42,000 sq. km Bastar region largely free from LWE influence; IEDs remain a challenge
About 42,000 sq. km of the Bastar region in Chhattisgarh has been declared largely free from Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) influence, with only around 30–40 Maoi...
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
U.S. strikes Isfahan as Iran targets fully loaded oil tanker off Dubai
The United States military struck the central Iranian city of Isfahan on March 31, 2026, targeting a mountainous region on the city's southern edge where Ira...
Internal Security
Polity & Governance
6 min
NIA, ED bust Maoist extortion, money laundering rackets
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have jointly dismantled Maoist-run extortion and money laundering rackets, with ...
Polity & Governance
Internal Security
6 min
Personal data isn’t collected: Home Ministry on security agencies using open-source intelligence from public sources
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology (chaired by Lok Sabha MP Nishikant ...
Polity & Governance
Internal Security
5 min
Tribunal confirms five-year ban on NSCN (K) imposed by Centre
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, headed by Justice Nelson Sailo of the Gauhati High Court, confirmed the five-year ban imposed by the Centre on...
Polity & Governance
Internal Security
7 min
Explained: What FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 proposes, why it has sparked a row in Kerala
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 26, 2026, proposing significant changes to India's framew...
International Relations
Internal Security
6 min
Explained: What is the US’s 2,000 pound ‘bunker buster’ bomb, used to attack Iran’s Isfahan
The United States used the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) — a 30,000-pound bunker-busting bomb — in combat for the first time on June 22, 2025, as ...
International Relations
Internal Security
4 min
Next days in Iran war will be ‘decisive’, claims Pentagon chief Hegseth
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the coming days would be "decisive" in the ongoing war against Iran, signalling an imminent escalation of ope...
Science & Technology
Internal Security
6 min
Defence Ministry signs ₹1,950 crore deal with BEL for mountain radars
The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,950 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on March 31, 2026, for the procurement of two mountain radars an...
End of Red Terror? How close India is to its Naxal-free target as Amit Shah’s March 31 deadline ends
As India reaches the March 31, 2026 deadline set by the Union Home Minister for achieving a Naxal-free India, the government has declared the goal effectivel...
A deadline, encounters, surrenders: The 2 years that dismantled Chhattisgarh’s Maoist bastions
A two-year counter-insurgency campaign in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, running from early 2024 through March 2026, has fundamentally altered the operational...
Internal Security
Polity & Governance
4 min
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...
Internal Security
International Relations
Geography
5 min
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...