A traffic police sub-inspector has been placed under suspension pending an inquiry for allegedly misusing his official vehicle to shoot a reel on the snow-laden Mughal Road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.

Congress leader Rashid Alvi has condemned the violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh and said that the Bangladesh government is responsible for it.

Rajasthan’s Aravali region grapples with over 1,230 disputed mining leases, impacting 17,393 hectares. Despite a central ban on new leases following public outcry, existing operations continue, causing visible environmental damage like denuded hills and disrupted drainage. Rajsamand, Udaipur, and Jaipur districts bear the brunt of this extensive mining footprint.