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.

HM Shah inaugurates 60th DGP-IGP conference in Raipur; emphasises intelligence synergy for 'Viksit Bharat' security roadmap

IANS | November 29, 2025 12:03 AM

Raipur, Nov 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated the 60th All-India Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police (DGP-IGP) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) campus in Chhattisgarh's Naya Raipur, hailing it as a transformative "portal of solutions" to India's internal security challenges under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

Khalistan machinery in North America more intricate and troubling: Report

IANS | November 27, 2025 9:15 PM

Tel Aviv, Nov 27 (IANS) Although the terror group Sikhs for Justice attracted several thousand participants to its referendum on creating a sovereign Sikh homeland held in Ottawa, such numbers cannot shroud the stark reality that democracies must protect citizens not only from extremism, but also from the quieter, systemic exploitations that destroy lives more relentlessly, a report said on Thursday.