Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi warns of resolute response to any Pakistan misadventures as militancy ebbs in J&KMilitancy in Jammu and Kashmir has reached its lowest point in years. Active terrorists are now in single digits. Recruitment has nearly st...
13 Jan, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Philippines protesters decry alleged injustices under MarcosHundreds of people marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday protesting what they said was a rising number of extrajudicial killings an...
10 Dec, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
View: US decision on F-16 to Pakistan is extraordinary failure of political judgmentThe F-16 package should tbe seen as a geopolitical reward to the Pakistani army, and not as a force multiplier in its counter-terrorism cam...
19 Oct, 2022, 10.37 PM IST
The other menace: How the covid lockdown aided counter-insurgency operationsThe trend was visible in all three conflict zones in India — Kashmir Valley, the Northeast, and in Bastar.
28 Jun, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
NSCN(K) supremo Khaplang emerges as most important insurgent leader in northeastThe killing of 18 Dogra Rifles personnel by Myanmar based militants on June 4 may upset the campaign of withdrawal of AFSPA.
13 Jul, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
Difficult to seal off vulnerable points along IB: Amarinder SinghPunjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh defended the state police for "any lapses" in the Pathankot terror attack, saying it was difficult to...
05 Jan, 2016, 08.24 PM IST
Myanmar attack: Omar says 'chest thumping' uncalled forFormer Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah, has termed the statements about the Myanmar border operation as an "amazing self go...
11 Jun, 2015, 01.45 PM IST
Rajnath Singh tells Chhattisgarh government to take lead in anti-Naxal operationsThe Intelligence Bureau (IB) is meanwhile being pushed to do more by way of infiltrating Maoist ranks to gather ground-level information.
08 Dec, 2014, 04.44 AM IST
How Langate's Engineer Rashid battled counter-insurgency to reduce police intervention in peoples' lives“One had to restore the dignity of people, decimated by two decades of ruthless counter-insurgency, and then bridge the work deficit", he s...
29 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government to use "national power" against MaoistsThis strategy has been envisaged in the policy formulated by the NDA government to combat LWE and circulated to all the nine Maoist-affecte...
17 Oct, 2014, 09.47 PM IST
Govt can use any element of its national power against Maoists: Rajnath Singh's new anti-Naxal PolicyIn the new policy, it has not been specified whether this would mean the Centre even taking a recourse to the Armed Forces.
17 Oct, 2014, 02.15 PM IST
15 securitymen killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh"The state BJP government has failed to act or do enough on the Naxal issue," state Congress leader Ajit Jogi said after the attack.
12 Mar, 2014, 03.07 AM IST
'Bastar Tiger' Mahendra Karma was on Maoist hit listAfter formation of Chhattisgarh, Mahendra Karma joined the Ajit Jogi cabinet as a commerce minister but was known as a political adversary ...
25 May, 2013, 11.09 PM IST
- Assembly Election 2013: Insurgency shadow still looms large over Tripura
While insurgency in Left Front ruled Tripura has drastically come down in last 10 years but assembly election of 2013 is not free from the ...
13 Feb, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
- Terror safe havens in Pak undermine Afghan security: US
The US has said that Islamabad continues to tolerate and abet insurgency in Afghanistan, particularly the Haqqani terror network.
29 Oct, 2011, 12.48 PM IST
- Gates urges cuts in big US weapons programmes
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday said his recommended military budget would "profoundly reform" military spending, calling for cuts...
07 Apr, 2009, 03.30 AM IST
- Thai troops put on alert to forestall possible Muslim insurgent attacks
Security forces in southern Thailand were put on full alert to counter any attacks by Muslim insurgents on the anniversary of a mosque sieg...
27 Apr, 2008, 12.26 PM IST