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.

India

Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Could Be Dangerous

By David Devadas August 5, 2025 Akhnoor alienation antagonism bhaderwah BJP leader centre Chenab basin chief ministership communal distrust conflict-generating processes constitutional amendments coordinating council cultural diversity dangerous demographic diversity district development boards Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Doda Dogra dynasty elections foreign forces fragmentation geographic diversity hill development council Hindus JAMMU AND KASHMIR kargil Kathua Kavinder Gupta Kishtwar Ladakh Leh Lieutenant Governor minority multi-layered administrative system Muslims neglect new assembly Omar Abdullah Pahalgam massacre Pakistan Panchayats peace peaceable institution polarisation poonch President's rule propaganda rajouri ramban Ramnagar Reasi restore statehood ruling party rumours sacrifices separatism stability Supreme Court town councils Union Territories Unity victimhood

Just a few days after the Pahalgam massacre in late April, I first heard in Srinagar that the ruling party was looking for arguments with…

News

“India is Buying Massive Amounts of Russian Oil”: Trump Threatens Steeper Tariffs on New Delhi

By Khushboo Kumari August 4, 2025 $500 billion target $66 billion $7 billion ASEAN markets bilateral trade China crude oil imports diplomatic rift donald trump economic impact energy security energy trade European markets india Indian exports Indian goods Indian refiners Indo-Pacific Strategy invasion of Ukraine military hardware moscow narendra modi New Delhi oil market open market Pakistan penalty profits reciprocal tariff policy Russia Russian energy Russian oil Russian war machine secondary sanctions Strategic autonomy tariffs trade deals Truth Social U.S.U.S.–India relations Ukraine war Ukrainian casualties United States washington

NEW DELHI: U.S. President Donald Trump has sharply escalated his criticism of India’s energy trade with Russia, accusing New Delhi of profiting from the war…

News

China Provided Real-Time Intelligence to Pakistan During Operation Sindoor

By Khushboo Kumari July 4, 2025 81% combat hardware AI-driven analytics air defence systems air defence upgrades Bayraktar drones Capability Development & Sustenance China Chinese combat-testing Chinese-made deployment inputs Deputy Chief of Army Staff DGMO-level talks direct attacks drone capabilities FICCI frontline pressure human intelligence India-Pakistan confrontation India’s defence Indian systems Indo-Pacific cooperation intel support Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh live lab May 7–10 minute-to-minute intelligence multi-layered defences New Age Military Technologies one border two adversaries Operation Sindoor operational feedback Pahalgam Terror Attack Pakistan personnel PoK population centres precision strikes satellite jamming Stockholm SIPRI target selection Technological Integration technology terror-related sites triangular threat Turkey

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant General Rahul R Singh, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development & Sustenance), has revealed that China provided live, minute-to-minute battlefield intelligence to Pakistan…

News

I named & shamed Pakistan, ISI in Sarfarosh film despite censor: Aamir Khan

By TNI Team June 30, 2025 1999 film Aamir Khan anonymous users audience trust censor board Censorship censorship debate cross border terrorism film censorship Indian cinema Indian parliament ISI John Matthew Matthan mainstream Indian film misinformation Mr. Advani national security narratives neighboring country New The Indian online negativity Pakistan Pani Foundation patriotism in film public life rohan dua Sarfarosh Satyamev Jayate sitare jamin par social media trolling trolls truth in cinema

NEW DELHI: In an exclusive interview with The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Aamir Khan reflected on how his 1999 film Sarfarosh boldly became…

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…

News

No Helicopter Rides for Amarnath Yatra This Year

By Emaad Makhdoomi June 18, 2025 accommodation air services suspended Amarnath Shrine Management Council amarnath yatra April 22 terror strike baltal helicopter rides india Infrastructure Jammu Jammu and Kashmir administration Kashmir Himalayas Lakhanpur medical support no-fly zone Pahalgam Pakistan palanquins palkis pilgrim routes ponies Qazigund restricted airspace security clampdown shrine board Sonamarg spiritual pilgrimage SRINAGAR surveillance balloons transportation Union Ministry of Home Affairs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

SRINAGAR: Helicopter transportation for pilgrims heading to the Amarnath shrine will not be permitted this year on either the Pahalgam or Baltal tracks, the Amarnath…

News

Modi-Trump call: No mediation, Op Sindoor discussed

By Emaad Makhdoomi June 18, 2025 airstrikes bilateral talks Ceasefire de-escalation diplomatic engagements external intervention India- US relations Indo-Pacific international diplomacy Israel Iran conflict J D Vance military standoff Modi-Trump call Mutual Understanding National Security no mediation Operation Sindoor Pakistan Pakistani air bases president trump Prime Minister Modi QUAD regional stability Russia-Ukraine war terrorism trade arrangements US Vice President Vikram Misri

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, during which he clarified that no deliberations had…

News

PM Modi Criticizes Double Standards on Terrorism at G7 Summit

By Atul Krishan June 18, 2025 bilateral matters cross-border terror double standards external mediation Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri G7 Summit General Asim Munir global approach India- US relations islamabad Military Action Modi-Trump call Operation Sindoor Pakistan pm modi political preferences sanctions terror camps terror supporters terrorism terrorism consequence Trade Deal US Mediation US president Donald Trump zero tolerance

New Delhi: At the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a sharp critique of the global approach toward terrorism, highlighting the inconsistency in dealing…

News

“Punjab Has Suffered a Governance Deficit, Is Being Left Behind”: Hardeep Puri

By Rohan Dua June 16, 2025 1947 Partition aap government administrative progress alienation canada centre civilisational values Cultural Diplomacy Dera Baba Nanak diaspora communities Five Ks G7 Summit governance deficit Gurdwara Sahib Guru Gobind Singh ji Hardeep Singh Puri Hindu Dharma hired elements india Infrastructure infrastructure development kartarpur corridor Kartarpur Sahib Khalsa kiraye ke tatto Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas national development national history Pakistan Prime Minister Narendra Modi pro-Khalistani protestors proud minority punjab Punjab potential rohan dua separatist sentiments Sikh community Sikh contribution Sikh ethos Sikh heritage Sikh identity Sikh issues Sikh pilgrimage Sikh sentiment state leadership Symbolism the new indian

New Delhi: Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas of India, said Punjab has “suffered a governance deficit” and is at risk of…

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NIA SEARCHES 15 BKI TERROR OUTFIT LINKED LOCATIONS IN PUNJAB & HARYANA IN AMRTISAR POLICE POST GRENADE ATTACK CASE

By Atul Krishan June 15, 2025 absconding Amritsar April 2025 babbar khalsa international Bagga Singh Bhola bki Cheeta criminal conspiracy digital devices documents drug smuggler explosives ferozepur foreign-based operative funds grenade attack Happy Passian haryana incriminating materials Indian soil January 2025 kapurthala law enforcement Magga Mandeep Singh Mandeep Singh Makka narco-terror cases National Investigation Agency NIA Pakistan pathankot Police Chowki Gumtala Police Station Cantonment punjab Ranjit Singh RC-09/2025/NIA/DLI RC-18/2019/NIA/DLI RC-23/2020/NIA/DLI Recruitment Rinku Rupnagar Sarwan Singh Sirsa Tarn Taran Terror Acts training USA Weapons

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday searched multiple locations linked with the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror organisation in the states of Punjab…

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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Pakistan

Dividing Jammu from Kashmir Could Be Dangerous

The Price of Pretence: Pahalgam and Beyond

No Helicopter Rides for Amarnath Yatra This Year

Modi-Trump call: No mediation, Op Sindoor discussed

PM Modi Criticizes Double Standards on Terrorism at G7 Summit

“Punjab Has Suffered a Governance Deficit, Is Being Left Behind”: Hardeep Puri

NIA SEARCHES 15 BKI TERROR OUTFIT LINKED LOCATIONS IN PUNJAB & HARYANA IN AMRTISAR POLICE POST GRENADE ATTACK CASE

Intel and wrong strategic framing hamstrung IAF on 7 May

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