India Archive

A United Nations-backed investigation has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe that United States armed forces committed war crimes during two separate bombardments directed at civilian sites in southern Iran. The precision aerial strikes, executed on the morning of 28 February, destroyed an elementary school in the city of Minab and ripped through a public athletic facility in Lamerd, ultimately taking the lives of at least 178 people.

The inside of the sedan smelled of copper, cordite, and rain-soaked fabric. In the passenger seat, thirty-one-year-old Yuvraj Singh Manchanda slumped motionless, bleeding from two gunshot wounds fired at point-blank range. Outside, the glare of Gurugram’s corporate towers vanished behind sheets of monsoon mist as the vehicle slipped into the night. At the wheel was Sanyam Sachdeva; beside him sat Anya Vats.

The high-frequency whine of hydraulic test rigs cuts through the climate-controlled silence of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s Bengaluru flight-hangar bay. Under stark fluorescent lighting, the matte-grey composite skin of a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A sits suspended on mechanical jacks, umbilical data conduits trailing from its undercarriage into rows of ruggedized diagnostic consoles.

Rain fell in relentless sheets across the alluvial flats of Purba Medinipur, turning the access roads of Lalat village into sodden channels of mud. Tucked deep inside the Patashpur police station limits, a modest single-story brick structure stood obscured behind dense groves of bamboo and betel nut palms. Inside, sitting in the amber pool of an oil lamp, was an aging man whose weathered face and hollowed posture concealed an extraordinary past.

The First Information Report (FIR) registered in connection with the mysterious death of celebrity talent manager Disha Salian formally outlines grave allegations of a well-orchestrated criminal conspiracy. According to the document, this extensive scheme was hatched to shield prominent figures, centrally naming Aaditya Thackeray—son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray—along with several other influential associates.

In a major coordinated counter-insurgency effort, two terrorists were killed in a joint operation carried out by the Indian Army, paramilitary forces, and the Jammu and Kashmir Police across the Majalta area of Udhampur district. The ground action was set into motion on Wednesday night, September 16, 2026, at approximately 9:00 PM.

The Islamo-leftist ecosystem frequently expresses sustained outrage over the fact that Umar Khalid, accused as a key conspirator behind the 2020 anti-Hindu Delhi Riots, has been kept in Tihar Jail for over five to six years. Members of this circle regularly mark the passage of days, draft sympathetic profiles, seek intervention from lawmakers in the United States, organize seminars, and raise continuous complaints across digital platforms.

The political atmosphere in Karnataka has turned turbulent following strong remarks by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president B.K. Hariprasad. Defending former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student activist Umar Khalid—who faces charges under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi violence—Hariprasad explicitly referred to him as a “nationalist”.

For decades, traditional Indian attire, heritage jewellery, and indigenous handcraft techniques have been borrowed by Western fashion houses without acknowledging the subcontinent as their creative birthplace. In the latest incident drawing sharp criticism, American luxury label Ralph Lauren presented a high-end evening gown featuring intricate Indian Zardozi work, completely omitting any reference to the craft’s Indian heritage.

In a significant breakthrough, law enforcement authorities have arrested Kalyan Bainsla in the Dausa district of Rajasthan. Bainsla is the motorist accused of pursuing and ramming his vehicle into a female motorcyclist on Gurugram’s Golf Course Road on Saturday, 13th September. The incident involved biker Shivani Chauhan, widely recognized across digital platforms as Sia, whose high-impact road crash triggered immense public outcry after onboard camera recordings of the collision surfaced and circulated rapidly online.