Tribal Youth Killed by Bastar Police, Mistaken for Naxalite, Family Claims He Was a Government Cook In a tragic incident in Chhattisgarh’s Indravati Tiger Reserve Park, Bastar police allegedly killed a tribal youth, Mahesh Kudiam, branding him a Naxalite. According to a press note issued by the police on June 10, seven Maoists, including prominent figures like Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were killed in an encounter. However, Mahesh Kudiam’s family refutes these claims, asserting that he was not a Maoist but a government-employed cook who provided meals for children at a local government school. Mahesh, a father of seven, was reportedly a salaried employee, with the government depositing his wages into his bank account every month. His family alleges that he was unjustly targeted and killed, raising serious questions about the Bastar police’s actions. While villagers have acknowledged that the other six individuals killed in the encounter were M...
Days before American warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22nd, satellite imagery captured a flurry of activity at the fortified Fordow site. Trucks and vehicles moved with purpose, suggesting Iran was clearing sensitive equipment. The strikes, authorised by President Donald Trump, hit Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, yet Iran reported minimal damage and no nuclear contamination. Secret talks in Oman between American and Iranian envoys had faltered just weeks earlier. Was this a choreographed act of geopolitical theatre, or a genuine clash narrowly averted from catastrophe? The notion of a staged conflict—a “global act”, as some call it—has gained traction among sceptics. Social media posts claim Iran used American warnings, relayed through Omani intermediaries, to evacuate key assets, rendering the strikes symbolic. Trump, known for boasting about dealmaking, has hinted at such arrangements in the past, famously claiming he could resolve global crises with a phone call....