‘No leader of this rank has surrendered in Maoist history’: Who is Devuji, the man who set up a guerrilla force
Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji, the de facto General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) — the highest-ranking active leader of the banned ou...
Internal Security
Social Issues
6 min
Forced to fraud: Inside cyber-scam factories trapping Indians in Southeast Asia
Investigations have revealed the full scale of Southeast Asia's industrialized cyber-fraud operations, which specifically target Indian victims through "digi...
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
Pakistan strikes 7 terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, Kabul warns of necessary and measured response’
Pakistan's military conducted air strikes early on February 22, 2026, targeting seven camps and hideouts belonging to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and aff...
Polity & Governance
Internal Security
Economics
6 min
ED flags eight priority areas, including IBC misuse and cyber fraud
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) held its 34th Quarterly Conference of Zonal Officers (QCZO) in Guwahati from February 19-21, 2026, chaired by ED Director Ra...
Internal Security
Science & Technology
5 min
In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence announced on February 21, 2026, its formal decision to bid for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence's Project Grayburn — the pr...
Science & Technology
Internal Security
5 min
In manifesto, scientists oppose ‘militarisation’ of quantum research
Over 250 quantum scientists globally published a manifesto on arXiv (January 13, 2026) under the title "Quantum Scientists for Disarmament," urging the scien...
Eight persons with alleged links to Pakistan, Bangladesh terror outfits arrested from Bengal, Tamil Nadu
Eight individuals, all Bangladeshi nationals with fake Indian identity documents (Aadhaar cards), were arrested from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur di...
Army personnel, dismissed cop among six arrested for links to Pakistan-backed drug cartel in Punjab
Faridkot Police (Punjab) busted a well-organised Pakistan-backed heroin trafficking network in an intelligence-led operation, arresting six individuals inclu...
Internal Security
International Relations
5 min
Indian Coast Guard detains Iranian-crewed vessel; smuggled cigarettes worth crores seized
On February 21, 2026, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious foreign boat approximately 115 nautical miles west of Dwarka, Gujarat, inside India's E...
From posters in Delhi to raids in Tamil Nadu & Bengal: How cops busted Pakistan-based terror plot in India
On February 8, 2026, CISF personnel reported pro-Pakistan posters pasted at Janpath Metro Station in Delhi and surrounding areas, bearing images glorifying s...
International Relations
Internal Security
6 min
'Women, children killed': India strongly condemns Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan during Ramadan
Pakistan conducted overnight airstrikes on multiple locations in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, targeting sites it claimed were camps of the ...