Manipur crackdown: 11 Insurgents arrested, massive arms and explosives seized

IANS | December 2, 2025 8:27 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Security forces in Manipur have carried out a series of coordinated, intelligence-based operations across multiple districts, leading to the arrest of 11 insurgent cadres and major recoveries of weapons, explosives and contraband between November 23-28, official sources said on Tuesday.

FairPoint: Pakistan - a neighbour in permanent freefall

Deepika Bhan | November 30, 2025 4:24 PM

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Every time we think Pakistan has hit rock bottom, events unfold that prove there is no such thing as the lowest point for a nation that keeps discovering new depths. The world has long recognised that genuine democracy has never found a stable home in a country carved out on the basis of religious identity. Its problems run as deep as the contradictions of its own founding.

37 Maoists, including 12 women, surrender in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

IANS | November 30, 2025 3:38 PM

Dantewada, Nov 30 (IANS) In one of the largest Maoist surrenders in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada under the Lon Varratu and Poona Margem (Revival through Rehabilitation) programme, 37 Maoists, including 27 with a reward totalling Rs 65 lakh, have decided to renounce violence and return to the social mainstream, officials said on Sunday.