Internal Security
Border security, cyber threats, defence policy and insurgency
Eroding identities of Brahmaputra’s children
Across Assam, individuals and families are being required to defend their citizenship before Foreigners Tribunals and the Gauhati High Court using decades-ol...
From Chita Andolan to Jal Satyagrahas: Why the Ken-Betwa project has upset MP tribals
Tribal and farming communities in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur and Panna districts have sustained a prolonged agitation against the Ken-Betwa Link Project, ci...
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Remembering how India conquered Kargil Heights by battling terrain and climate
Kargil Vijay Diwas commemorates India's recapture of high-altitude posts in the Dras-Kargil-Batalik sector of Ladakh, seized by infiltrating Pakistani soldie...
No talks with Pakistan except on PoK: Rajnath Singh on Kargil Vijay Diwas
At the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas commemoration held at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras on 26 July 2026, the Union Defence Ministry reiterated that any future d...
Great Nicobar project ‘commercial, not strategic’, Ramesh tells Rajnath in fresh letter
Public correspondence exchanged between a Rajya Sabha member and the Ministry of Defence renewed debate over whether the Great Nicobar Island Development Pro...
Are pellet guns legal for crowd control in India? | Explained
Allegations emerged that pellet guns were used against a student march heading toward Parliament, prompting a preliminary verification by the force involved ...
Great Nicobar project 'commercial enterprise', not strategic: Jairam Ramesh to Rajnath Singh
In Parliament, the Great Nicobar Island Development Project (GNIDP) was described from an alternative position as primarily a commercial transshipment and to...
Nicobar project to safeguard Indo-Pacific interests, Rajnath tells Congress
In Parliament, the Ministry of Defence set out the strategic rationale for the ₹81,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Development Project (GNIDP), describing it ...
Indian Railways expands Kavach 4.0 to 2,490 Route km on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah routes
Indian Railways has commissioned Kavach Version 4.0, the indigenous Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system, across 2,490 route km on the high-density Delhi–...
Khalistani terror suspect, US national held while entering India from Nepal
Security forces intercepted five individuals attempting to cross into India from Nepal at the Rupaidiha border post in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, in a...
SC proposes special courts for Manipur violence cases; directs CBI, SIT to expedite investigations
The Supreme Court tentatively proposed constituting special courts for the day-to-day trial of cases arising from the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence, to be set...
Supreme Court proposes Special Courts for Manipur violence cases; seeks speedy completion of probes
The Supreme Court, hearing a batch of petitions related to the 2023 Manipur ethnic violence, proposed setting up Special Courts to conduct day-to-day trials ...
Project Kusha, India’s desi S-400, takes to the skies; maiden test flight successful
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile under Project Kusha from a...
DRDO flight test of ‘Kusha’ takes off
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile system 'Kusha' ...
India hosts maiden Op Southern Readiness in Kochi, 26 nations join maritime exercise
The Indian Navy's Southern Naval Command hosted the first edition of Operation Southern Readiness (26-2) in Kochi, a four-day multinational maritime training...
50% quota for ex-Agniveers in CAPF, Assam Rifles posts: MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs is framing recruitment rules to reserve 50% of constable-level vacancies across Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for ex-Agniv...
Indus Water Treaty in present form no longer exists, Pak aiding terrorism: India
India reiterated its position that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in its earlier form no longer holds, linking this to Pakistan's continued sponsorship of cro...
As BSF mulls 90-km Sundarbans fence, security clashes with ecology
The Border Security Force (BSF) is conducting a feasibility and technical study to erect fencing along a roughly 90-km stretch of the India-Bangladesh border...
Well-oiled labour supply chain facilitating illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis
Investigations by state police forces have uncovered organised networks of agents facilitating the unauthorised entry of Bangladeshi nationals into India, re...
Rs 70,000 cr investments proposed for def corridors in UP, TN; Rs 10,000 crore already invested: Rajnath
The Ministry of Defence stated that proposed investments across the Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridors have reached approximately Rs 7...