Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
Manipur: Thousands of Naga women stage sit-in protest, demand release of six men held hostage
The Naga Women's Union, under the aegis of the Senapati District Women Association and parallel bodies across Manipur, organised large-scale sit-in protests ...
Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push
A comparative analysis of China's PLA theatre command restructuring (completed in 2016) and India's still-pending theaterisation provides critical context fo...
Naga body in Manipur petitions PM, seeking release of six Naga captives
On May 13, 2026, six Naga civilians were abducted from Leilon Vaiphei village in Senapati district, Manipur, by unidentified armed groups amid renewed ethnic...
MULTILATERAL EXERCISE PRAGATI 2026 COMMENCES AT UMROI, MEGHALAYA
Multilateral military exercise PRAGATI 2026 commenced at the Foreign Training Node, Umroi Military Station, Meghalaya, with participation from 12 friendly na...
India, Vietnam deepen defence cooperation with focus on maritime security
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a ministerial-level bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Phan Van Giang on May 19, 2026. Both s...
Major boost to Aatmanirbhar Bharat: DRDO completes development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 in Air-to-Ground & Air-to-Air modes
The Defence Research and Development Organisation completed the final deliverable configuration development trials of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Pr...
DRDO completes final trials of UAV-launched precision guided missile
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully completed final development trials of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Gu...
Boosting defence ties, US clears Apache, howitzer support services for India
The United States government, through the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), has approved two Foreign Military Sale (FMS) packages for India totalli...
National security linked to economic growth; strategic self-reliance a must: Gen. Dwivedi
At a seminar titled 'Security to Prosperity', organised by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies on May 19, 2026, the Chief of Army Staff articulated a new str...
Delhi Police may seek larger Bench reference on UAPA bail curbs amid ‘conflicting’ coordinate Bench rulings
A Supreme Court bench, in its May 18, 2026 ruling, reaffirmed that "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" even under the Unlawful Activities (Preventio...
'Our discussion today will further strengthen defence cooperation': Rajnath Singh during bilateral talks in Vietnam
India's Defence Minister met his Vietnamese counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang, in Hanoi on May 19, 2...
Bail under UAPA: How different Supreme Court benches have delivered different rulings in the past
A Supreme Court bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, while granting bail to a Jammu & Kashmir accused in a narco-terror funding case (*Syed If...
Unlearnt lessons: On India’s inadequate strategic petroleum and gas reserves
With the West Asia crisis disrupting Strait of Hormuz transit and pushing global crude prices higher, India's inadequate strategic petroleum and gas reserves...
‘I proudly declare — India is now Naxal-free’: Amit Shah in Bastar on first visit after his March 31 deadline
The Union Home Ministry declared India free of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) following the successful conclusion of Operation Kagar, a large-scale anti-insurgenc...
Bail is the rule is not an empty slogan, even in UAPA and ‘terror’ cases: Supreme Court
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and B.V. Nagarathna granted bail to a Jammu and Kashmir national accused in a narco-terror case investigated b...
GNI project recipe for ecological disaster, expand existing defence assets on Great Nicobar: Jairam to Rajnath
Experts — including ecologists, geoscientists, and defence analysts — have described the proposed Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island (GNI) as a rec...
Experts Explain | Make in India in defence sector: Challenges, bottlenecks, and the way forward
Despite a 34-fold surge in defence exports over the past decade, structural bottlenecks continue to constrain India's ability to transition from a net defenc...
Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh
The Central government has been asserting strategic national interest as the primary justification for proceeding with the Holistic Development of Great Nico...
Operation RAGEPILL: NCB Busts a Major International Drug Trafficking Network; Makes India’s First-Ever Seizure of Captagon, a Psychotropic Substance used in the Middle East Region
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), acting on intelligence from a foreign drug law enforcement agency, dismantled an international drug trafficking network i...
Kuki-Zo protestors rally in Manipur, demanding justice for slain church leaders, release of hostages
Kuki-Zo tribal organisations, led by Kuki Inpi Manipur (the apex body of Kuki tribes), held mass rallies and protests across Kuki-Zo inhabited hill districts...