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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Topic: MHA

Roads to 4G connectivity, how govt pushed to bolster border infra in 2023 with eye on China

Launch of Vibrant Villages Programme in April was major decision to develop areas along remote frontiers. Another important decision was to upgrade cellular network & mobile services.

Govt declares Canada-based Lakhbir Singh Landa of Babbar Khalsa International as ‘individual terrorist’

In a gazette notification Friday, home ministry said Landa has been involved in several ‘terrorist activities’, including 2022 attack on Punjab State Intelligence Headquarters.

Master’s from Harvard, President’s medal, oversaw Sheena Bora probe — CISF’s 1st woman head Nina Singh

The Bihar-born officer, who has been appointed as chief of Central Industrial Security Force, also headed CBI’s special crime zone in the past, when her unit cracked several cases.

NIA files chargesheet against doctor from Pune, 5 others in Maharashtra IS module case

National Investigation Agency says that all 6 were 'Islamic State members' & conspired to further terrorist activities to 'strike fear among people and to threaten country's security'.

Ahead of blast, Israel Embassy received ‘threat messages’, flagged security concerns in October

On 16 October, embassy reached out to MHA regarding online threats. Sources say threats included 'abusive language' with slogans of ‘Free Palestine’.

96% conviction rate in NIA cases in last 5 years, home ministry tells Rajya Sabha

Between December 2018 & November 2023, ministry handed 324 cases to counter-terrorism agency. Out of 84 judgments in cases NIA probed and chargesheeted since 2019, 81 were convictions.

NIA busts ‘Ballari module’ with arrest of 8 ‘IS operatives’ after raids in four states

Arrests made barely a week after similar action carried out in Maharashtra & Karnataka. Accused were circulating documents for 'recruitment of Mujahideen', says anti-terror agency.

Progress slow, MHA unlikely to finish fencing India-Bangladesh border by March 2024 deadline

There was 915.35 km of border remaining to be fenced from this January. ThePrint analysis shows that with just 35km fenced last year, meeting target seems to be an uphill task.

What India plans to do to crack down on gangsters & Sikh separatists based abroad

Between August 2021 and September 2023, NIA shared information with Ottawa eight times through MoU route regarding involvement of Canada based elements but to no avail.

FCRA registration not enough — Karnataka HC dismisses NGO’s plea against freezing foreign funds

When organisation is placed in 'Prior Reference/Permission' category based on security inputs, govt may tell banks to credit remittances from it only after MHA clearance, says HC.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.