With friends and sympathisers among Indian political circles, intellectuals and media; it is a known fact NSCN-IM has been managing things as if they "own" the Naga insurgency

It has been done again.

All these happening at a time when NSCN-IM has expelled two rebels.

A news magazine has struggled hard and put up a Cover Story. The article essentially glorifies the NSCN-IM led by 92-year old ailing Thuingaleng Muivah as an enduring "South Asia's longest running insurgency - the Naga political struggle". 

What is cleverly not told is that the Tagkhul community of Manipur (of course of Naga areas) were late comers into Naga insurgenct or 'political struggle'. Only man to do so has been S C Jamir - 94 year old and that way two-year older than Muivah. Jamir has been telling over the years - a bitter truth - how one community outside present Nagaland state has hijacked Naga movement and the NSCN-IM along with the status quo club of Kohima is now (since 2015) playing all sorts of game to delay a final agreement. 

In January this year - he was more than frank. 

Answering a question on the issue of "delay"; Jamir told journalists n Dimapur -- "According to my reading, there is no problem from NNPG. But it is the NSCN-IM who is delaying..... Let us be frank".  

Jamir (also a former governor of Gujarat when Narendra Modi was the chief minister) said:  "You cannot keep it in cold storage because people are really suffering due to non implementation of this. UNFORTUNATELY there is always black sheep in the society....".

"There are some elements who do not like to have Peace in the land .... because for some people peace is not required for them". 

                                                      Veteran S C Jamir - a long time critic of Muivah 

"A status quo group has emerged and they are really giving lots of problem .....  but we as senior and concerned citizens have to speak out loudly, honestly .... we have to live in peace".  

Take this reference.  

NSCN (IM) leader and 'chief' Thuingaleng Muivah in Aug 2020 said: 

"The Nagas will co exist with India sharing sovereign powers as agreed in the Framework Agreement and defined in the competencies. But they will not merge with India.We are not asking for Naga national flag and constitution from the Government of India. 

Recognize them or not, we have our own flag and constitution".

In Delhi. some quarters were taken by surprise and the refrain was --- If things were so fundamental - why and how the talks lasted for last 23 years (between 1997 and 2020).

Of course, the Naga negotiations is 29-year-old and there is no sincere effort on the part of the Status quo club to change the ground reality. 

Apparently, India had made a climb down and said in the 1990s (first under PV Narasimha Rao and then under H D Deve Gowda) that talks will be held 'unconditionally'. Previously, the Government of India assertion used to be that talks can be held only under the 'parameters' of the Indian constitution.

By 2020, if some people were getting surprised by the fact that a large section of Indian media was giving 'adequate space and importance' to the NSCN(IM) and even making veiled attacks on R N Ravi, a new punching bag in the entire episode - analysts should not have been surprised.

Here, do we have another shocker in 2026, as many as three former Prime Ministers once backed Muivah in circa 2000 ?

The cover stories in a magazine are humble apologies only. 


"Three former Prime Ministers H D Deve Gowda, who first met Muivah along with Isak Chishi Swu (Late chairman of NSCN-IM) in February 1997 kicking off formal talks at Zurich,

 V P Singh and Chandrashekhar in a joint statement, requested the Thai government to release Muivah".

 (Courtesy - The Talking Guns: North East India penned by truly yours blogger Dev).

In 1997 when the Government of India had begun the peace parleys with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM), it was presumed at certain quarters that slowly, the group would be persuaded to agree to the TINA factor - There is No Alternative to Peace and Solution.

But now it seems, the NSCN (IM) has been working on 'plan-B' or even plan C. 

If the talks fail, they may have to opt for a different gear or switch button. From time to time, the Govt of India also buys the 'line' that if talks fail; the NSCN-IM can put the entire north east into flames yet again.   

The latest 'cover story' amplifying Myanmar angle is only an indication of the same campaign analogy. 

We are surprised, the same BJP central leadership which worked so relentlessly against Naxals and in Jammu and Kashmir keep trusting some discredited politicians in Nagaland.  

The role of  BJP-NPF dispensation comes into play and not without good reasons.   

It lately won a simple battle when the rally for an early Solution organised by Fed Up Nagas faced flip-flop. The Rio Govt must have complimented itself yet again.

It is a fact of life that Muivah and the NSCN-IM have been adopting a mixed approach for the dialogues, tough at times threatening to call off the talks and at times going very soft willing to cooperate with New Delhi.

On its part, government of India has been committing mistakes in parleys either deliberately or by trusting wrong elements. 

Now, when we talk of these 'mistakes' -- one really cannot blame Team Modi - essentially comprising Amit Shah, Ajit Doval and likes of RN Ravi or A K Mishra for all the scenes that we have on the table since 2015.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee had appointed Sushma Swaraj's husband Swaraj Kaushal as the first negotiator. He could not make much progress. Next came - K Padmanabhaiya, a former Home Secretary. 

He allegedly found post-retirement rehabilitation. Padmanabhaiya even reportedly declined to visit Nagaland. 

His favourite meeting place(s) with NSCN-IM eaders used to be Bangkok or even Europe - of course at government's expense.

His biggest contribution was that in 1999, the two rebel leaders Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu visited Nagaland. During that period (in 2001) Muivah had staged a sort of “Negotiated Coup”, when at Bangkok talks he could pursue the Vajpayee government to accept his long time desired goal to widen the scope of ceasefire to “all Naga inhabited areas”. 

Prior to that he applied arm-twisting, true to his style and mannerism, charging the government’s negotiator Padmanabhaiah with being in a “bureaucratic cocoon”.  But on a different plane, it was a 'cooperative Muivah', who had stayed on in the dialogue process after the government of India unilaterally withdrew from the Bangkok agreement to extend ceasefire to other Naga inhabited areas. This decision came after Manipur burnt for a few days.

The Government’s decision followed the week-long rampage in Manipur, where ethnic Meiteis feared that the ceasefire would be interpreted in future by Muivah and the Government of India to 'disintegrate the state of Manipur' to accommodate Tangkhuls “within” Nagaland.  

                                              Muivah in Bangkok prison : File snap 

It was ironic to see photographs appearing in the media about Muivah being in fetters in Bangkok. This was 2000.

He had been arrested on January 19, 2000 on the charge of carrying a false South Korean passport after he stepped off Thai Airways flight TG 508 on arrival at Bangkok from Karachi. 

The new cover stories will never have these stories even referred to. 

Muivah was released on bail but was again held on January 30 at the Hay Yai airport on possessing another false passport. His arrest, the underground camp alleged, was after the Indian intelligence Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) became “hyper sensitive”. 

The detention and the legal case pursued at Ratchadaphisek court had put a question mark on the fate of the peace talks with the Vajpayee government.

Muivah’s parleys with Pakistan and reported meeting with ISI’s Lt Gen Usmani had stunned New Delhi 

..... especially after he had been participating in the peace talks.  

In my book, I had also noted: 

"How much Muivah is romanticised could be felt only when during his passport defiance trial in Bangkok, a host of civil liberty activists and journalists from Delhi Nandita Haksar, Justice (Retd) Rajinder Sachchar and Bharat Bhushan, then Executive Editor with ‘The Hindustan Times’ had paid him a visit at the trial room". 

Bhushan even had serialised his news dispatches eulogising the rebel leader. 

The same Muivah allowed to visit his native village in Manipur in October 2025 - though seemingly sick - did not waste time to attack Govt of India. 

Blogger in Cooch Behar palace museum 

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Innovation is a way of Life !! Gujarat Govt's Unique Initiative: 'Health Passport' for every Child Up to 18 Years for a Healthy and Secure Future

Gujarat Government's Unique Initiative: 'Health Passport' for Every Child Up to 18 Years For a Healthy and Secure Future

* ' Health Passports' to be prepared for 1.89 crore children (0 to 18 years) following annual check-ups by 992 mobile health teams

* Health Passports to cover each child's complete medical history from birth to 18 years, 4D tracking, and nutritional status

Home Minister Shah and CM Bhupendra Patel  

* Primary Health Centres Medical Officer(s) to renew Health Passports for children up to 5 years of age who are not attending school, while the school principal will renew Health Passports for school-going children

Gandhinagar, 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often said that the foundation of a 'Healthy India' lies in ensuring a healthy childhood. 

Guided by this vision and advancing the goal of a Viksit Bharat, the Gujarat government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has introduced the Health Passport, a first-of-its-kind initiative to make healthcare services for children and adolescents smarter, more sustainable, and family- and child-friendly.

Under School Health - Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (SHRBSK) , every child in Gujarat from birth to age 18 will receive a 'Health Passport'. 

More than just a health card, it will be a complete and authentic record of a child's health journey from birth through adolescence. 

The statewide initiative was launched on 27th June, 2026, by Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Amit Shah, in the presence of the Chief Minister, Bhupendra Patel.

1.89 Crore Children to Receive 'Health Passports'; 992 Mobile Health Teams to Support the Initiative

(While parents retain the physical Health Passport booklet, all information is seamlessly synchronized with the official SH-RBSK digital portal. 

The rollout targets around 1.89 crore children across the state, with check-ups conducted by 992 mobile health teams.

The document contains lifestyle advice, emergency helpline numbers, and vaccination alerts to ensure children receive timely care.) 

Under SH-RBSK , around 1.89 crore children in Gujarat undergo annual health check-ups conducted by 992 mobile health teams. 

While the records of these check-ups are currently maintained on a digital portal, parents and children do not have a handy document that can be readily used during routine consultations, medical treatment, or follow-up visits. 

The 'Health Passport' has been introduced to bridge this gap by providing every child with a systematic, comprehensive, and easily accessible record of their health history.

Simple and Hassle-Free Process for Health Passport; Issued at the Screening Site Without Additional Documents

The process to get a 'Health Passport' is simple and convenient. Parents do not need to provide any additional documents to get a Health Passport for their children. 

Health screenings will be conducted by SH-RBSK mobile health teams at Anganwadis, schools, madrasas, gurukuls, and special schools. 

Post-screening, once the child's details are entered into the digital platform, the Health Passport will be issued at the screening site itself. 

The renewal process is even easier. Health Passports of children up to five years of age and those not attending school will be renewed annually by the Medical Officer (MO) of the Primary Health Centre (PHC), while Health Passports of school-going children will be renewed by the school principal.

The Health Passport will be the master document containing each child's complete medical history. 

It will include the child's basic details along with a comprehensive record of age-specific health check-ups from birth to 18 years of age. 

The passport will also track the four key health categories (4Ds) under SH-RBSK: Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Childhood Diseases, Developmental Delays and Disabilities. 

Plus, it will record details of the child's physical and mental growth and development, nutritional status, referral services, nutrition and health guidance, lifestyle advice, and emergency helpline numbers. 

In essence, the Health Passport will bring together every important aspect of a child's health, providing families with a single, comprehensive record for easy reference throughout childhood.

The biggest strength of this initiative is its digital integration. While the physical Health Passport will remain with parents, all information will be synchronised with the SH-RBSK digital portal, ensuring seamless record management. 

If the physical Health Passport is lost or damaged, a new copy can be obtained from the mobile health team. 

The Gujarat government's Health Passport initiative goes beyond simply maintaining medical records. It seeks to make parents active partners in managing their children's health, strengthening the connection between children, families, and the healthcare system.

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In the Dock - Water Misery hits it hard :::: India and Pakistan and the Indo-Pak relations are again in news : Modi Govt is not talking to 'western neighbour' ::: Every time India agrees for Dialogue; Pakistan "benefits" but it responses with Terror

There are many facets in the India-Pakistan ties as of now. Islamabad is more than disturbed by New Delhi's decision on Indus Water Treaty. 

The dry spell imposed on Pakistanis since May 2025 has left both Rawalpindi and Islamabad high and dry. Worse; authorities in Pakistan are under immense pressure and are frustrated. In retrospect, we can say keeping in abeyance the IWT was the wisest move by the BJP-led regime and it has put Pakistan "in the dock".  

Every time India agrees for Dialogue; Pakistan "benefits" but it responses with Terror' 

Temple brought down in Pakistan post-Dec 6, 1992 

Objectively speaking - Pakistan has long back lost any moral high ground. Yet, it is making noise. More funny is Pakistan's new-found love for 'Indus' and Harappa cultures. For decades; it sought its identity and inspiration -  two 'Is' from the Arab world and used to mock at its Hindu roots. 

The destruction of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, had triggered widespread, retaliatory violence across Pakistan. 

Protesting mobs largely targeted the country's Hindu minority, resulting in the ransacking, burning, or destruction of an estimated 30 to over 100 Hindu and Jain temples, businesses, and homes across several provinces.

It was the Narasimha Rao era in Delhi. Foreign Secretary was J N Dixit. Within few days of Babri structure demolition, Dixit had landed in Dhaka for a SAARC foreign ministers' meeting. He caught up on the occasion with his Pakistani counterpart. India's reaction on the violence in Pakistan targeting Hindus and Jains was quite sharp. 

Pakistan was told that India has reports and believed firmly that official municipal buldzers were pressed into service to destroy Hindu and Jain temples. Essentially India could corner Pakistan even in such a challenging time.  

By its politics of violence against Hindus and other minorities; Pakistan had actually shot itself in the foot.  

The bitter truth is by anti-Hindu mayhem in 1992, Pakistan "blunted" the edge it enjoyed initially for a campaign against India for the Babri demolition in the international community. 

Another bitter and perhaps 'bigger' truth is that Pakistan has more often 'shot' itself on the foot. 

In 2025, it orchestrated Pahalgam. The military commanders and the authorities in Islamabad faced numerous problems including economic crises, Imran Khan's protest and the fallout of other developments in international geo-politics. 

But it never presumed an 'Operation Sindoor' kind of response from New Delhi.  They knew Narendra Modi will not remain a silent spectator but an aggression like the 88-hour full blown military conflict and aerial strikes at terror hideouts were never in their  calculation. 

It is again walking a path that is self-destructive. They have sat on Trump's lap without realising that the US president has a very notorious level of credibility. He is just not truth worthy. But Pakistan is helpless and has been burning its own fingers. 

In Iran-US war too, Pakistan is hardly a negotiator. It is just taking orders from 

Washington and is being humbled step by step and often in a much higher speed. 

Whatever the bravado and whatever is given out by China and the US; the fact is - Pakistan's image has taken a nasty knock.  

Signed in 1960, India suspended the Indus Water Treaty in April 2025 post-Pahalgam. 

The move triggered a strong reaction from Pakistan, where the Indus River system remains crucial for agriculture, with waters from the basin supporting around 80 per cent of the country’s farmland.  

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has intensified rhetoric over the Indus Waters Treaty with India by invoking Islamabad’s nuclear doctrine and warning that any attempt to undermine Pakistan’s water rights could trigger a “national response.” 

But here too, it is not prepared well and it also does not have the real guts. 

“If the closing of Pakistan's waters is a nuclear armageddon scenario, then Pakistan must not merely deal with this as an environmental issue, but as an existential assault on Pakistan that requires a collaborative military response,” he said.  

The Pahalgam attack backfired on Pakistan by "damaging" its diplomatic standing and alienating its strategic Arab allies.

On the other hand, several Arab countries have bolstered defense and economic ties with India. 

The incident sparked Operation Sindoor and that disrupted militant infrastructure in Pakistan and weakened Islamabad's geopolitical leverage.  

A history of 'flawed policy' has left is further weaker and maybe even confused and directionless. 

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".. business survives, but ambition shifts from building better companies to maintaining family status" ---- Chetan Bhagat's diagnosis and analysis on Pune’s Siya Goyal–Ketan Agarwal–Chetan Chowdhry case

 (This is based on a piece written by Chetan Bhagat in

 website www.chetanbhagat.com.)  :::::  

"It isn’t just about Siya or this case. The problem is that this is representative of Indian parents even today, particularly in business families. Those ₹10-crore to ₹500-crore SME-type families who behave like little kings running their empires. This is a massive amount of money in India. 

These families feel rich and big, unaware of the fact that they are small fries in a global pool of entrepreneurs, where we now even have a trillionaire.

These crorepatis hire an army of servants in cheap-labour land that is India. 

They run their businesses exactly as their parents or grandparents did decades ago, with zero innovation, vision, R&D or ideas about changing the future. Usually, these are boring businesses like sanitary tiles, steel commodity parts, and chemical plants. 

"Many are content with preserving what previous generations built rather than reinventing it. The business survives, but ambition often shifts from building better companies to maintaining family status."

With massive comfort at home and little innovation or drive at the office, these businessmen have little to occupy their minds productively. Instead, they channel their ambitions into social status rather than innovation. 

They spend their time obsessing over vanity, displaying wealth, perceived respect in society, and seeking validation from other SME types.

"What better way to get that validation than by controlling your children and their pointless, lavish weddings?" 

Chetan Bhagat further writes:

"You get to display your wealth, with a wedding budget that would put Elon Musk’s next venture to shame. You also get to show-off a compliant child—someone who married the person of your choice.

For at least a few moments, the hollow, regressive, and shallow business family gets validation from the world as they burn fireworks and crores at destination weddings, packing off their nubile daughters.

"Social media is replete with statements from other girls expressing empathy for Siya—yes, an alleged murderer— about the pressure she might have felt in simply calling off the wedding. 

“We get it,” many progressive Gen-Z girls say when they hear that Siya could not tell her parents that she loved another man.

Kids grow up. They turn into adults. Adults fall in love and date. 

Adults like to live their own lives. Free will, liberty, or agency over one’s own life is a fundamental human need. Revolutions have been fought over it, and people have died for it. 

When will our Indian parents understand this? When will our business families realize that their children are not trophy cattle to be paraded for display?

If someone did kill Ketan, they deserve punishment. It is as simple as that.

Whether this particular case ultimately proves to be about family pressure is for the courts to determine. What it has undeniably done, however, is reignite a conversation that millions of young Indians immediately recognized: 

.... how much control should parents continue to exercise over their adult children’s lives?

Apparently, according to police statements reported in the media, Siya did not simply call off the wedding (instead of allegedly killing Ketan) because she hesitated, believing that cancelling it would bring her parents too much “shame.” 

So hesitant that she would rather kill the guy? Well, talk about the shame they are facing now.

And this is the reality of many Indian families !!

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Efforts on to bring Sheikh Hasina back to face trial, says Bangladesh even as a few days back, former PM also said she could land in her country in 2026

Earlier this year -- the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters :

"There is a request... the request (of extradition of Sheikh Hasina) is being examined as part of ongoing judicial and internal legal processes". 

As a matter of fact, Bangladesh, on April 8, 2026, had reiterated its request to extradite Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to Bangladesh, who have been awarded the death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal.

When PM Modi visited Dhaka: Hasina by his side - 2021 

Meanwhile in a crucial development, Bangladesh Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shama Obaed Islam, has said the people of Bangladesh want former prime minister Sheikh Hasina extradited, and efforts are underway to bring her back to the country to face the trial.

"Of course, we should bring her back to Bangladesh and complete the trial. That is what the people of Bangladesh want. Work is underway for that purpose," she told reporters when asked about Hasina's recent controversial remarks.  

A few days back, the former PM said she could land in her country in 2026 itself.   

"I was elected Prime Minister five times by the people's vote and worked for the country's unprecedented development. Almost my entire life has been tied to the people of Bangladesh, to the Awami League, to the democratic struggle, and to the development of Bangladesh. 

So, I want to say clearly: overcoming every obstacle and every conspiracy, I will return to my country this year," she told NDTV.  

The Bangladesh minister, however, said there is nothing new to disclose at this moment.

Responding to another question, Shama Obaed said Bangladesh maintains relations with all nations, and each relationship is unique.  

"We will have relations with China. We will have relations with all countries. And I don't think that if relations with one country are good, relations with another country will be bad," she said.

The Bangladesh minister said the government's goal is to safeguard Bangladesh's national interests by maintaining good relations with all countries. "This is our goal," she remarked. 

Reiterating its desire to engage constructively, India has also earlier said that New Delhi is examining the request for former Hasina’s extradition as part of ongoing judicial and internal legal processes.  

                                       Bangladesh junior foreign minister Shama Obaed Islam 

"We will continue to seek her extradition through a transparent judicial process. It (the extradition request) has been discussed. It will be dealt with through a transparent judicial process," Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has also stated. 

In an unrelated development but marking a significance, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer and Rangpur-2 MP, ATM Azharul Islam, today questioned whether the BNP regime was trying to rehabilitate Awami League.  

"You have called for banning Jamaat. Let me ask just one thing. Suppose we are banned. Who will fill that vacuum?” the senior Jamaat leader asked in what is seen as a clear reference to the Tarique Rahman-led BNP.  

Awami League marked its 77th Founding Day last Tuesday (June 23) in defiance of a nationwide ban. Dozens of its activists were arrested amid tight security, reports said adding, however in many places the AL workers celebrated the occasion and also staged demonstration.  

The Jamaat MP has further asked, “Will you (BNP) run the country alone? 

Do you want to establish a one-party rule? Who will fill that space? Are you trying to rehabilitate the Awami League? I believe you are trying to rehabilitate the Awami League.”

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Essence of Good Governance is linked to politics and powerplay :::::: Parliament panel’s "move" on Bill to sack CMs, ministers jailed for 30 days .... is new revolutionary law ... that's coming

 

The essence of Good Governance is linked to politics and powerplay. 

By that logic all governance projects and schemes should actually ensure that the fruits of development reach ‘Daridra-narayan’ - the faceless common and poor Indian – as believed by RSS ideologues. 

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the controversial 130th Constitution Amendment Bill that seeks to remove ministers detained for serious offences for 30 consecutive days is expected to adopt its report on July 17. 

A House panel adopting a report is a routine procedure before the Bill is tabled in Parliament. The report is likely to retain the contentious clause that proposes 

.... the automatic removal of the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, or other ministers from office if they are arrested and detained in custody for 30 consecutive days for serious offences. 

But there could be notes of caution to ensure that the law is not misused for political vendetta, sources said.

The Bill will be taken up in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, likely to begin on July 20, for consideration and passage, sources said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Bill in August last year, and a 31-member parliamentary panel chaired by BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi was formed to examine it.

The RSS-BJP model of Good Governance is also assertion of Hindutva powerplay and hence an organic chemistry between various governmental wings and the RSS-backed organisations and the Sanghpaivar fountainhead is minimum expectation.

However, the panel’s members – be it from the ruling coalition, the opposition and neutral parties – are convinced that the draft Bill should add provisions to avoid misuse of the law, sources said. 

This suggestion will be part of the recommendations, they added. The committee is also expected to recommend curbs or a threshold regarding the nature of the crime for provisions of the proposed law to apply.

Opposition MPs on the parliamentary panel are likely to give a dissent note on the report.

While the BJP and its allies in the NDA dominate the panel, it also has AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule as members. 

YSRCP’s S Niranjan Reddy, a Rajya Sabha MP, is also part of the 31-member committee.

The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, provides for the removal of a minister if he/she is accused of an offence punishable with five or more years of imprisonment, and has been arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days. 

The removal, according to the proposed Bill, can be directed by the President or Governor upon the advice of the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister, respectively, or automatically on the 31st day of detention.

How Politics affected Babudom !! 

It is considered so common among communists. An IAS officer in the erstwhile West Bengal (under Basu days) would always feel proud to have ties with JNU in Delhi or the Jadavpur University connections in Kolkata. 

The same ‘nexus’ flourished during their days in office. 

During Jyoti Basu regime, often senior most IAS officers missed the coveted Chief Secretary’s post over very ordinary or inane issues. In the late 1960s, it is said, so much was the animosity that prominent CPI-M Minister Hare Krishna Konar (during United Front coalition regime with Bangla Congress), had described Bengal’s bureaucrats as “gutter vermin”.

In 2016, Mamata Banerjee said - "Your career begins in the state and will end here". 

Hence under Modi and RSS hegemony; it may not be entirely erroneous to say – the careers of IAS and IPS lobbies will end with ‘Nagpur’ liking or disliking.  

The parliamentary panel's report is likely to retain the most contentious clause proposing the automatic removal of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers or other ministers from office if they are arrested and detained for 30 consecutive days for serious offences.

Members of the panel belonging to the ruling coalition, it is learnt, rejected the opposition’s argument that the provisions in the proposed law are undemocratic, anti-federal and contradict the bedrock principle of natural justice by punishing public representatives purely based on custody rather than conviction.

The treasury benches, it is learnt, argue that 30 days are enough to seek bail at least thrice and, therefore, the legislation does not violate the principle of natural justice.

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Union Home Ministry report :::: Insurgency-related violence in Nagaland has declined by nearly 86 per cent

Insurgency-related violence in Nagaland has declined by nearly 86 per cent over the past two decades, with annual incidents dropping from 186 in 2004 to 26 in 2025, according to official data from the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The data showed a substantial reduction in incidents, extremist casualties, civilian deaths, and kidnappings in the state.

According to the data, Nagaland recorded a total of 2,375 insurgency-related incidents between 2004 and 2025. The highest number of incidents during this period was recorded in 2008, with 321 cases, after which the state witnessed a steady downward trend.

It noted that a total of 681 extremists were killed between 2004 and 2025. 

The highest number of extremist casualties was recorded in 2008, when 140 militants were neutralised by security forces. In contrast, no extremist was killed in 2025, indicating a decline in armed encounters.

The data also shows that 4,357 extremists were arrested during the period under review. Arrests peaked at 316 in 2008, while 161 extremists were arrested in 2025, reflecting continued security operations despite the overall decline in insurgency-related violence.

Civilian casualties have also fallen significantly over the years. A total of 273 civilians lost their lives in insurgency-related incidents between 2004 and 2025. Civilian deaths reached their highest level in 2008, with 70 fatalities, but declined to zero in 2025.

Security force casualties remained comparatively low throughout the period. 

A total of 22 security personnel were killed between 2004 and 2025. The highest number of security force fatalities was recorded in 2015, when nine personnel lost their lives. No security personnel were killed in 2025.

The number of extremist surrenders has increased notably in recent years. 

While 267 extremists surrendered between 2004 and 2025, the annual figure rose from 31 in 2024 to 80 in 2025, the highest recorded during the period.

A similar trend was observed in the surrender of arms. A total of 118 weapons were surrendered between 2004 and 2025. The number of arms surrendered increased from 22 in 2024 to 68 in 2025.

Although arms recoveries have declined from their peak of 232 weapons recovered in 2013, security agencies continued to seize illegal arms. Between 2004 and 2025, a total of 2064 weapons were recovered, including 59 arms in 2025.

Kidnapping incidents also registered a substantial decline. A total of 1,328 persons were kidnapped during the 22-year period. The highest number of kidnappings was recorded in 2006, with 114 persons abducted, while the figure dropped to 21 in 2025, the lowest during the period under review.

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