With the full commissioning of the 2,843-kilometre Dedicated Freight Corridor network (comprising the Eastern and Western arms), India has achieved a significant milestone in engineering: Becoming the first nation to operate double-stack container trains powered entirely by high-voltage electric locomotives.
The country at the center of this story, India, started shifting its crude import strategy sharply after March 2026. Before this, it mostly relied on oil from West Asia, especially from nations like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait. But when the Strait of Hormuz disruptions began, those traditional flows became risky and expensive.
In Punjab province's Farooqabad, the 125-year-old historic Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sahib was demolished by a local businessman, sparking protests from the minority Sikh community.
According to Advocate Israr Jattak, counsel for Mahrang Baloch and other BYC leaders, the convictions relate to allegations that Shabbir Baloch sustained fatal injuries after being struck by stones allegedly thrown by participants during the gathering.
The shift to softer targets, alongside symbolic ones (RSS office, BJP HQ, security forces) suggests a strategy of "persistent low-level pressure" to normalise disruption and force diversion of resources. Limited casualties reduce scrutiny while building operational confidence and propaganda value.
All three were linked with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-funded Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan (TTH). Officials said all three were in constant touch with their handlers through encrypted messaging platforms, including Botim and WhatsApp
The ongoing crisis in PoJK represents the climax of decades of structural deprivation. The relationship between Islamabad and Muzaffarabad remains fundamentally parasitic.
This question is particularly relevant for Ladakh, a strategically significant and environmentally fragile region facing multiple, often competing, priorities.
The Lawrence Bishnoi Gang is a transnational criminal organisation with its core operations in India and an expansive global network in Canada, the U.S., Portugal, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Philippines, Turkey, Austria, Italy, Dubai, and Pakistan.
The shift to softer targets, alongside symbolic ones (RSS office, BJP HQ, security forces) suggests a strategy of "persistent low-level pressure" to normalise disruption and force diversion of resources. Limited casualties reduce scrutiny while building operational confidence and propaganda value.
The investigation into the June 26 arrests subsequently led to the apprehension of two suspected over-ground workers (OGWs) of the outfit from Tinsukia
By hour four, the hunger strike faced its ultimate test: The afternoon rush. The CJP comrades bravely stood their ground, occupying the warm space right beneath the espresso machine adaptors to keep their iPhones charged for live-tweeting the revolution.