A UK-based Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh has alleged that she was detained for nearly 18 hours at Shanghai Pudong International Airport after Chinese immigration officers refused to recognize her Indian passport, declaring it ‘invalid’ and ‘mocked’ her Indian citizenship.

The Punjab government has banned sale and consumption of liquor, meat, tobacco and other intoxicants in three new holy cities after declaring them so in a recently passed resolution. CM Bhagwant Mann called the special session of the Punjab Assembly a “historic moment”.

Dubai-based Indian drug trafficker, Pawan Thakur, has been arrested and will be soon deported to India, according to officials. He is a mastermind behind Dubai’s biggest cocaine rackets which the officials busted in 2024.