India

Barred In Oman Over Extremist Links : Co-Pilot Hamam Al-Hammami Intended to Crash Flydubai Flight FZ1073 Inside Israel

The attempted destruction of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 is a devastating warning about what happens when a person entrusted with the lives of hundreds allegedly turns against the very aircraft he is supposed to protect. On September 30, the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight descended violently after its Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami attempted by murder Indian Captain Smit …

The Geopolitics of Grievance: How Christian Kuki and Naga Organisations Keep Taking Manipur’s Internal Conflict to Foreign Powers and India’s Struggle to Establish Effective Deterrence

The Tangkhul Aze Katamnao Long (TAKL), also known as the Southern Tangkhul Students’ Union, held a press conference in Imphal warning that vulnerable indigenous Naga communities along Manipur’s international border could seek assistance from neighbouring countries, including China, if the Centre and Manipur government failed to protect them on 29th September. The statement provoked understandable …

NIA Busts Bangladeshi Terror Network: Arrests 13 JMB-Affiliated Islamists in West Bengal, Assam and Kerala

Terrorism no longer needs a safe house, a border crossing or a clandestine meeting in a darkened room. It can begin with a smartphone, an encrypted messaging platform and a steady stream of ideological propaganda. The latest National Investigation Agency (NIA) crackdown across is another stark reminder of how militant networks are attempting to exploit …

Mecheda Erupts in Protest: Hindus Take to the Streets Against Alleged Deceitful Mass-Conversion Drive by Punjab-Based Missions Led by Convicted Rapist Pastor Baljinder Singh and Pastor Ankur Narula

Mecheda in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district witnessed a large street protest organised by the Bajrang Dal and other local Hindu organisations on 27th September. The protestors demanded that authorities investigate what they describe as an organised campaign of deceptive proselytisation being conducted through two Pentecostal ministries, The Church of Glory and Wisdom and The …

27 Days of Waiting for Justice: Father Demands Action Over Repeated Rape and Blackmail of Minor Hindu Daughter by Monirul Pailan in Joynagar, West Bengal

A written complaint filed at Joynagar Police Station on 2 September 2026 has raised grave allegations concerning the alleged repeated sexual assault of a minor girl by Monirul Pailan. According to the complaint filed by the girl’s father Gopal, Pailan stalked his minor daughter repeatedly while she was travelling to school and attempted to speak …

From Facebook to The Frontline : Two Manipur-based Cadres of Kuki Armed Extremist Group UTV Document Combat Training, Camp Life, Collaborations Between UTV and Myanmar-based Chin-Kuki Armed Groups, Claimed Military Operations in Myanmar and Manipur and the Church-Militancy Nexus

There is something profoundly revealing about an armed movement documenting itself. For years, insurgent organisations depended on secrecy. Today, the smartphone has changed the equation. Fighters can become influencers, camps can become content and footage intended for an audience of sympathisers can leave behind a remarkably detailed digital trail. That trail now warrants serious scrutiny …

A Decade Erased: Manipur-Based Kuki Official Dorothy Lalliantlingi Accused of Seizing Birth Certificates and Voter IDs of Mog Residents of LADC in Mizoram as 2,000+ Alleged Victims Face Loss of Citizenship, Extreme Poverty and Repeated Pressure to Convert to Christianity

A Community That Was There Since Independence Locally referred to as “Zokhwa” or “Zo Chaw Chuah”, Buddhist Mogs have been residing in the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) region of southern Mizoram since at least the 1940s. According to the latest available village register, 2,211 Mog Buddhists live across ten recognised villages in the LADC …

Hindus in Panskura Forced to Perform Khunti Puja Under West Bengal Police Protection After Muslim Crowd Objects to Durga Puja Preparations

Fresh tensions have erupted in Purba Medinipur District after local Hindu residents began preparations for this year’s Durga Puja in Ward No. 10 of Panskura Municipality. According to local residents, many of the Muslim residents had objected to the Puja preparations during the traditional Khuti Puja ritual, indicating the beginning of the Puja Mandap construction. …

Muslim Mob Opposes Construction Of Welcoming Gate For Durga Puja Mandap in Ashoknagar of West Bengal, Claims Entire Locality as a “Muslim Area”

A Muslim mob opposed the construction of a welcoming gate for a Durga Puja mandap near Samudrapur School in Ashoknagar under North 24 Parganas, claiming that the entire locality belongs to Muslims. Hindus preparing to celebrate Durga Puja, the defining festival of Bengali culture, were told that they could not erect a welcoming gate because …

Tensions Mount in Debpukur of West Bengal Over Newly Converted Christians Repeatedly Targeting Economically Vulnerable Hindus With Cash and Job Promises

Tensions have erupted in the Debpukur region of Barrackpore under West Bengal, following allegations of an organised campaign to persuade economically vulnerable Hindus to convert to Christianity. Local residents allege that Christian women, some reportedly wearing traditional Hindu ornaments such as shankha and pola, have repeatedly approached Hindu families in the area over recent months, …