Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
End of armed Maoism in Chhattisgarh; Bastar development now priority: Deputy CM Sharma
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma declared the state completely free from armed Naxalism, with the remaining handful of cadres expected to surr...
How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deployed at least a dozen sophisticated naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz as part of its strategy to deter ...
‘Dweep Shakti': Three services conduct amphibious assaults, maritime dominance ops
Exercise Dweep Shakti 2026, a large-scale joint military exercise, was conducted from March 29, 2026 at Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair), Andaman and N...
Big boost for maritime strength: Navy gets delivery of 2 warships, 1 survey vessel in one day
On March 30, 2026, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, simultaneously handed over three indigenously built vessels to the Indian Navy — ...
Bastar close to being considered Naxal-free, possibility of revival extremely remote: IGP
Bastar Inspector General of Police (IGP) P. Sundarraj stated on March 30, 2026 — on the eve of the Centre's March 31 deadline to eliminate Maoism — that Bast...
Barring one, entire top leadership of Maoists wiped out, Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha
Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared in the Lok Sabha on March 30, 2026 — a day before the government's self-imposed deadline of March 31, 2026 — that Indi...
GRSE delivers three frontline warships to Navy
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata, delivered three frontline naval platforms to the Indian Navy in a single day — a first-of-its-ki...
NDA cites fall in Naxalism; Opposition flags deeper issues
Parliament witnessed a wide-ranging debate on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) on March 30, 2026, a day before the government's self-imposed deadline of March 31, 2...
Home ministry’s AI vision: Predictive policing, dark web monitoring, and end of mule accounts
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report titled "Impact of emergence of Artificial Intelligence and related issues" was tabled in Lok Sabha on 30 March 2026...
India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report
The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology tabled its 27th Report in Lok Sabha, titled "Impact of Emergence of Artificial Intelligen...
NDA, opposition spar in Lok Sabha over efforts to free country of Naxalism
The Lok Sabha held a Rule 193 short-duration discussion on "efforts to free the country from left-wing extremism" on March 30, 2026 — one day before the gove...
‘Global order maker’ & a ‘disruptor’: China-Russia combo ‘powerful threat to West’—Australian think tank
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) released a report characterising the China-Russia combination as a "powerful threat to the West," casting Ch...
India Backs Russian Weapons as Part of $25 Billion Purchase
India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, cleared procurement proposals worth ₹2.38 lakh crore (approximately $25...
Maoist campaign saw continuity across regimes, sharper push recently: Former MHA official
A former Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) official gave a detailed assessment of India's anti-Maoist campaign, noting that the overall strategy of combining se...
Govt ramps up measures to ensure fuel, LPG supplies amid Hormuz disruption
The Central Government announced a comprehensive set of measures to secure fuel and cooking gas supplies for India following the closure of the Strait of Hor...
IONS MARITIME EXERCISE (IMEX) TTX 2026 HELD AT SOUTHERN NAVAL COMMAND, KOCHI
The Indian Navy hosted the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Maritime Exercise (IMEX) Tabletop Exercise (TTX) 2026 at the Maritime Warfare Centre, Southern...
France to host ‘No Money for Terror’ conference later this year as part of its G7 presidency
France will host the fifth edition of the 'No Money for Terror' (NMFT) Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing on May 19, 2026, in Paris, as pa...
Rs 2.38 lakh cr-defence push: DAC clears 5 S-400 missile systems from Russia, transport aircraft
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on March 27, 2026 approved acquisition proposals worth Rs 2.38 lakh crore, one of the largest single-day clearances in ...
NIA gets 10-day custody of 7 foreign nationals held for suspected Myanmar links
A special NIA court remanded seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainian citizens and one American — to 10–11 days of NIA custody in a case involving alleged sup...
India signs ₹858-crore defence deals with Russian, U.S. firms
India's Ministry of Defence signed two contracts totalling Rs 858 crore at Kartavya Bhawan-2, New Delhi on March 27, 2026. The first contract, worth Rs 445 c...