armed conflict

Raipur, March 31 More than four decades after the first "dalams" entered the forests of Dandakaranya, now Bastar, the armed Maoist rebellion in Chhattisgarh has effectively ended, as the region was declared free of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) by the Centre on Tuesday, as per the deadline set.In...

New Delhi, March 31 – Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, strongly reacted to the killing of retired Brigadier V.K. Joshi in Dehradun on Tuesday, calling it a reflection of a complete breakdown of law and order in Uttarakhand.In a post on X, LoP Gandhi described the...

Kabul, March 30 – The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has urged Pakistani forces to stop attacking civilian areas in Afghanistan and to respect international law. Calling the firing on residential areas "war crimes," the IHRF has called on the United Nations and international human...

In Sudan, 14 people, including five children and two women, have been killed in the Kordofan province. The Sudan Doctors Network, which is monitoring the conflict, said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied rebels carried out the attack, wounding at least 23 others, including seven...

Imphal, March 29 Four members of a banned group were killed by members of a rival group in Kamjong district, Manipur, police said.The incident occurred at 9 pm on Saturday in Hongbei village in the hill district, and the bodies of the four members of the banned NSCN Eastern Flank have been...

New Delhi, March 27 Union Home Minister Amit Shah had stated that the Narendra Modi government is committed to eradicating Naxalism from the country. He said that the Naxal threat will end by March 31, 2026. With just days remaining, the promise of ending the threat is set to be fulfilled.The...

Tehran, March 26 – Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has stated that certain data indicate that "enemies" are preparing an operation to occupy an Iranian island with the support of a regional state."If they take any step forward, all of the vital infrastructure of that...

Islamabad, March 21 – Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's "ill-considered decision" to declare war on Afghanistan amid the fragile situation at home has plunged Pakistan into a crisis with little prospect for a swift exit. By conducting airstrikes across the Durand Line, Rawalpindi has placed the...

Lead 2March 17, New Delhi — Coordinated attacks carried out by suspected suicide bombers struck the city of Maiduguri in Nigeria, killing at least 23 people and injuring 108.The explosions occurred in crowded areas, including a market, a hospital entrance, and a post office, shortly after...

Jerusalem, March 17 – Israel claimed on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.In a statement shared on X, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that Larijani was considered one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime leadership...

Quetta, March 12 – The Baloch Republican Guards (BRG) claimed responsibility for damaging a major gas pipeline transporting fuel from Balochistan's Sui gas field to Karachi, according to local media reports.In a statement, BRG spokesperson Dostain Baloch said that the group's fighters attacked...

Washington, March 12 More than 40 US senators have demanded answers from the Pentagon over the bombing of a girls’ school in Iran that reportedly killed at least 168 people, most of them children, during the opening phase of the Trump administration’s war against Iran.In a letter to Defence...

The United Nations, March 12 India co-sponsored a resolution in the UN Security Council that condemned the "egregious" attacks by Iran against the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Jordan, and demanded an immediate cessation of all attacks by Tehran while denouncing its threats to close the...

The UN Security Council has passed a draft resolution calling for Iran to immediately halt its attacks on Gulf countries, stating that these attacks violate international law and pose a serious threat to international peace and security. The resolution passed with 13 votes and two abstentions...

United Nations, March 12. India has called for the protection of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, who are in the midst of a heightened confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in the aftermath of the Iran war."We urge all parties, under all circumstances, to ensure the safety and security of...

Raipur/Jagdalpur, March 11 – One of the largest Naxalite surrenders in recent years took place in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the Union government’s drive for a “Naxal-free India.” Chhattisgarh’s Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma told reporters that...

Quetta, March 10 – At least two men, allegedly linked to Pakistan's intelligence agency, were killed, while another was detained after an armed Baloch group set up a checkpoint on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) highway in Khuzdar district, Balochistan, local media reported on...

Islamabad, March 7 Pakistani security forces have killed 15 terrorists in two separate operations based on intelligence in the restive Balochistan province, the army said on Saturday.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, the operations...

Peshawar, March 6 A person was killed and seven others were injured after Afghan forces allegedly carried out mortar shelling on civilian areas near the Afghanistan border in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours, security officials said on Friday.According to...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 4 Indian Army opened fire at suspected terrorists attempting to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district early Tuesday, officials said.The suspected individuals were observed attempting to sneak into this side from the Turkandi forward area around 4:15 am...