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The Gujarat and Maharashtra coasts, the most prosperous and strategically located coastline along the country’s western seafront, have always been susceptible to anti-national activities. Smuggling of gold, arms and explosives through the coasts has been quite rampant through the decades. In 1993, explosives, which triggered off serial blasts in Mumbai, were smuggled in through Raigad on the Maharashtra coast. The Central government has been aware of the ...
India's North East presents a bewildering picture to the policy makers, outsiders as well as to the local population. On the one hand, the natural beauty and rich cultural mix offer a touristic paradise. On the other, innumerable insurgent movements raging in the region deter people from exploring and investing in this region. However, the tried narrative of exclusivist ethnic homelands propagated by the insurgents appears out of sync with reality in an era of ...