Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
In the longer term, the 22nd Amendment could signal the Dissanayake administration’s approach to institutional restraint. If enacted without wider consultation or a referendum despite sustained objections, it could deepen mistrust between
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On August 10, 2026, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of Meghalaya Police arrested two alleged drug traffickers and recovered 32.64 grams of heroin during two intelligence-based operations at Umiam in Ri-Bhoi District,
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On September 5, 2026, a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Jagdalpur, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, convicted 10 surviving cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including three women, for their
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On August 26, 2026, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police, in a joint operation with the Hailakandi Police, arrested Fazal Islam Barbhuiyan (21), an alleged operative of the Pakistan-based
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The communal violence that flared up in Kaptanganj, Sunsari District, on July 26, 2026, marks one of Nepal’s most serious episodes of communal unrest in recent years. What began as a seemingly
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On July 29, 2026, the last known active Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘Politburo’ member, Misir Besra aka Sunirmal aka Sagar Da aka Bhaskar Da (65), carrying a cumulative reward of over INR 22 million, was arrested along
More On July 20, 2026, Security Forces (SFs) unearthed a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) hideout and a large cache of ammunition and explosive materials during a joint search operation in the forested
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On March 27, 2026, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah Prime Minister following the Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) decisive victory in the March 5, 2026, parliamentary elections. On the same
More Jharkhand remained one of the principal theatres of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in India through the first half of 2026, despite the Government of India’s stated objective of substantially ending the Communist
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On March 30, 2026, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta declared that the state was free of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a day before the Centre’s
More On March 25, 2026, the Government of Madhya Pradesh extended the ban on Left Wing Extremist (LWE) organisations, including the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and its affiliated fronts, till November 2026,
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On March 28, 2026, the arrest of former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak marks a critical inflection point in Nepal’s contemporary political trajectory. Executed within hours
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On March 6, 2026, addressing a function marking the 57th Raising Day of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Mundali in Cuttack District, Odisha, Union Home Minister (UHM) Amit Shah asserted
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Maharashtra’s excellent performance in dealing with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) remained visible through 2025. In order to push the Maoists further back in the state, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, on
More The March 5, 2026, House of Representatives (HoR) elections in Nepal produced one of the most dramatic transformations in the country’s post-2006 democratic trajectory. Conducted for the 275-member federal parliament – 165
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