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.
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.
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.
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.
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) A late-night operation by the Delhi Police’s Outer-North district led to the busting of an illegal bar running in the Samaypur Badli area, resulting in the apprehension of 25 people and the seizure of liquor, hookahs and sound equipment, the Delhi Police said on Friday.
Srinagar, Dec 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Friday carried out searches at locations in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts in connection with the investigation into the doctors’ terror module case.
Quetta, Dec 4 (IANS) Several leading human rights organisations and activists on Thursday condemned the enforced disappearance of a lecturer, Balach Khan Bali, by Pakistani forces in Balochistan.
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The long-standing insurgency in Pakistan's largest and resource-rich Balochistan province is fuelled by Baloch people's demands for greater political autonomy and control over resources amid political marginalisation, economic exploitation, and repression by the Pakistani authorities, a report detailed on Wednesday.
Toronto/New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Canada right now stands at the crossroads -- it can continue treating Khalistani extremism and Punjabi-Canadian gang violence as two different issues, or it can trace the financial links and acknowledge that they are increasingly interconnected, a report said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The country witnessed 1,321,745 cases filed by women between 2021-2023, with 4,28,278 in 2021, 4,45,256 in 2022 and 4,48,211 in 2023, while the highest number of cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh with 1,88,207 cases, the Union government informed Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
