Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
Need to formalise a comprehensive integrated roadmap based on lessons learnt in West Asia conflict: Rajnath
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh convened a high-level review meeting on 24 March 2026 with the Chief of Defence Staff, all three Service Chiefs, the Defence S...
China border patrols went up significantly post Galwan clash, data shows
Data published in the Union Home Ministry's Annual Report 2024–25 shows that the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) significantly ramped up patrols along the ...
With NavIC setback, India unable to use satellite system for security purposes: experts
The last functioning atomic clock aboard IRNSS-1F stopped working on March 10, 2026, just days after the satellite completed its 10-year design life (launche...
Anduril, Palantir developing Golden Dome missile shield's software, source says
Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies are developing the command-and-control software backbone for the United States' Golden Dome antimissile shield —...
China is mapping the ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with the U.S.
A Reuters investigation, published in The Hindu, has revealed that China has been conducting systematic bathymetric (ocean floor) surveys across the Pacific,...
Odisha’s last remaining top Maoist leader surrenders
Sukru, alias Kosha Sodhi, Odisha's most-wanted Maoist leader and a state committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist), surrendered before Kandhamal district p...
SC: Trials in UAPA cases must be completed in 1 year
A Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed that all UAPA cases investigated by the National Investigation Agency ...
Study lessons from West Asia conflict to improve India’s def preparedness: Rajnath
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh convened a high-level review meeting in New Delhi on March 24, 2026, with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Service Chiefs (Ar...
Strait of Hormuz blockade: MHA directs states to guard LPG lifeline amid West Asia fuel fears
Two India-flagged Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGCs), Jag Vasant and Pine Gas, transited the Strait of Hormuz on March 23, 2026, carrying approximately 92,612 m...
India-Japan to finalise deal to co-develop & co-produce UNICORN mast ‘soon’, says Japanese envoy
Japan's Ambassador to India confirmed that the two countries are close to finalising a co-development and co-production agreement for the UNICORN mast — an a...
Navy chief says drones, mines threatening choke points like Hormuz without as much as formal blockade
India's Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, warned at the International Conference on India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific (New Delhi, M...
Rajnath Singh reviews West Asia situation, calls for integrated defence roadmap
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level review meeting on March 24, 2026, to assess the impact of the ongoing West Asia conflict on India's defen...
Delhi court sentences Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi to life in UAPA case; two associates jailed for 30 years
A Delhi court (Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh) on March 24, 2026, sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment in a c...
'Hatched conspiracy to secede Kashmir from India': Why J&K separatist Asiya Andrabi got life term in UAPA case
A Delhi court (Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh) sentenced Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi to life imprisonment on March 24, 2026, in a c...
Over half dozen Navy warships escorting Indian-flagged vessels in Gulf region
India deployed more than half a dozen Navy warships to escort Indian-flagged vessels through the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, following the es...
Expert Explains: Iran’s F-35, Diego Garcia strikes only of propaganda value, says former Air Chief Dhanoa
Former Indian Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa assessed that Iran's missile strikes targeting the F-35 fleet and Diego Garcia were primarily of propaganda value r...
Week before 31 March deadline, last Maoist commander in Bastar to surrender before Chhattisgarh Police
Papa Rao — also known by aliases Mangru Dada, Chandran, and Sunam Chandran — a top CPI (Maoist) Divisional Committee commander active in the Dandakaranya reg...
114 Rafales, 60 MTA aircraft, AEW&C deals to be concluded in 2026-27: Defence ministry to parl panel
India's Ministry of Defence has informed a Parliamentary Standing Committee that three landmark defence acquisition contracts will be concluded in FY 2026-27...
Anti-graft agencies meet to chart group's strategic roadmap
India hosted the 12th Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network) in New Delh...
Middle East crisis: PM Modi warns of threats to India’s internal security
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lok Sabha on the ongoing West Asia (Middle East) conflict, warning that certain elements attempt to exploit such c...