Eight soldiers from the Indian Army were injured during an extended gunfight with suspected militants in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter began during a search operation by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police, targeting militants linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad group. Kishtwar Encounter: Eight Indian Army soldiers were injured Sunday in a prolonged gunfight with suspected militants in […]

India’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that the Taliban-appointed diplomat has assumed duties as chargé d’affaires at Afghanistan’s embassy in New Delhi. Foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the appointment followed India’s decision to upgrade its technical mission in Kabul after a visit to India by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. “As you are aware, when the Afghan foreign […]

Both want to “save face” after Israel’s attack on Qatar and remind fellow Muslims about the importance of more intra-Ummah military-technical cooperation, not set the stage for an Israeli-Pakistani nuclear standoff or Saudi Arabia imposing an oil embargo on India like some suspect. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan just signed a “Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement” (SMDA). According to their joint statement, […]

In just the first week of 2026, Punjab recorded four consecutive targeted killings, reflecting both continuity and escalation in the state’s entrenched patterns of complex violence, and exposing serious deficiencies in the law-and-order framework. The assailants’ evident impunity underscores the rising audacity of transnational organized crime and gangster networks interlinked with pro-Khalistan extremist elements, narcotics trafficking, and local political rivalries. […]

India’s approach to Central Asia is one of strategic outreach, which is somewhat cautious but characterised by proactive engagement, and is also underscored by the big power contest in the region. While there will be greater competition in times to come, India is bracing with Central Asia through connectivity, commerce, cooperation, collaboration and capacity, building with it a system of […]

It is a long, tongue-twister of a name for a government scheme – ‘Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)’. It is even more torturous to read if you are not a Hindi speaker. This is the name of the new scheme, which will replace the two decade old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MNREGA. Claimed […]

The December 2025 meeting between Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi in Delhi came at a moment when Russia continues to face Western economic pressure and India is navigating a shifting multipolar environment. The visit reaffirmed the long-standing depth of India–Russia relations, while also revealing the structural constraints that now shape the partnership. Public statements from both governments reiterated ongoing cooperation […]

Over the last decade, India has drawn ever closer to the United States, tentatively aligning itself with Washington as it continues to eschew formal alliances. This approach has paid off, securing U.S. investment, defense cooperation, and technological exchange, as well as the sense that the friendship between the world’s two largest democracies would only grow. Indian policymakers were mostly untroubled […]

Seventy-eight years after India’s independence in 1947, the condition of the country’s Muslim community raises a number of enduring questions—about equity, integration, and justice. The community, which comprises roughly 14.2% of the country’s population according to the 2011 Census and an estimated 19.7 crore (197 million) individuals in 2023, still bears the visible imprint of disadvantage on many socio-economic and […]

He thanked India’s Ministry of External Affairs for facilitating discussions, noting that technical teams and private-sector representatives from both countries have been in continuous contact. Afghanistan is accelerating efforts to diversify its trade routes after Islamabad halted the transit of Afghan goods through Karachi, prompting Kabul to strengthen alternative corridors — particularly via Iran’s Chabahar Port and expanded cooperation with […]