Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
58 Jamaat-e-Islami-linked private schools taken over by J&K govt
The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered the takeover of management committees of 58 functional private schools found to have direct or indirect links wi...
Tenth Indian-flagged ship crosses Hormuz, two others fired at by IRGC
The tenth Indian-flagged ship successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz even as the IRGC (Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) opened fire on two other ...
Is India’s Maoist insurgency finally over?
India's decadeslong Maoist insurgency has reached a historic turning point, with the government declaring near-total victory by March 2026 following sustaine...
India must remain ready for West Asia fallout, says Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the fourth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM) on the West Asia situation on April 18, 2026, stressing t...
Punjab’s border farmers caught between fence and Zero Line
The Central government has ordered a survey in six border districts of Punjab to assess relocation of the border fence closer to the actual international bou...
In Manipur, the killing of two siblings threatens to turn back the clock
On April 7, 2026, a rocket-like projectile struck a house in Tronglaobi village near Moirang, Bishnupur district, Manipur, killing two young siblings — a fiv...
Day after Manipur CM’s visit, ex armyman among 2 killed in Ukhrul attack
Unidentified armed militants ambushed a convoy of four civilian vehicles travelling along the Imphal–Ukhrul road between Litan and TM Kasom under Litan polic...
Australia, Japan sign contracts to start $7 billion warship deal
Australia and Japan signed formal contracts on April 18, 2026, launching a landmark A$10 billion (~$7 billion) deal for Japan to supply warships to the Royal...
Top Ukrainian official in India, meets Doval & Jaishankar to discuss bilateral ties, war with Russia
Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (RNBO) Secretary Rustem Umerov visited New Delhi on April 17, 2026, and held separate meetings with National ...
Two killed in ambush on Manipur highway
Two Tangkhul Naga civilians — an ex-serviceman (SW Chinaoshang, former Naga Regiment) from Tashar village, and Yaruingam Vashum (42) from Kharasom CV village...
Invoke preventive detention against sand mafia, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, taking suo motu cognizance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary region, directed state governments (primarily Madhya P...
India attends France- and UK-led summit on Strait of Hormuz
India attended a summit co-hosted by France and the United Kingdom to deliberate on securing the Strait of Hormuz and ensuring unimpeded international shippi...
Pakistan-based LeT's co-founder injured in attack in Lahore
Amir Hamza, a co-founder and senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was shot by unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen in the ...
India, Austria ink 12+ pacts on defence, counterterrorism & tech
Austrian Federal Chancellor Christian Stocker's official visit to India (April 2026) — the first by an Austrian Chancellor in 40 years — produced 15 formal o...
J&K Police file charge sheet against 10 accused part of ‘doctors’ terror module’
The State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir, filed a chargesheet on April 16, 2026, against 10 accused persons in connection with the "Doctors Terror Modul...
GE, HAL clinch tech deal on joint jet engine plan
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) concluded technical negotiations on April 12–13, 2026, agreeing on the scope and terms of technology tra...
Attacks on merchant shipping completely unacceptable: EAM S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at the AZEC-Plus (Asia Zero Emissions Community Plus) meeting convened by Japan, declared that attacks on m...
Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter
India has renewed focus on securing the Siliguri Corridor, the narrow strip of land in West Bengal that is the only land connection between the northeastern ...
Sri Lanka repatriates 238 Iranian sailors stranded after US torpedo attack
Sri Lanka repatriated 238 Iranian sailors stranded in the island nation following the US torpedo attack on Iranian naval vessels in its waters. On March 4, 2...
Focus on ‘development roadmap’ as Mizoram signs agreement with ‘only remaining underground group’
The Mizoram government signed a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) with the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D (...