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On Tuesday, 5th August, the Supreme Court of India delivered a firm dismissal of a plea filed by deceased terror-accusedSaquib Nachan, who had challenged two government notifications that officially declared ISIS and its related groups as terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. Nachan had submitted the petition in December 2024, but he passed away in June 2025 due to a brain hemorrhage. Despite his demise, the matter was still taken up for hearing by a Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Surya Kant and Joymala Bagchi.

On August 5, 2025, the Eastern Command of the Indian Army posted a powerful reminder of America’s historical duplicity by sharing a newspaper clipping from 1971. The clipping, originally published on August 5 that year, laid bare the role of the United States in arming Pakistan during one of South Asia’s most brutal conflicts—the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. The post, more than just a memory, served as a mirror to today’s global geopolitics and highlighted how “US arms worth $2 billion shipped to Pakistan since 1954” had far-reaching consequences for peace in the region.

In a bold and historic move, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party has passed a strong resolution following the barbaric terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22nd April, where 26 innocent Hindus were massacred by The Resistance Front (TRF), a known Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy based in Pakistan. The resolution not only condemned the brutality of the attack but also praised the bravery of Indian armed forces and reaffirmed the unshakable leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Odisha Vigilance department has unearthed a massive cache of assets from Golap Chandra Hansdah, Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) posted in Boudh, exposing yet another case of public servants living far beyond their official means. On Sunday, August 3, a series of coordinated searches were conducted across six locations linked to Hansdah, and what emerged has shocked even the most seasoned investigators.

A recent incident at Srinagar Airport has triggered a storm of criticism from Army veterans, who have called for a public boycott of SpiceJet after allegations surfaced that the airline’s staff misbehaved with a serving Indian Army officer. The call to action began circulating on social media following an altercation involving Lt Col Ritesh Kumar Singh, who was reportedly travelling on urgent family leave with minimal luggage.

On 4th August, the Supreme Court of India took strong exception to remarks made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in December 2022, where he alleged that “Chinese soldiers are thrashing Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh.” This controversial statement was made during the "Bharat Jodo Yatra" on 16th December 2022, shortly after tensions flared between Indian and Chinese troops along the Arunachal Pradesh border.

In yet another fiery outburst that’s bound to deepen political and religious fault lines, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) leader and four-time MLA Jitendra Awhad stirred controversy on Saturday, August 2, by launching a scathing attack on Sanatan Dharma. During a public interaction with the media, Awhad didn’t mince words in branding the Sanatan tradition as an outdated and harmful ideology that, according to him, has been detrimental to the very soul of the country.

The ongoing probe into the shocking allegations of mass burials in the temple town of Dharmasthala, Karnataka, seems to be revealing more confusion than clarity. As of now, the Special Investigation Team (SIT), assigned to investigate the claims, has not discovered any human remains of women at the sites mentioned by the sanitation worker who initially made the explosive allegations.

In a deeply shocking and violent episode at Srinagar Airport on July 26, 2025, a senior Army official has been accused of grievously assaulting four ground staff members of SpiceJet after he was asked to pay for carrying excess cabin luggage on flight SG 386 bound for Delhi.

The terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, has emerged as one of the deadliest hate-driven massacres India has seen since Pulwama. In a horrifying display of ideological violence, twenty-six civilians were executed, with all but one being Hindu. Terrorists reportedly forced their victims to recite the Kalma and checked for circumcision to identify non-Muslims, targeting them with calculated brutality.