good. So why not feed the monster with a few goodies and thereby aim to control it?

Second, Trump’s over-sized ego doesn’t like it when you say No to him. So when he and his aides announced that he had “mediated” the ceasefire between India and Pakistan on May 10, India denied the suggestion. (Trump, in fact, went on to repeat the same thing another 11 times.)

The fact is the Indian Air Force sent a convincing message by striking 11 Pakistani airfields on May 10, which put the fear of god into both the Pakistanis and the Americans and quickly ended the conflict. Why bother denying what Trump wants to say?

Third, Pakistan excels in playing the victim, an irony of no small proportion. By marshalling a campaign that paints India in hideous colour (“India is trying to parch 230 million people by halting the Indus waters”), it attempts at winning global sympathy. That’s what the Bilawal Bhutto campaign in Washington & London, post Op Sindoor, was aimed at.

All questions about the Pakistan military establishment’s role in terror attacks are side-stepped with the question, ‘Where’s the proof?’ Ajmal Kasab-type proof from the Mumbai attacks, in which nearly 170 people were killed, is sought to be compared with Pakistan’s own experiences with terrorism.

US sympathy is showing. In 2024, Gen Kurilla said Pakistan suffered over 1,000 terrorist attacks in which 700 security personnel were killed and 2,500 wounded.

Question is, what happens now. Certainly, Gen Munir has impressed the Americans and so his participation in the US Army parade will give him the opportunity to drive home a few asks. There will be the request for zero-tariff Pakistan-US trade; more importantly, there will be the suggestion that the US put pressure on India to unsuspend the Indus Waters Treaty and restart talks.

Be sure that the long and hot summer ahead will be a difficult one. India may hold some of the cards, but it must learn not to hold them so close to its chest. Share your assessment of Pakistan’s perfidy, but don’t gloat about how you’re the bigger and better South Asian nation.

Better to put your head down and re-read your Chanakya or Sun Tzu. Good idea to always keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

From Kurukshetra to Operation Sindoor — forged in fidelity, honoured in silence

Lt Gen SS Mehta (Retd)

INDIA’s martial tradition was not forged by empire but shaped by enduring rulers and epic resisters alike — those who built states over decades, and those who stood, however briefly, as unyielding sentinels of courage and conscience. From Chandragupta, the strategic unifier; Shivaji, the guerrilla genius; Guru Gobind Singh, the saint-soldier; Tipu Sultan, the rocket pioneer; Lachit Borphukan, Assam’s sentinel; Rani Lakshmibai, the warrior queen; Hari Singh Nalwa, the frontier lion; Rana Sanga, the warrior-king; Maharaja Surajmal, the strategist; Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the defiant; Ashoka, the moral transformer; Akbar, the syncretic statesman; Baji Rao, the thunderbolt strategist; Krishnadevaraya, the southern sentinel; to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the patriot in uniform.

This is only a sampling — drawn from all corners of our geography, across faiths, languages and centuries. These were not figures of fantasy. They were warriors of character — honour over plunder, justice over subjugation, legacy over loot.

India’s soldier has never been forged by coin or conquest. He is the product of a civilisational legacy — older than empire, deeper than doctrine, immune to mercenary logic. While many post-colonial states inherited imperial militaries, India brought something else to the battlefield: The covenant of unlimited liability in the service of Naam (honour), Namak (duty) and Nishan (flag). This is not a British gift. It is inheritance.

What the empire could not own

The British may have flown the flag. But they never owned the soul. Indian soldiers fought under foreign colours, yes — but not for empire. They fought for paltan, izzat and legacy. The East India Company conscripted skill. But it couldn’t extinguish honour. Even in foreign wars, the Indian soldier followed an inner code, not imperial command. Battle honours were not imperial trophies. They were moral testaments. The flag may have been foreign. But the fidelity was always Indian.

1971: When conscience took command

India didn’t enter East Pakistan for gain. It crossed over to end a genocide. In just 13 days, the Indian Army liberated a nation — and withdrew. No loot. No puppet. No annexation. This was Kurukshetra redux: A just war waged with restraint. It was the world’s most ethical military intervention of the 20th century — an operation led not by strategy alone, but by conscience.

Kargil: A covenant reaffirmed

Kargil (1999) showcased tactical brilliance under political and territorial restraint — fighting uphill against odds, yet never crossing the LoC. Young officers and men climbed icy cliffs knowing they might never return. They didn’t go for medals or media. They went for paltan, for colours, for creed. Where some armies ask, “What’s in it for me?” our valiant young officer was saying “Yeh Dil Maange More”.

Sindoor: Restraint is strength

Recently, when India’s red lines were crossed, the reply came — not in rage, but with calibrated precision. Operation Sindoor reaffirmed India’s posture: The soldier will not be provoked lightly — but neither will he be provoked in vain. The war was won before the war. This is not brute force. It is evolved force. Purpose over provocation.

When hardware misunderstands honour

Budgets, drones, AI — none of these can quantify the force multiplier called tradition. The soldier stakes his life not for bounty but to uphold a legacy. To ensure that the chain of honour is never broken. He seeks esteem. And for that, he is always ready. Unlimited liability is not a line item. It is a moral constant. It doesn’t ask, “What will I get?” It asks, “What must I give?”

Responsibility: The other half of the creed

But this is not a one-way covenant. The soldier, too, must honour the uniform. When he trades silence for safety, truth for favour, or duty for careerism — he does more than fail. He fractures the ethos. A soldier’s greatness lies not just in warfighting, but in resisting erosion — of courage, conscience and clarity. The battle doesn’t end at the border. It continues in decisions, files and truth-telling. That too is soldiering — a calling.

To the noise in the street

After every war, the noise begins: “The tank is dead. Manned aircraft are obsolete. Drones rule. Aircraft carriers are obsolescent. Artillery is passé. Cyber is everything.” But the truth endures: The soldier is alive. Platforms evolve. Machines fail. Algorithms misfire. But the soldier remains — the only weapon system that thinks, adapts, leads and dies for a cause greater than himself. Everything else is destructible. Only the soldier is irreplaceable.

The Kohima message

“When you go home, tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow, we gave our today.” This message is not of the dead. It is to the living. Carry it forward. And remember: The soul of a nation is not stored in files, but borne by those who walk into fire when others look away.

In a thriving democracy, the soldier’s true power lies in restraint. His silence is not submission — it is strength. To remain apolitical is not indifference; it is discipline. The Indian soldier does not salute ideology. He salutes the Constitution. And in doing so, he reminds the nation that democracies are defended best not by partisanship, but by principle. And in every conflict that India has been forced into, it has not merely prevailed in battle — democracy has worsted military rule, the Indian soldier’s humanism has trumped Pakistani barbarism. From 1971 to Kargil to Op Sindoor, the Indian soldier has demonstrated that power, when anchored in people’s support, is matchless.

And now, in Britain’s own words

It is only now, decades later, that the British themselves acknowledge that their finest military campaign in the Second World War was not in Europe or North Africa — but in Burma. In a 2013 public poll conducted by the UK’s National Army Museum, the battles of Imphal and Kohima were voted Britain’s greatest, ahead of D-Day and Waterloo. At Imphal and Kohima — amid mud, malaria and starvation — India’s soldiers held the line and turned the tide. Today, the very battles once omitted from empire’s triumphal ledger are being reread as epics of endurance, discipline and sacrifice — not by empire, but by those who gave empire its last moral stand.

The soldier’s legacy

Endured through millennia. Forged in fidelity. Sealed by unlimited liability. Strengthened by unity in diversity. Driven by Naam, Namak, Nishan. And when the moment comes —no fanfare. No echo. Just duty, done. To serve the flag he reveres, the service that shaped him, the unit that is his home, and the soldier beside him — with life, when it calls. His oath is to the Republic — always, and every time.

Lt Gen SS Mehta (Retd) is ex-Western Army Commander and Founder Trustee, Pune International Centre.

The role and activities of the SIS and the M-15 in Britain can broadly be compared to the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), respectively

When Britain appointed Blaise Metreweli as the first woman chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) on June 15, it cast a spotlight on how a posting to India six decades ago shaped the intelligence career of a British diplomat’s wife, who went on to become the first woman to head the Security Service — the SIS’s sister agency tasked with internal security.

While Blaise Metreweli will take over as the SIS Chief, the first woman Director General (DG) of the Security Service, also known as M-15, was Stella Rimington, who served from 1992 to 1996.

In 1965, Stella’s husband, John Rimington, was posted as the First Secretary (Economic) at the British High Commission in India. She had married him in 1963 and moved to London, where she worked at the India Office Library — a substantial collection of documents relating to the administration of India from 1600 to 1947.

According to excerpts from her autobiography, in 1967, after two years in India, she was asked to assist one of the First Secretaries at the High Commission with his office work. When she began work, she discovered that he was the M-15 representative in India.

After obtaining her security clearance, Stella worked with the M-I5 for nearly two years, until she and her husband returned to London in 1969, when she decided to apply for a permanent position at M-I5. During her career from 1969-1996, Stella worked in all the main fields of the Service’s responsibilities — counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism — and became successively the Director of all three.

Metreweli is the fourth woman to head a major British intelligence agency. The 47-year old career intelligence officer, known within the intelligence community as “Q”, had joined the SIS in 1999 and spent most of her professional time in operational roles in the Middle East and Europe.

She is currently the head of technology at the 116-year-old SIS, popularly referred to as M-16, a name that originated during World War II. The head of the agency is officially designated as ‘Chief of the SIS’.

Metreweli, though, is not the first female head of a major British intelligence agency. After Stella, the M-I5 had another woman head, Eliza Manningham-Buller, who served as Director General from 2002 to 2007.

In May 2023, Anne Louise Keast-Butler took over as the first female Director of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a 105-year-old agency that deals with signals intelligence. She was earlier working with the M-15.

The role and activities of the SIS and the M-15 in Britain can broadly be compared to the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), respectively — India’s agencies dealing with overseas and domestic operations. The National Technical Research Organisation is India’s equivalent of GCHQ.

While women operatives have been part of the intelligence community since times immemorial, very few have risen to the top echelons and it is only in the recent past that a few career officers have headed spy agencies. This apart, there are instances of women experts being appointed to critical positions dealing with intelligence matters in their country’s national security apparatus.

At America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Gina Cheri Walker Haspel became the first female to occupy the Director’s chair, a position she held from May 2018 to January 2021. A career intelligence officer, with numerous foreign assignments, she had earlier served as deputy director of the National Clandestine Service for Foreign Intelligence and Covert Action, and chief of staff for the director of the National Clandestine Service.

Prior to this, Meroë Park who served as Executive Director of the CIA from 2013 to 2017, held the position of Acting Director of the CIA for three days in January 2017, pending Senate confirmation of Mike Pompeo.

During the 1990s, women officers began reaching the number three rung at CIA and in 2002, Jami Miscik was appointed as the deputy director of intelligence, and in-charge of then President George W Bush’s daily briefing. Several key directorates and departments at CIA are now headed by women.

In Mossad, as Israel’s Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations is known by its acronym in Hebrew, women form an important element of its hierarchy and operations, even though the agency has never had a woman director.

It was in August 2022 that for the first time that a woman was appointed to the senior position of director of intelligence in Mossad, roughly equivalent to the rank of Major General. Another woman was also serving in a key spot as the head of Mossad’s Iran desk at that time. Then identified only by their first initials in Hebrew, “Aleph” and “Kuf,” they were the first women in Mossad history to take up these positions.

Aleph’s deputy, referred to by the Hebrew initial “Hay,” was also a female leading to Mossad’s intelligence branch being managed by two women, something described by the agency as “unprecedented”. The branch is the formation of the strategic intelligence picture at the national level and manages hundreds of employees in the domain of intelligence collection analysis and research.

In France, the Directorate General of Internal Security (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure), a special intelligence service under the Ministry of Interior, is presently headed by a woman career police officer, Céline Berthon, since December 2023. She has served as Head of the National Police Active Services, Central Director of Public Security and Deputy Director General of the National Police.

Both Russia and China are known to deploy a large number of female field operatives for information collection through various means, both domestically as well as overseas. While there would be a large number of women personnel in lower and middle rungs in the intelligence agencies in these countries, little is known about women serving in the upper echelons. The same also holds true for Pakistan.

In addition to senior executives in intelligence agencies, there are top positions in the government like the National Security Advisor or the Director of National Intelligence, which supervise and coordinate the functioning of all intelligence and security agencies. These may or may not be tenanted by career intelligence officers and such appointments can also be political.

The current US Director of National Intelligence (DNI), overseeing the plethora of US agencies, is Tulsi Gabbard, a middle rung army officer turned politician. She is the third woman to occupy this chair, the first being acting DNI Lora Shiao from January 20-21, 2021 and then from January 25-February 12. The first full time woman DNI was Avril Danica Haines from January 2021-January, 2025. A lawyer, she had earlier served as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the CIA.

Earlier, Condoleezza Rice had become the first female US National Security Advisor from 2001-2005. There have been women NSA’s in other countries such as Monica Juma of Kenya.

The top court notes such acts of a few bring disrepute to Indian passport

The Supreme Court on Monday denied anticipatory bail to an accused for allegedly duping a man after promising to send him to the US through the “donkey” route saying such people bring disrepute to Indian passport.

A bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyyan and Manmohan said, “Because of people like you, Indian passport is devalued.”The top court further noted such acts of a few brought disrepute to Indian passport.

“Donkey route” or “donkey journey” refers to an illegal method of migration, usually used to enter countries like the United States or the United Kingdom.

The process involves utilising human smugglers and navigating through various countries, often facing harsh and dangerous conditions, to bypass legal immigration processes.

The bench said the accused not only duped the person but also made him travel to several countries bordering the US in inhuman conditions to ensure that he enters the US illegally.

The bench termed the allegations as “very serious” and refused to entertain the anticipatory bail plea of Om Prakash, who hails from Haryana.

The plea was filed against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order denying him the relief.

Prakash, the FIR alleged, was an accomplice to the main accused, who was working as an agent and had assured the complainant that he would send him to the US through valid means on a payment of Rs 43 lakh.

The main accused sent the complainant to Dubai in September 2024, and from there to different countries, then to the forests of Panama, and then to Mexico.

On February 1, 2025, the “agents” of the main accused made him cross the US border. The complainant was arrested by the US police, jailed and deported to India on February 16, 2025.

The high court denied him anticipatory bail, saying the complainant’s father had deposed that the petitioner had duped him of Rs 22 lakh.

PM says his visit was a ‘golden opportunity’ to write a new chapter in India-Cyprus ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides “expressed concern” over the conflicts going on in West Asia and Europe, and they both consider that “this is not an era of war”.

Modi said this in his remarks at a joint press conference with Christodoulides after holding wide-ranging talks with him here.

“We both expressed concern over the conflicts going on in West Asia and Europe. Their negative impact is not just limited to those regions. We both consider that this is not an era of war. Resolution through dialogue and restoration of stability is the call of humanity,” Modi said.

The Prime Minister said his visit was a “golden opportunity” to write a new chapter in India-Cyprus ties.

Honoured, says Sri Lankan Army Chief as he returns to Military Academy in Dehradun three decades later

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200 flight cadets commissioned

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