
A midnight movement near India’s porous Bangladesh frontier turned into a major border-security interception with BSF detaining 25 Bangladeshi nationals along with an Indian cross-border trafficker near Lohaganj–Panchnagar under South Dinajpur District of West Bengal. The group was intercepted in the early hours of 6 October while allegedly attempting to cross back into Bangladesh’s Thakurgaon …

The Nakurtala Sarbojonin Puja Committee pandal in the Lalbagh area of Murshidabad under West Bengal was targeted by one or more unidentified arsonists on 4th October, an apparent arson attack that could have had far more devastating consequences had the flames gone unnoticed. According to the puja committee, an unusual and seemingly deliberate mechanism was …

A deeply disturbing case has emerged from Chathat under Phansidewa of West Bengal, where a 13-year-old Hindu girl has been allegedly raped repeatedly for several months. According to a police complaint filed by the girl’s father Monidip Gupta on October 2 at Phansidewa Police Station, brothers Muhammad Aabtaar, Muhammad Alam and Muhammad Iltar had repeatedly …

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 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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 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 …