High-level corruption exposed: Five ex-ministers, top bureaucrats indicted over China-funded Pokhara airport

IANS | December 7, 2025 7:30 PM

Kathmandu, Dec 7 (IANS) Nepal's anti-graft body on Sunday filed corruption cases at the Special Court against 55 individuals, including five former ministers and several former government secretaries, and a Chinese construction company in connection with irregularities in the construction of the Pokhara Regional International Airport.

Delhi Police bust multi-state scam syndicate with suspected Chinese links

IANS | December 7, 2025 2:30 PM

New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police Crime Branch has dismantled a major cyber fraud syndicate operating across several states and linked to cross-border financial networks, officials said on Sunday.

Quad members vow to punish perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of Red Fort blast

IANS | December 6, 2025 7:26 PM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) Unequivocally condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border terrorism, Quad partners - including, India, Japan, Australia, and the United States - have jointly called for the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of the last month's terror incident near Delhi's Red Fort to be brought to justice and also urged all UN Member States to cooperate in doing so.

South Africa: 11 killed, 14 injured in Pretoria mass shooting

IANS | December 6, 2025 3:30 PM

Johannesburg, Dec 6 (IANS) The number of people killed in a deadly shooting incident in Pretoria on Saturday has risen to 11, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed.

Joint India-UK plan to strangle Khalistan finances gains pace as more actions loom

Vicky Nanjappa | December 6, 2025 1:38 PM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) India is confident that the United Kingdom will go all out to tackle the Khalistan movement, which is rampant in the country. The sanctioning of British businessman Gurpreet Singh Rehal and the Babbar Akali Lehar (BAL) are signs of things to come in the UK, officials say.

Delhi court to hear money laundering complaint against Robert Vadra today

IANS | December 6, 2025 7:22 AM

New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) A Delhi court is expected to hear on Saturday the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) submissions after the agency named businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as an accused in a money laundering case connected to UK-based defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari.

Surge in poppy cultivation in Pakistan raises security concerns: Report

IANS | December 5, 2025 8:10 PM

Dhaka, Dec 5 (IANS) The rise in poppy cultivation across Pakistan's Balochistan province has emerged as a serious regional security threat marked by collapsing governance, murky lines between state-non-state actors and a narcotics market reshaped by Afghanistan’s opium ban, a report said on Friday.

Vyapam scam: CBI secures conviction of two impersonators, 7 yr RI sentence

IANS | December 5, 2025 6:33 PM

Bhopal/Gwalior, Dec 5 (IANS) In a significant development in the long-running Vyapam investigation, the Special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Court (Vyapam Cases), Gwalior, Thursday, convicted and sentenced two accused persons to seven years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the Police Constable Recruitment Examination, 2012.

Security audit shows jungle Naxal threat down, but IB tracks new urban cells

Vicky Nanjappa | December 5, 2025 5:34 PM

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) As the deadline to end the Naxal menace nears, the security forces, especially from the Centre, are gradually shifting strategy. Currently, the central forces are in full strength in the Maoist-affected areas and with the menace coming down fast, the state security forces would have a bigger role to play.

Roads, schools and surrenders: How development is dismantling Maoism in Chhattisgarh

IANS | December 5, 2025 3:36 PM

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) For decades, the red corridor of Chhattisgarh -- stretching through Bastar, Sukma and Bijapur -- symbolised one of India’s most seemingly intractable internal conflicts.

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High-level corruption exposed: Five ex-ministers, top bureaucrats indicted over China-funded Pokhara airport

Delhi Police bust multi-state scam syndicate with suspected Chinese links

Quad members vow to punish perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of Red Fort blast

South Africa: 11 killed, 14 injured in Pretoria mass shooting

Joint India-UK plan to strangle Khalistan finances gains pace as more actions loom

Delhi court to hear money laundering complaint against Robert Vadra today

Surge in poppy cultivation in Pakistan raises security concerns: Report

Vyapam scam: CBI secures conviction of two impersonators, 7 yr RI sentence

Security audit shows jungle Naxal threat down, but IB tracks new urban cells

Roads, schools and surrenders: How development is dismantling Maoism in Chhattisgarh

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