Pakistan remains ‘primary hub' for organised terrorism: Report

IANS | April 1, 2026 9:29 PM

Islamabad/New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The United States, United Nations, and European Union must go beyond symbolic sanctions against Pakistan and enforce comprehensive financial and diplomatic measures against institutions enabling terror activities, a report said on Wednesday.

Silent revival bid by operatives linked to defunct NJT under close watch in South India

Vicky Nanjappa | April 1, 2026 1:10 PM

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The fall of the National Thowheed Jamath (NJT), which masterminded the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, came as a major relief for the security agencies. The NJT had not only spread its ideology in Sri Lanka, but was active in the southern states, especially in Tamil Nadu. While the NJT remains largely defunct today, the agencies are keeping close tabs on operatives linked to the outfit, prior to its fall.

Bangladesh's democratic contraction and rising risk of extremism

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury | March 31, 2026 9:23 PM

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s return to electoral politics has done little to settle the deeper questions surrounding its democratic future. The February 12 victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) may have produced a government, but it has not resolved the growing crisis of political exclusion, institutional imbalance, and the steady contraction of democratic space.

From conflict to peace: Multi-pronged strategy of security action, infra push, rehab policy defeats Naxalism

Shashikant Trivedi | March 31, 2026 4:10 PM

Raipur/New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) With Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that India has effectively achieved a Naxal-free status by meeting the government’s self-imposed deadline of March 31, a significant breakthrough has been marked for the country, which was previously seen as a prolonged conflict that earlier governments found challenging to address.

Grateful to govt for eradicating Maoism: UP ministers on HM Shah's LS speech

IANS | March 31, 2026 12:32 PM

Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Ministers in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement that India has virtually become Maoist-free, stating that the central and state-level leadership structures of the insurgent movement have been almost entirely dismantled just ahead of the government's self-imposed deadline of March 31.