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Thursday, February 19, 2026
TopicMundra Port

Topic: Mundra Port

1500-kg heroin, drug money in liquor & clubs — the ‘basket’ case that won NCB special ops medal

Labyrinthine investigation that began last year helped bust ‘international narco-gangster criminal nexus’ fuelling heroin smuggling. Investigation continues as loose ends remain.

NIA questions Delhi businessman in Mundra drug haul case, raids locations in four states

Investigations had revealed that some drug consignments shipped to Mundra in the past had reached godowns owned by him; five Afghans and five Indians arrested so far

Mundra Port drug haul: NIA raids multiple locations including private club in Delhi’s Samrat

Probing seizure of 3,000 kg of heroin from Gujarat's Mundra Port last September, NIA has filed a chargesheet and made 10 arrests in connection with the case.

White residue, ‘Talc’ WhatsApp group, hawala — how Rs 21,000-cr Mundra drug bust was ‘cracked’

NIA chargesheet, accessed by ThePrint, tells the story of an audacious heroin racket with links from Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, to Punjab, UP, Tamil Nadu.

Cracks in the Narendra Modi model of development are visible in Mundra

The development that Modiji keeps harping on is all here, but has somehow skipped our village, say voters in Mundra

On Camera

India must govern AI with confidence. Use guardrails, not handcuffs

The good news is that India is not starting from zero. It knows how to innovate privately while also empowering innovation publicly.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.