India

“By March 2026, Naxalism Will Be Wiped Out” — A Deadline, and a Story of Momentum

By TNI Team October 16, 2025 Abujhmarh AMIT SHAH anti-Naxal operations Basavaraju bastar Bhupathi Chhattisgarh counter insurgency counter-Maoist strategy CRPF development development outreach District Reserve Guard (DRG)drone surveillance explosives seizure forest corridor Gadchiroli Governance home ministry HumInt india insurgency decline intelligence fusion intelligence-driven operations internal security joint task force Kagar Karreguttalu corridor land grievances Mallojula Venugopal Rao Maoist insurgency Maoist leadership March 2026 deadline Nambala Keshava Rao National Security Naxalism neutralisation Operation Black Forest political deadline post-clearance governance rehabilitation road connectivity Samadhan doctrine satellite imagery Security Operations signal intercepts surrender pathways surrender policy surrenders Telangana tribal areas Vocational Training

India’s anti-Maoist operations, driven by intelligence and coordinated campaigns, have significantly weakened the insurgency. Key leaders were neutralized or surrendered due to sustained pressure. The Samadhan doctrine aims to link security gains with governance and development. Success hinges on continued efforts to address grievances and ensure lasting peace.

Opinion

The Doval Doctrine and India’s Strategic Crisis

By Aarti Tikoo October 9, 2025 aarti tikoo Accountability Adani Ports Afghanistan Afghanistan policy Ajit Doval alienation Article 370 arunachal pradesh AS Dulat Autonomy Bangladesh canada centralisation of power chemical companies China China conflict conflict industry Delhi bureaucrats Demographic change development diplomatic failure diplomatic isolation Doklam crisis domestic discontent dynasties electoral democracy environmental degradation ethnic cleansing ethnic conflict FATF fentanyl production Financial Action Task Force Galwan Valley clash Gaza war Global Diplomacy Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules great responsibility Gujarat ports Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Hafiz Saeed Hardeep Singh Nijjar IMF loan India’s Strategic Crisis Indian intelligence intelligence failure international isolation international response iran ISRAEL Jammu & Kashmir Jammu terrorism Kargil War Kashmir Valley kashmiri pandits Khalistan movement Kukis LAC Ladakh Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils LAHDC Land Rights lashkar e taiba Lawrence Bishnoi gang legislative powers Leh Leh violence LINE OF ACTUAL CONTROL Look East policy Look West policy manipur violence Meiteis military strength Ministry of Defence Ministry of External Affairs Ministry of home affairs minorities modi government Mundra Port Myanmar narcotics smuggling National Security Act National Security Advisor National Security Council Secretariat national security leadership Neighbourhood First policy Nepal nsa NSCS Operation Sindoor Pahalgam Attack Pakistan Pakistan border patriotism power brokers Prime Minister's Office protests public resentment Punjab drug crisis RAW reconciliation regime change rehabilitation rising power Russia security policy separatists Sikh activists Sixth Schedule Sonam Wangchuk SPG Sri Lanka state collapse statehood demand strategic affairs strategic clarity Strategic Policy Group strategic vacuum targeted killings Terror Financing terrorism The Doval Doctrine The Resistance Front Tibetan Autonomous Region transnational crime syndicate tribal identity Trump administration unemployment Union territory United States United States accusations

The Modi government’s security policies, primarily under NSA Ajit Doval, are criticized for failures in Ladakh, the Northeast, and Kashmir. These policies led to diplomatic isolation, internal discontent, and weakened regional influence. Over-centralization and lack of accountability exacerbated these issues.

India

‘Professor’ Bhat was caged by circumstances of his own making

By David Devadas September 26, 2025 1987 Kashmir elections rigged Abdul Ghani Bhat Abdul Ghani Bhat biography Abdul Ghani Bhat Hurriyat Conference chairman Abdul Ghani Lone Armed insurgency in Kashmir Botengu village meeting 1986 Burhan wani Burhan Wani revival of Hizb ul-Mujahideen Decline of Hurriyat Conferenc Dogra Maharaja rebellion 1931 Geelani vs Abdul Ghani Lone rivalry Harkat ul-Mujahideen History of separatist movements in Jammu and Kashmir Hizb ul-Mujahideen origins in Kashmir Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen hurriyat conference Hurriyat Conference decline and split hurriyat leaders J-e-I Jagmohan Governor of J&K jamaat-e-islami Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front JKLF Kashmir autonomy movement Kashmir Conflict Kashmir Insurgency Kashmir insurgency 1990s Kashmir militancy in the 1980s and 1990s Kashmir political history Kashmiri separatism Kashmiri separatist leaders history Key figures in Kashmir separatist politics Lashkar-e-Toiba LeT Maulana Abbas Ansari MIRWAIZ MUF Muslim United Front Muslim United Front 1987 elections rigging Pahalgam 22 April attack Pakistan-backed militancy in Kashmir Pakistan-sponsored militancy Pakistan’s role in Kashmir insurgency Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Kashmir talks Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Kashmir talks Professor Bhat Professor Bhat Kashmir separatist leader Rise and fall of Kashmiri separatist politics Role of Jamaat-e-Islami in Kashmir politics Separatist politics in Kashmir Shabir Shah syed ali shah geelani Syed Salahuddin terrorism in kashmir yasin malik Yusuf Shah

Abdul Ghani Bhat, a leading Kashmiri separatist, co-founded the MUF and chaired the Hurriyat Conference. His life was marked by decades of separatist involvement, political maneuvering, and personal tragedies. He died at 90, his health and influence diminished over time.

India

Pakistan’s Atrocities in Balochistan: The Forgotten Genocide That Demands UN Action

By TNI Team September 7, 2025 2006 2014 abductions Accountability Amnesty International Baloch Raji Muchi Baloch Republican Party Baloch Students Organization Baloch Yakjehti Committee Balochistan Bhaavna Arora COIED Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances counterinsurgency crackdown detainee registry disappearances 2025 dr mahrang baloch enforced disappearances Gwadar Human Rights Human Rights Council Human Rights Watch.hypocrisy ICPPED insurgencies intelligence agencies International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Jalil Reki justice Khanate of Kalat Khuzdar kill-and-dump policy Makran mass graves Mastung military mutilated bodies Myanmar Nawab Akbar Bugti Pakistan protests repression Sammi Deen Baloch Sangat Sana Syria torture Totak mass graves Turbat Ukraine UN United Nations WGEID women marches Working Group on Enforced Disappearances

Balochistan faces widespread human rights abuses: enforced disappearances, mass graves, and state repression. Pakistan’s security forces target activists and protesters, documented by international bodies. The UN has acknowledged the crisis but lacks effective action, despite calls for investigation, accountability, and adherence to international conventions.

India

The Only Way Forward for Muslims

By Arshia Malik September 3, 2025 1990s Kashmir 9/11 Accountability AL QAEDA Amnesty International annihilation of non-Muslims Anouar Majid anti-Muslim bigotry apostasy Arab expansions Arfa Ayaan Hirsi Ali boko haram Carvaka traditions child custody child soldiers coexistenc conversions cross-referencing deconditioning dissent divorce equality ethnic cleansing extremism extremist ideologies fact-checking brigade global problem hamas harmony hezbollah historical baggage historical subjugation hizbul mujahideen inheritance intellectual arms interfaith bridges ISIS Islam historical context Islam problem Islamic subculture islamophobia Jamat-e-Islami Kashmiri Muslims kashmiri pandits Kashmiri Sikhs marriage moderate Muslims modern challenges Muslim brotherhood Muslim heritage mutual respect openness Pakistan-sponsored Kashmir Jihad peaceful coexistence proselytisation quran Rana reconciliation reformed Islam reformers reforms Sayeema scepticism scriptural infallibility secular laws secularism self-reflective Islam Sharia sharia law social fabric social media subjugation supremacist ideology Syed Qutb Syrian factions taliban Tarek Fateh technology terror groups terrorism Timurid conquests tolerance trf Turkic-Mongol invasions UN records unbelief violent acts violent verses Vulture activists

I often advocate for a reformed, self-reflective Islam that confronts its history and extremism head-on, enabling true equality and harmony in a diverse world—without excusing…

News

From Sahara to Dream11: The Rise and Fall of Cricket Sponsors

By Khushboo Kumari August 23, 2025 #CricketSponsorship #Dream11Ban #FantasySportsIndia #IndianCricket #IndianSportsIndustry #JerseySponsorCurse #SportsAdvertising #TeamIndiaSponsor BCCI OnlineGamingBill2025

India’s new online gaming bill bans Dream11, the current jersey sponsor, from operating. Previous sponsors like Sahara, BYJU’S, and OPPO faced financial troubles. The “curse” is attributed to volatile industries seeking high visibility rather than a supernatural phenomenon. Stable sectors are expected to replace Dream11.

News

Is the Gaming Bill 2025 a Disaster Jobs, FDI, and Innovation?

By Khushboo Kumari August 22, 2025 #EsportsIndiaFuture #FDIinIndia #IndiaGamingBan #JobLosses #OnlineGamingRegulation DigitalEconomyIndia EsportsIndia FDIinGaming GamingIndustryImpact GamingJobsLost IndiaGamingBill2025 IndianStartupEcosystem OnlineGamingBan RealMoneyGaming TaxRevenueLoss

India’s online gaming ban, affecting real-money games, threatens 4,200-8,900 jobs and potentially 18,700-39,000 people. It risks $3B FDI, and ₹4,000-6,000 crore in annual taxes, jeopardizing a sector valued at ₹23,000-25,000 crore.

From Delhi’s corridors of power to blood-soaked soils of Pulwama

India

ISI’s Endgame: Destabilizing India Through Drugs and Disillusionment

By TNI Team August 8, 2025 1984 aggression AK 47 ammunition dump attacks Attari border border states chemical drugs Children citizens civil-hired vehicle conventional warfare corridors of power counter insurgency couriers Delhi destabilisation destruction disinformation Drones drug addiction Drugs dubai Education emotional triggers employment fake news fear generational firewall Gulf hawala networks headlines heroin hybrid war ideologies india Indian Army indian muslims indoctrination infiltration infiltrators injection marks innocence insurgency intravenous drug use ISI jail raids Jaish e Mohammed Journalism Journalists Karachi Project KASHMIR KHALISTAN LINE OF CONTROL loc Lt. Ummer Fayaz MacBook madrasas methamphetamine military infrastructure mob mobile phones money laundering Mundra Port Muscat Nagrota Under Siege narco terrorism narcotics NIA official reports oppression Pakistan pharmacological programming policymakers political conflict pride prison propaganda Pulwama punjab Punjab Police radicalisation rashtriya rifles reclaimed lives Recruitment security apparatus Shopian Sikhs smuggling rings social media warfare soldiers streets suicide bomber surgical strikes surveillance syringes terror Undaunted unrest Valley veins Violence vulnerability WhatsApp groups windshield Youth zombies

Pakistan uses narco-terrorism, drugs, and disinformation to destabilize India, especially targeting youth. This involves drug smuggling, radicalization, and social media manipulation. India combats this with security measures but also emphasizes reclaiming young lives through education and opportunity.

News

2019 deployment showed how Pandits could have been protected

By David Devadas August 5, 2025 #Article370 #IndianArmyInKashmir #Kashmir1990 #KashmirConflict #KashmirHistory #KashmiriPandits #KashmirLockdown #KashmirPolitics #KashmirUnderMilitarization #MilitancyInKashmir

In 2019, Kashmir was locked down with heavy deployment, contrasting the 1990 unrest where security collapsed. The author highlights the failures to rehabilitate Pandits and establish lasting peace, noting the ongoing militarization and societal polarization despite changes and promises.

India

The easy overthrow of the previous Neo-con targets lulled Israel

By David Devadas June 27, 2025 2003 Aden advice arms Baghdad Barack Obama Bashar Al-Assad Ceasefire counter-strike de-escalate Deep State destabilise Friday 13 June gangs Gaza George Bush Jr ground invasion Gulf region hamas hezbollah Houthi iran iraq ISRAEL Israeli ground forces Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Lebanon Libya military leadership mission accomplished negotiations Neo-con targets nuclear programme nuclear sites Nuclear weapons palestine President Saddam Hussain proxies radicalised warlord groups regime change shock and awe Somalia sudan Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamanei Syria Teheran Trump US US Neo-conservatives US troops US-led forces warlords Western shipping yemen Zionist agencies Zionists

Iran has proved a far tougher nut to crack than the other six countries that were said to be on a list of targets of…

India

The Price of Pretence: Pahalgam and Beyond

By TNI Team June 22, 2025 1972 2025 Accountability all-party consultation AMIT SHAH April 22 Armed forces Article 370 Asian Development Bank Bangladesh bilateral issue BJP ceasefire agreement Chenab Bridge Chief Ministers China civilians constitutional right demonization diaspora diplomatic clout diplomatic influence environmental sensitivities ethnic violence federal democracy foreign interference Foreign Policy Foreign Secretary Gagangir global standing gulmarg IMF Indian National Congress Indian public intelligence failure JAMMU AND KASHMIR justice KASHMIR law and order LG Administration lok sabha Maldives manipur MANMOHAN SINGH media reports MHA military-to-military dialogue mistrust narendra modi national interest National Security nda Nepal normalcy nuclear powers Omar Abdullah Operation Sindoor Pahalgam Attack Pakistan Parliament partisan governance pathankot perception pm modi posture PR campaign president trump Pulwama rahul gandhi retaliatory strike Russia S jaishankar Security Simla Accord socio-cultural sensitivities Sri Lanka taxpayer money terrorist network tourism Tourists trade threats tragedy transparency Union Ministry of Home Affairs United States uri UT of J&K Vikram Misri vilification world bank

Governments desperate to save face often declare “normalcy” before it exists. But no decree, no press release, and no tourism ad can overwrite reality. Kashmir…

Defence

Intel and wrong strategic framing hamstrung IAF on 7 May

By David Devadas June 4, 2025 6 May 7 May 8–9 night 9–10 May Accountability air defence air force air strikes air superiority Anil Ambani Anil Chauhan back-up plan BJP MLA catspaw CDS China Chinese involvement Chinese jets civilian restraint combat readiness corruption DEAD defence coordination defence failure Drone warfare export versions External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar flawed planning foreign media geopolitical conflict gilgit baltistan Global Media IAF Indian intelligence Indian pilots Information warfare integrated air defence integrated systems intelligence failure international response J-10 jets J-35 Jammu jointmanship Kashmir Conflict Kashmir Valley media narrative military escalation military planning military targets Mirage aircraft Mirage deal miscommunication misinformation misinformation warfare missile attack national defence National Security nuclear war official announcement operational freedom original Chinese jets PAF PAF involvement Pahalgam bloodbath Pakistan Pakistan Air Chief Pakistani pilots PL-15 missiles PLAAF political leadership press conference proxy involvement proxy war RAW retaliation retaliation strategy satellite surveillance satellite-based defence SEAD security czars sovereignty sovereignty violation Spectra suite stealth fighter strategic blunder strategic framing strategic parameters Subramaniam Swamy tactical mistake terror camps terrorist training hubs top brass Trump Turkey Turkish drones Turkish involvement Udhampur air base UK USA warfare strategy weapons systems Western chorus Western media Western powers

As bits of information, including videos, dribbled in on 7 May, one realised that some IAF planes seemed to have been hit. Amid the booms…

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Opinion

“By March 2026, Naxalism Will Be Wiped Out” — A Deadline, and a Story of Momentum

The Doval Doctrine and India’s Strategic Crisis

‘Professor’ Bhat was caged by circumstances of his own making

Pakistan’s Atrocities in Balochistan: The Forgotten Genocide That Demands UN Action

From Sahara to Dream11: The Rise and Fall of Cricket Sponsors

Is the Gaming Bill 2025 a Disaster Jobs, FDI, and Innovation?

2019 deployment showed how Pandits could have been protected

The easy overthrow of the previous Neo-con targets lulled Israel

The Price of Pretence: Pahalgam and Beyond

Intel and wrong strategic framing hamstrung IAF on 7 May

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