Arshad Ahmed

‘Foreigners for both nations’: India pushing Muslims ‘back’ to Bangladesh The BJP govts. in India selectively pushed Bengali-speaking Muslims to Bangladesh at gunpoint, despite claims that they are Indians. I report for @AJEnglish aje.io/h1jcv1 via @AJEnglish

Tune out from the high-decible soundbyte surrounding alleged foreign mercenaries training "anti-India" force in Myanmar. Read this piece by @angshuman_ch and @akhmxt to get some clarity and to save yourself from unfounded right-wing fantasies.

@ms_medusssa @pradyutbordoloi liberal cannibalism.

What have you done @pradyutbordoloi da!!

Key part is this: there is no evidence to suggest, at least from open source reports, that they were conducting any hostile activities against India or supporting groups that are hostile to India. Their combat support centred around the internal revolutionary war in Myanmar. Because the Indian gov has a warm relationship with the Myanmar junta, the key complication for Delhi is allowing foreigner volunteers to use Indian territory to cross over into resistance-held territory in western Myanmar and support anti-junta groups.

In May 2025, the Mizoram CM himself said that foreign volunteers, including Ukraine war vets, were crossing the border into Chin State to train ethnic armed groups fighting against the Myanmar military regime. thehindu.com/news/national/…

The real laser eye foreign minister

ToI runs it as Front Page bold headline while Tehran has never officially said this. But propaganda continues.

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee. apnews.com/article/israel…

On #AI video row, CM Sarma says no criticism from the High Court. This is misleading. The Gauhati High court while hearing batches of PILs against a series hate speeches by the chief minister said his remaraks had "fissiparous tendecy". The court also issued notice to the CM.

Assam police.

Starting now, we’re dropping our paywall. For 48 hours only, we’ve removed the paywall on all of our coverage of the Iran war. Take a look for yourself to see what FP is all about: foreignpolicy.com/projects/iran-…

For the next 48 hours, @ForeignPolicy will drop its paywall on all Iran coverage! Here are some of the biggest news stories you should read to understand the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. 1/8

Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people — was the result of a targeting mistake. nyti.ms/47G2uw2

Some weeks ago, I stood outside the medical collage in Barpeta; my eyes glued to its name. "Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College," I read from the inscription on its gate. A friend said: "they cannot change the its name." I chuckled. "They are going to change it." Expected.

Symbols of an aggressive Hindu nationalism are increasingly spilling into Nepal, with the help of groups linked to India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, reports @BenedictDunant. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/04/nep…

"War alters political psychology in ways that are rarely linear. Those who loathe the clerical establishment may still recoil at the spectacle of foreign jets in Iranian skies and the explicit declaration that their state is to be dismantled."

Local media report that a loud noise was heard, followed by plumes of fire likely from a fighter jet crash above a hill in West Karbi Anglong.

We are witnessing war crimes being committed by the US government in real time and yet the American public seems fundamentally unwilling to act to stop this catastrophe. What America does abroad is a reflection of the apathy at the heart of American society.

Under the Geneva Conventions, you are required to rescue the crew of a ship that you sink during war. To leave them to drown is both illegal and depraved beyond belief. The US military fights with zero morals. It is today's Nazi army.

As a member of the Mumbai Press Club, I find this extremely pathetic and cowardly. "The Mumbai Press Club has claimed that allowing human rights defenders and academics incarcerated in the Elgar Parishad case into the premises will bring “disrepute” to the club." The Press Club, once known for its liberal credentials, issued a show-cause notice to one of its members, Gurbir Singh, for allegedly “making arrangements for a visit” by a few of the Elgar Parishad defendants to the club premises in January. m.thewire.in/article/rights…

Sanghis have come out in droves to defend America’s attack on the Iranian frigate with bullet points. Same America that only recently humiliated India with tariffs. This is the same lot that goes around lecturing everyone on self-respect & national pride.