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Topic: Insurgency

Banned insurgent group PLA claims responsibility for IED attack on Assam Rifles in Manipur

No soldier was injured in attack that took place Thursday morning when troops were out on routine patrol duty. IED blast was followed by ambush of their Casspir vehicle.

Carrom, kitchen work, weapons upkeep: A day in the lives of Kuki ‘insurgents’ at an SoO camp in Manipur

Daily routine of inmates, who signed Suspension of Operation pact with state & central govts in 2008, includes duties to maintain the camp with some time carved out for recreation.

‘Ignored & forgotten’ or ‘base of live insurgency’ — inside a Manipur SoO camp for Kuki insurgents

Suspension of Operations camps were set up across the state as part of pact signed in 2008. But despite its commitment to rehabilitating these cadres, no tangible steps have been taken.

Time for Modi to learn from Indira Gandhi. Biren govt is problem, not solution in Manipur

State govt's very continuation is a provocation to both sides. Kukis see it as partisan with a majoritarian agenda, while Meiteis see it as incapable of even protecting them.

Manipur Police recover weapons after forest shootout with Kuki Independent Army insurgents 

Manipur Police have been on lookout for KIA’s self-styled commander-in-chief & his men on charges of looting arms from a ‘Suspension of Operation’ camp on 8 April. 

‘Loot weapons from other insurgents, kidnap village heads’— who are Manipur’s Kuki Independent Army

Cadres of Kuki insurgent group led by self-styled commander Davidson allegedly stormed designated camp in Manipur’s Churachandpur Saturday evening & stole arms and ammunition.

Irengbam Chaoren, chief of Manipur armed rebel group RPF, believed ‘talks can’t win freedom’

RPF has been running a government-in-exile in Bangladesh. Revolutionary People's Front president Irengbam Chaoren died Friday after prolonged battle with terminal brain tumour.

Panic in Mizoram villages as Myanmar junta bombs insurgents — ‘need show of strength from Delhi’

From insurgent camps in Myanmar to villages in Mizoram, Chin communities across the border have deep ties. That’s why Myanmar junta’s air strikes are India’s problem too.

When T.N. Seshan praised me after ‘most difficult election in Independent India’ – Punjab 1992

In An Intent to Serve, IAS officer Tejendra Khanna writes about his career as Delhi LG, and as chief secretary of Punjab during the President’s Rule years.

Religious intolerance main driver of insurgency in Punjab of 1980s. State’s watching it again

The smuggling of arms and narcotics is an indicator that the ISI and the Khalistani terrorist organisations in Pakistan are attempting to revive insurgency.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.