The Spiralling Crime Graph: A Wake-Up Call to End Violence Against Women
Nov 25, 2022, at 05:17 pm
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, let's step back and look at eleven years of statistics, 2011–2021, which indicate a ninefold, or 87.3 percent, increase in violence against women. According to the annual data released by the National Crime Record Bureau in the past eleven years, the highest percentage of crimes against women reported in 2021 rose by 15.3 per cent.
Nov 16, 2022, at 12:33 am
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot and injured during a protest rally in Punjab province on 3 November in an incident that left one bystander dead and at least six others, including leaders of Khan’s (PTI), wounded.
Nov 15, 2022, at 05:59 pm
On November 8, a Rohingya man, identified as Mohammed Selim, was killed in a gunfight between two groups of criminals in Teknaf sub-District of Cox's Bazar District. Mohammed Selim lived in the Noapara Rohingya camp.
Nov 08, 2022, at 12:03 am
The Sudhir Suri killing in Amritsar on November 4, 2022, is a direct outcome of the intentional politics of hate and communal polarization that is actively being encouraged by major political parties at the Centre and in the state, and that the victim had himself long been engaged in.
Oct 31, 2022, at 10:40 pm
On October 23, one person, identified as Jameza Mubin, died in an early morning explosion in a gas cylinder-laden Maruti 800 near the Kottai Eswaran Temple in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore District.
Oct 25, 2022, at 09:58 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Odisha: Kandhamal – Futile Struggle
Oct 18, 2022, at 12:47 am
On October 11, 2022, a woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed during an exchange of fire with the Security forces (SFs) in the Sindhi Forest area under Baliguda Police Station limits in Kandhamal District. A trooper was also injured in the exchange of fire. Another 20 Maoists managed to flee, taking cover of the hilly terrain. A country-made pistol and other materials were seized from the spot. The identity of the slain woman Maoist is yet to be ascertained; however, it is suspected that Maoists belonging to the ‘Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) Division’ of the CPI-Maoist were running the camp in the Sindhi forested area.
The world needs to understand: Kashmir is an integral part of India
Oct 12, 2022, at 05:13 am
It is not long since Russia mocked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “utterly confused” and ridiculed British politicians for their “stupidity” and “ignorance”. One is fascinated to say the same about the recent Kashmir reference of the German foreign minister.
Balochistan: An eye for an eye
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:59 pm
On September 30, 2022, three Military Intelligence (MI) and two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed while several others were injured in an explosion at a sweet shop in the main market of Kohlu town (Kohlu District) in Balochistan. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), through social media, claimed responsibility for the incident, claiming that it had targeted a ‘secret agency hideout’.
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:51 pm
Ignoring the painful lessons and betrayals of history, the present defiant challenges being mounted to its dominance by China, and a future in which Islamabad is more likely to sit in China’s camp than that of the United States (US), Washington, it would appear, is convinced of the wisdom of reigniting its tumultuous, but for the past few years near-frozen, relationship with Pakistan.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Crumbling Ceasefire
Oct 05, 2022, at 04:52 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Oct 01, 2022, at 10:27 pm
The 11-days that India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar allocated for his recent visit to the United States (US) to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and numerous other multilateral and bilateral events were a sign of the increasing confidence and assertiveness that India is now displaying on the international stage.
Sep 19, 2022, at 11:26 pm
On September 15, 2022, a tripartite agreement was signed between the Union Government, Assam Government and representatives of eight Adivasi groups.
Sep 12, 2022, at 10:56 pm
On September 9, 2022, Security Forces (SFs) arrested four cadres of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC/TPC), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), during a search operation in the Bundu area under Keredari Police Station limits in Hazaribagh District. The arrested cadres were identified as Sanjay Karmali, Pankaj Karmali, Suraj Kumar and Prabhat Kumar Ram. Police recovered three pistols, 18 bullets, two bikes and five mobiles from these cadres.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: IS-KP Advances
Sep 05, 2022, at 11:14 pm
On August 30, 2022, one Frontier Constabulary (FC) trooper was killed and another critically injured in an explosion in the Yusuf Abad area of Bajaur District. Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-KP) later claimed responsibility for the incident.
Aug 30, 2022, at 02:50 am
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Pakistan plunges into deeper political turmoil as former PM Imran Khan faces terrorism charges
Aug 28, 2022, at 05:41 am
Shortly after Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke vociferously of the imperative of achieving “permanent peace” with India, the political turmoil that descended upon and engulfed the Pakistani political space this past week has yet again served to demonstrate just how tenuous the prospect of realizing such peace actually is.
Aug 20, 2022, at 09:48 pm
India and Pakistan both celebrated their independence from British colonial rule in 1947 this week – the former on 15 August and the latter a day earlier on 14 August.
Aug 15, 2022, at 09:35 pm
On August 8, 2022, four soldiers were killed in a suicide blast targeting a military convoy in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Two days later, on August 10, Ittehad Musallah Islami Mujahideen (IMAM)’s spokesperson Abu Basheer Waziristani claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan: Protests by families of disappeared met with intimidation, harassment and violence
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:49 am
Pakistani authorities must end their outrageous crackdown on peaceful protests by families seeking justice for the enforced disappearance of their loved ones, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing detailing the state’s violation of the right to peaceful protest.
Aug 10, 2022, at 09:17 pm
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a United States (US) drone strike in Kabul on 31 July, and his killing marks the biggest blow to the terrorist group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Aug 10, 2022, at 05:52 pm
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a United States (US) drone strike in Kabul on 31 July, and his killing marks the biggest blow to the terrorist group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
Balochistan: 'Death Squads' under Attack
Aug 08, 2022, at 11:06 pm
Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management
Will China ever ask Myanmar to stop repressive campaigns against its own people?
Jul 31, 2022, at 08:33 am
On July 25, Myanmar’s ruling military announced executing four democracy activists for their involvement in helping a civilian resistance movement that has been unsparing in its fight against the military since it removed a democratically elected government in a coup last year.
Jul 19, 2022, at 06:47 pm
The targeted killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik once again exposes the ugly underbelly of Canada’s networks of crime and Khalistani terrorism, which have flourished under the benign neglect – indeed, the apparent complicity – of the country’s political leadership.
Understanding Taiwan under the shadow of Chinese aggression
Jul 18, 2022, at 04:36 pm
The world is dealing with the side-effects of an on-going war in Ukraine. In a situation like this-it's crucial to keep an eye on yet another conflict that could erupt anytime, China’s intent on Taiwan and the US’ stake in it.
How China's one child policy has led to plunge in birth rate
Jul 12, 2022, at 04:09 pm
For years, experts have been writing about — and warning about — China's one-child policy and its terrible long-term implications on the country's population and society.
The desolation of Sikh populace in Afghanistan
Jun 27, 2022, at 10:38 pm
On June 18, 2022, Islamic State (IS) militants opened fire outside the fortified doors leading to the compound housing in a Sikh gurdwara in Kabul, as well as in the homes of members of the community.
WHA : Taiwan matters for health of the world
Jun 25, 2022, at 12:05 am
Once again Taiwan expressed regret, disappointment and dissatisfaction at not being invited to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, despite widespread international support to invite the democratic Taiwan.
Chhattisgarh: Bijapur: Violent Upsurge
Jun 14, 2022, at 02:19 pm
On May 4, 2022, the dead body of one person was recovered from the Modakpal Police Station limits in Bijapur District. In the evening of May 3, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted two persons – Satyam Pulse and Bhima – from Guddipal village under the Usoor Block (administrative division) and later, after holding a 'Jan Adalat' (People's/Kangaroo Court organized by the Maoists), stabbed Satyam Pulse to death. Bhima, however, was released.