Pak Army’s new plans for Lashkar-e-Tayyeba
The Pakistan Army has not abandoned its relationship with global terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and its parent organisation, Jamaat-ud Dawa, despite the country promising to the global anti-terrorist financing body, FATF, last year that it had done so to extract the removal of greylisting.
Battle for Punjab’s Future: Sikh Community’s Role in Combating Youth Drug Abuse
The land of five rivers, Punjab, once a symbol of fertility, prosperity, and the birthplace of the brave Sikh community, has been grappling with a different reality in recent years. A crisis that has ravaged the youth of the state – drug abuse. With the statistics painting a grim picture, the Sikh community has taken it upon themselves to combat this problem and preserve the future of Punjab’s generations.
Silence of Hindu girls yet to shake Pakistan conscience
Not a day passes without a Hindu girl being abducted, raped and forced to convert with lawmakers abetting the culprits across Pakistan.
Islamist Terrorism: Radical Threat
On April 8, 2023, the Assam Police arrested three active suspects linked to the banned Islamist radical Popular Front of India (PFI) and its student wing, Campus Front of India (CFI), from the Barpeta District of Assam. The arrestees were identified as PFI ‘state secretary’ Zakir Hussain, PFI cadre Abu Sama, and CFI National Treasurer Shahidul Islam. INR 150,000 in cash, four mobile phones and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leaflets, were recovered from them.
Madhya Pradesh: Maoist Persistence
On March 17, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres put up banners and distributed pamphlets on Lanji Bhilai Marg near the Kandrighat Forest under the Sitapala Police outpost in Balaghat District.
Innovative measures to double annual fish production in Kashmir valley
Thanks to the innovative initiatives and efforts of the Fisheries Department in the Kashmir valley, the annual production of fish has reached a record level and this production is increasing day by day.
Lithium-rich Jammu and Kashmir folds cash as Pakistan watches enviously
The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K UT) cemented its position on the world map this February after the news about its Lithium Reserves broke on the internet.
Workplace Harassment: The Truth About Women's Labor-Force Participation Decline
Over the past decade, women's labor force participation has dropped by 5.28 percent (ILO). After providing greater advantages and privileges to women, why is the graph of female participation falling?
We did not need to make Mujahideen. We created Mujahideen and then they became terrorists - Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah while addressing the Senate on January 31, 2023.
Andhra Pradesh: Maoist Collapse
Orchestrating their first incident of violence of the current year, on January 4, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a tribal, Soyam Subbaiah, after branding him a ‘police informer’, in the Juvvigudem village of Chintur Mandal (administrative sub-division) in Alluri Sitarama Raju District. About 10 Maoists, suspected to have come from the Konta area in Chhattisgarh, went to the house of the victim in Juvvigudem, and allegedly thrashed him to death.
On December 27, 2022, the Government of India (GoI), the Government of Manipur and the Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), a Manipur-based insurgent group, signed a tripartite peace agreement. As per the agreement, the ZUF has agreed to give up violence and join the peaceful democratic process. Manipur Chief Minister (CM), Nongthombam Biren Singh noted.
Spectacles for every Indian in need of a pair
India has 270 million people live with vision impairment, and 9.2 million have blindness. No fewer than half of those people could have avoided vision impairment if they had timely access to a pair of basic spectacles.
Odisha: Maoists - Seeking a Safe Haven
On November 24, 2022, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres shot dead a 48-year-old man, identified as Lalbati Majhi, in Panchakul village under Sadar Police Station limits in Bhawanipatna in the Kalahandi District. According to reports, while Lalbati was sleeping in his house, he was forcibly taken away by Maoists and killed near the Katlang village. Some posters were left behind at the spot, in which the Maoists claimed that Lalbati was punished since he was working as a ‘Police informer’. They also warned that others in the area who were working as Police informers would be punished soon.
Twin Virus: Polio and Terrorism
On October 27, 2022, unidentified militants killed a paramilitary Levies officer Habib-ur-Rehman, deployed to provide security to an anti-polio team in the Sarki Talari tehsil (revenue unit) of Chaman District in Balochistan.
International Day for The Girl Child: Education is the biggest weapon to overcome odds
In a remote village in Samastipur, northern Bihar, class 9 student Seema’s (name changed) parents stopped sending her to school because they felt the neighbourhood had become unsafe for her. Across the border, in a remote tea garden area in North Bengal, 16-year-old Ankita Thapa senses the fear and concern in her parents when she returns home late. Her brother, of course, can stay out for as long as he wants.