India Archive

Tragedy has struck the international maritime community following a devastating military strike in the Middle East. Out of the three Indian seafarers who had gone missing after a US missile attack on the commercial vessel Settebello off the coast of Oman on Wednesday (10th June), two have died, as confirmed by the general secretary of the Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI), Manoj Yadav. Meanwhile, the third seafarer remains missing.

In the labyrinthine alleys of Chamanganj, Kanpur, where the air is thick with the scent of industrial coal and tannery chemicals, a decaying structure known as the Iqbal Building on Nala Road hid one of the most sophisticated digital forgery networks in South Asia. To the local postman, the top floors of the building housed a quiet, unassuming graphic designer named Ziaul Hasan. On encrypted messaging networks and international proxy channels, however, he was known as "Sameer" or "Atif"—the mastermind of a transnational paper mill that systematically compromised the integrity of global higher education for thirteen years.

The core principles of judicial independence and the rule of law are facing a severe test as three prominent legal organizations in Mumbai have approached the Bombay High Court. The Bombay Bar Association, the Advocates Association of Western India, and the Bombay Incorporated Law Society have filed a public interest litigation (PIL).

India reached a monumental infrastructure milestone on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, with the final breakthrough of the Zojila Tunnel. This event represents one of the nation’s most ambitious and technically demanding engineering triumphs. The successful breakthrough officially concludes the highly complex excavation phase of the 13.153-kilometre-long tunnel, which has been carved directly beneath the heavily snow-covered peaks of the western Himalayas.

A political journey that stretches across approximately four decades has reached a landmark moment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first and longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister in the history of India. This accomplishment highlights his time leading the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the center, where he successfully completed two full consecutive terms and is currently leading the nation through his third term.

On the morning of Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the first monsoon downpour of the season swept across Hyderabad, slicking the tarmac of the high-tech corridor of Madhapur. But as the city’s IT professionals began their gridlocked commutes, a convoy of unmarked white SUVs slipped into the premium residential enclaves of Madhapur and Miyapur. Inside these vehicles were elite teams from the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), acting on a sealed search warrant targeting one of the state’s most powerful technocrats.

On the night of 5 June 2026, a dark stretch of the Delhi-Lucknow National Highway near Simbhaoli in the Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh became the setting for a brutal, targeted ambush. Deepanshu Sharma, a 26-year-old mathematics and science tutor who also worked at a retail establishment in Garhmukteshwar, was singled out, cornered, and critically injured. Known to his family, friends, and students as "Pasu," Deepanshu had completed his Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from Chaudhary Charan Singh (CCS) University, Meerut, in 2023.

On the morning of Saturday, 6 June 2026, the quiet, commercial avenues of Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar became the staging ground for an extraordinary scene of financial exposure. Unmarked vehicles carrying officers from the state’s elite anti-corruption agency, the Odisha Vigilance Directorate, pulled up outside the local branches of Axis Bank and Union Bank of India. Armed with search warrants from the Special Vigilance Court, investigators entered the vaults to open safe-deposit lockers registered under the name of a housewife who had no declared source of independent income.

The dust of Shamli's Dayanand Nagar rarely settles; it hangs in the air, a dry mist carrying the scent of burning sugarcane and the low hum of agricultural commerce. In this prosperous enclave of western Uttar Pradesh, generational land ownership, religious identities, and deep-seated social hierarchies dictate the terms of daily life. Beneath the quiet surface of this district, a domestic drama has erupted into a high-stakes legal struggle. This dispute has engaged the state’s newly overhauled penal code, mobilised regional vigilante groups, and activated the local intelligence apparatus.

The Allahabad High Court has officially denied bail to Tauqeer Raja Khan, who stands accused of being the key conspirator behind the severe outbreak of violence that shook Bareilly in September 2025. The legal proceedings involve serious allegations of public incitement, targeted attacks on police personnel, the extensive destruction of public property, and the raising of highly controversial religious slogans during an assembly that had been strictly prohibited by local authorities.