The Pahalgam massacre has rekindled fears of a potential full-scale conflict between India and Pakistan, further heightening tensions in the region. Occurring on the sixth anniversary of the devastating Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, the attack targeted tourists in Pahalgam, South Kashmir, claiming 23 lives. This tragic event underscores the region’s persistent vulnerability to extremist violence. This incident marks […]

India and Pakistan, two nations birthed from the same colonial experience, have since walked divergent paths defined by mistrust, confrontation, and sporadic attempts at reconciliation. The trauma of the 1947 partition remains deeply embedded in the collective psyche of both nations, leaving scars that continue to shape diplomatic narratives. While both countries share a common cultural and historical heritage, their […]

India’s navy posted an aerial image of an aircraft carrier and escorts heading in the direction of Pakistan amid mounting tensions between the two nuclear rivals following the killing of at least 26 tourists in Kashmir. Newsweek contacted the Indian navy and the office of Pakistan’s prime minister for comment. Why It Matters India and Pakistan appear on the brink […]

On April 15, 2025, two wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a collective bounty of INR 1.3 million, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in the forest of the Kilam-Bargum villages of Kondagaon District in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The killed Maoists have been identified as Haldar, a dreaded Maoist ‘commander’ and […]

India is developing a new strategy to boost its defense exports, offering long-term, low-cost loans through its state-owned Export-Import Bank to foreign buyers, including those traditionally reliant on Russian arms, Reuters reported on April 16, citing officials familiar with the plan. As global demand for military equipment rises, New Delhi aims to position itself as a low-cost, alternative supplier. The […]

An April 10, 2025, report indicated that no suspect movement of any LWE (Left-Wing Extremist) cadres was noticed during a combing operation in the forest areas in Wayanad (Kerala). A three-day joint combing operation, ‘Operation Safe Forest’ was organized by the Tamil Nadu Police in the tri-junction forest areas across Wayanad (Kerala), Chamarajanagar (Karnataka) and the Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), with […]

The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing Tamil Nadu, the last bastion of secularism in India. This south Indian State is the only one in the country to have consistently and successfully resisted the BJP’s Hindu majoritarian communalism and its anti-federal centralising policies. In the last decade, the BJP has spread its tentacles in Eastern, Northern, Western and […]

While Pooja Shakun Pandey of the Hindu Maha Sabha called for a genocide of Muslims at the Dharam Sansad in Hardwar in 2021, Shiv Sena (Shinde) leader Sanjay Nirupam recently threated to unleash another Jallianwala Bagh massacre targeting Muslim protestors. In December 2021, the media reported that Sadhvi Annapurna aka Pooja Shakun Pandey of the Hindu Mahasabha gave a call […]

On 12 March 2015, during his visit to Mauritius, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the contours of India’s maritime outreach policy ‘Security And Growth for All in the Region’ or SAGAR, which aimed to promote a climate of trust and transparency with a respect for international maritime rules and increase maritime cooperation between partners. A decade has passed […]

On March 10, 2025, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly that Security Forces (SFs) had eliminated 118 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in the state over the past decade. Chief Minister Majhi was responding to a written question of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Kanhai Charan Danga, and stated that, between […]