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New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even after 54 years of Bangladesh's birth, there are blatant attempts to contrive and concoct historical narratives to absolve certain quarters of their treason and blame India, observed an opinion piece in a Dhaka-based newspaper on Wednesday, December 17. Calling it "mischievous manipulation of established historical facts", the Daily Star article quoted a recent statement from Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar claiming it was India who had ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities have confirmed that Sajid Akram, one of the perpetrators of the deadly terror attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach, was an Indian citizen originating from Hyderabad in Telangana. Akram, aged 50, migrated to Australia in 1998 and held an Indian passport at the time of the incident. Telangana Police stated that his radicalisation showed no links to India.The attack on December 14, 2025, targeted a Hanukkah celebration, resulting in 15 deaths and over 40 injuries. Australian ...Read More >
Imphal: Manipur Police and security forces arrested six cadres of banned outfits, including proscribed factions of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive) and the United National Liberation Front, during search operations across several districts of Manipur on Saturday, officials said. An active cadre of the People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive) {PREPAK (PRO)}, identified as Thangjam Priyobarta Singh alias Yokkhatpa (35) from Kumbi Mayai Leikai in Bishnup ...Read More >
New Delhi: Sajid Akram, one of the accused in the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, Australia, has been identified as a native of Hyderabad, Telangana. Akram, 50, migrated to Australia 27 years ago in search of employment and had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad. The shooting, which occurred on December 14, 2025, killed 16 people, including Akram, and injured 40 others. Akram's son, Naveed Akram, 24, was also involved in the attack and is currently hospitalized under police guard. Ac ...Read More >
Raipur/Bijapur, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an incident highlighting the persistent threat of Naxalite tactics in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, two commandos from the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit have sustained minor injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast. The explosion occurred on Monday in the dense forests of the Pillur-Kandlaparti area under Farsegarh police station limits in Bijapur district, a known Naxal-af ...Read More >
Raipur: In an incident highlighting the persistent threat of Naxalite tactics in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, two commandos from the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) unit have sustained minor injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast. Details The explosion occurred on Monday in the dense forests of the Pillur-Kandlaparti area under Farsegarh police station limits in Bijapur district, a known Naxal-affected zone. A joint t ...Read More >
Two CoBRA personnel were injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur during a search operation. They are stable. Earlier, seven Maoists were killed in an encounter. Meanwhile, the ITBP has sealed a major Naxal corridor in Abujhmad. Two personnel of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) sustained minor injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Pillur Kandlaparti area of Bijapur district on Monday, police said. Add Asianet Newsable as a Preferred Source The in ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Security forces in Manipur destroyed poppy plantations in over 470 acres of land during multiple joint operations carried out in two hill districts over the past few days. A joint team of police, Assam Rifles and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) destroyed poppy plantations in around 20 acres of land at Loibol Khullen village under New Keithelmanbi police station in Kangpokpi district on Saturday. Two sacks of salt packets found at the plantation site were seized, while spray pumps ...Read More >
Guwahati: Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the Assam govt, and other authorities, asking for their responses to a plea seeking completion of the remaining statutory steps under the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updating process in Assam, which have been pending for over six years since the publication of the final list.The petitioners -- Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and the All Assam Minorities Students' Union (Aamsu) -- have filed a writ petition seeking directions to complete ...Read More >
Imphal: The Centre intensified counterinsurgency campaigns along the borders in Manipur state sector with the killing of 4 insurgents, injuring one, and arresting five cadres associated with the proscribed United National Kuki Army (UNKA) in the early hours on Tuesday, officials reported. A total of 6 UNKA cadres, including a juvenile, were apprehended along with arms and ammunition in different operations in the Henglep sub-division of Manipur's Churachandpur district, the reports stated. A j ...Read More >
IMPHAL/ CHURACHANDPUR: At least four militants, belonging to a banned outfit, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Tuesday morning, police said.Based on intelligence about the presence of armed cadres of the proscribed United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an operation was launched around 5:30 am at Khanpi village in Henglep sub-division, a senior officer said.The UKNA is not a signatory to the Suspension of Operations pact signed between the Centre ...Read More >
New Delhi, November 4 (IANS): At least four militants of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA) were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Tuesday, officials said. According to security officials, "In the early hours of November 4, during an intelligence-based operation, terrorists resorted to unprovoked firing on the Army column at Khanpi village, approximately 80 Km West of Churachandpur, Manipur." "In the ensuing firefight between Security Forc ...Read More >
On Sunday, a significant turning point unfolded in Kanker, Chhattisgarh, as twenty-one Maoist militants laid down their arms. This dramatic surrender, part of the 'Poona Margem' program, saw the group yielding 18 weapons to local officials. Among them was a key Division Committee Secretary and a notable contingent of 13 women fighters from the Kuemari/Kiskodo Area Committee. As many as 21 Maoist cadres surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Sunday after handing over 18 weapons to auth ...Read More >
Imphal: A thirty-five-year-old woman was arrested along with several demand letters of an underground outfit during an anti-insurgency operation in the southern Manipur valley district on Sunday, the police reported on Monday. According to the report, a joint team of central forces and Manipur police, including women personnel, conducted a cordon and search operation based on intelligence inputs, which led to the arrest of the woman insurgent. The arrested individual, identified as Haobijam Th ...Read More >
Namsai (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], October 27 (ANI): Assam Rifles under Spear Corps, in the early hours of October 25, based on specific intelligence inputs and in coordination with Arunachal Pradesh Police, launched a follow-up operation in the general area of Manfeisang, Namsai District, South Arunachal Pradesh, a press release said. During the extensive search and tracking operation, multiple columns were employed, including aerial reconnaissance, tracker dogs, drones, and technical surveil ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major counter-insurgency operation, the Assam Rifles apprehended the cadre of banned ULFA (I), who was involved in the attack on the Army Camp at Kakopathar town in Assam on October 17, Defence officials said on Sunday. According to officials, the counter-insurgency operation was carried out in the early hours of October 25, 2025, based on specific intelligence inputs. "Assam Rifles under Spear Corps, in coordination with Arunachal Pradesh Police, launched a follow-up operation ...Read More >
Guwahati: A suspected Maoist who allegedly carried out the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on a railway track in Kokrajhar in Assam was killed in an encounter. Kokrajhar SP Pushpraj Singh said the encounter took place during an operation in Nadanguri. "Police received information that a few militants were hiding in the area. When police reached the spot, they opened fire. When we retaliated, they fled. Upon searching the place, we found one injured militant, who was taken to hospital. H ...Read More >
Over 400 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel, led by Commandant Jyotishman Daschoudhuri, have been deployed to Bihar for the upcoming Assembly elections. These jawans will provide security during both phases of polling, which will cover all 243 constituencies across the state. Guwahati: Over 400 personnel of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) will be deployed in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. A senior official of the Tripura Home Department said that over 400 jawans of the TSR, led by Com ...Read More >
Guwahati: A suspected Maoist who allegedly carried out the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast on a railway track in Kokrajhar in Assam was killed in an encounter. Kokrajhar SP Pushpraj Singh said the encounter took place during an operation in Nadanguri. "Police received information that a few militants were hiding in the area. When police reached the spot, they opened fire. When we retaliated, they fled. Upon searching the place, we found one injured militant, who was taken to hospital. H ...Read More >
Guwahati: A Maoist-linked militant, reportedly involved in multiple railway bombings, was killed in a police encounter in Nadanguri in Assam's Kokrajhar district, on October 25. The deceased has been identified as Apil Murmu, also known as Rohit Murmu (40) from Jharkhand. According to Kokrajhar Police, he was one of the main suspects in a recent railway track explosion in Kokrajhar and had previously been involved in a similar incident in Jharkhand. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kokra ...Read More >
Guwahati: A suspected self-styled Sergeant Major of proscribed militant outfit United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I) was killed by the Army and Assam Rifles in a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai district on Wednesday. A defence spokesman said that on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, an operation was launched by Army and Assam Rifles units and then established contact with terrorists at 6 Mile Lekang Khampti areas in Namsai district. The search conduc ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Police on Thursday paid tribute to IPS Ravi Kant Singh, an officer who was killed in Tinsukia in 1996 during operations against insurgent groups. In a post on X, the police said, "Remembering Ravi Kant Singh, IPS, who made the Supreme Sacrifice in Tinsukia in 1996 while confronting extremism. His service demonstrated duty, integrity, and commitment." Singh had led multiple operations against ULFA hideouts across the Tinsukia district. On the day of his death, suspected ULFA mil ...Read More >
Ukhrul: NSCN (IM) general secretary and chief negotiator of the Indo-Naga peace process, Thuingaleng Muivah, Wednesday vowed to defend the "sovereign national decision of Nagalim to the last," underscoring the group's unwavering stance as a political solution remains elusive, despite 28 years of dialogue with the government of India.The Indo-Naga peace talks have reached a critical impasse, with the NSCN (IM) steadfastly holding its ground, a separate Naga national flag and constitution. Speakin ...Read More >
UKHRUL, India(AP) -- A helicopter descended from the clear blue sky Wednesday as thousands of people cheered the arrival of Thuingaleng Muivah, a top Naga insurgent leader, to his hometown in India's northeastern Manipur state for the first time in five decades. Men and women in traditional Naga attire carrying spears and wearing feathered headgear welcomed the 91-year-old Muivah in Manipur's Ukhrul district. Schoolchildren waved the Naga flag, which has a blue background with a rainbow across ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thousands of Naga people, including women and children, on Wednesday accorded a rousing welcome to NSCN-IM General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah in Manipur's Ukhrul district headquarters. Nonagenarian Naga leader Muivah, also the Ato Kilonser (Prime Minister) of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), arrived in the Naga-inhabited Ukhrul district to visit his birthplace, Somdal village, for the first time in 50 years. Thous ...Read More >
The DGP said, "These are very challenging times, but we have been trying to tackle them with the best possible strength, and with the cooperation of everyone" Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh said peaceful dialogue is the only solution to resolve the ethnic conflict in the State. More than 260 people have been killed and thousands rendered homeless in ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups since May 2023. Speaking on the sidelines of the 134th Raising Day in Imp ...Read More >
Itanagar, Oct 22 (PTI) An ULFA (I) cadre was killed by the Indian Army and Assam Rifles in a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh's Namsai district, a defence spokesperson said on Thursday. Contact with terrorists was established in the MS-6 area of Namsai district during the operation on the intervening night of Wednesday. After first light, security forces recovered the body of the slain militant, identified as self-styled 'Sergeant Major' Iwon Axom of the proscribed outfit ULFA (I), Guwahati ...Read More >
Panaji (Goa) [India], October 20 (ANI): Praising the security forces, including police and CRPF personnel, for the success in the fight against Naxalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that India is on the verge of being free from Maoist terror. The Prime Minister, who addressed Navy personnel aboard the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on Diwali, said of 125 districts impacted by Naxal violence, only 11 districts still show some influence of Maoists, and among these, th ...Read More >
Imphal: Newspapers have failed to hit the newsstands in Manipur's capital, Imphal, for the third day on Monday, and local cable networks have also blanked out news for two days following protests by two powerful journalists' bodies in the state. The media fraternity under the banner of the All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) and the Editors' Guild of Manipur (EGM) launched the pen-down strike after a controversy erupted, thereby leaving the general masses with a lot of losses. Sourc ...Read More >
Itanagar, Oct 20: In a swift and daring pre-dawn operation, security forces rescued two kidnapped labourers from the clutches of NSCN (K) rebels in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday morning. The dramatic mission, led by the 44 Assam Rifles, brought the abducted workers to safety after an intense exchange of fire with the insurgents. According to sources in the 44 Assam Rifles, credible intelligence was received about the abduction of two labourers employed by M/S Agarwal, a road con ...Read More >
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