Kalistani Major History

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October 4916

Malivia declares dharma-yuddha on pirates/drugs/Kalistan

Prime Minister Ravi Ranganekary has dismissed as "fanciful" Kalistan's demands for prosecutions, compensation and apologies following the execution of Kalistani pirates by Malivia. "The Greater Malivian Empire will continue to hang every pirate she catches," he said, adding "the only good pirate is a dead pirate".

Defence Minister Daksha Roychaudhuri later described Malivia's conflict with Kalistan as "a dharma-yuddha", or Gerajan (OOC: Hindu) righteous or holy war, and "a war on drugs, terrorism and piracy". He added that Malivia would "blow every Kalistani pirate ship out of the sea and hang every Kalistani pirate by the noose".

Two Kalistani pirates lose lives in controversial police incident

Two alleged Kalistani pirates caught at sea were shot by police after allegedly attempting to escape arrest whilst being detained at a port on the coast of southern Idhaghra. Social media has been inundated with posts from Raktavani National Party supporters, praising the police for their actions. Ajatasatru Marwah tweeted an image of the Idhaghra Police Force's emblem, along with the words "Proud of our men and women in uniform, keeping us safe".

The Malivian Civil Liberties Association is demanding a judicial investigation in to the circumstances in which the two Kalistani men were killed.

Pirate executions unlawful, rules Supreme Court


Malivian Supreme Court

By a verdict of 6 to 3, the Supreme Court has ruled that Justice Minister Waazir Devdhar "did not follow correct procedure" by instituting a rushed trial of seven Kalistani pirates which ended with them being executed by hanging, without their families members being granted an opportunity to be present at the execution. However, it declined to grant any compensation to the families of the executed individuals, on the grounds they are not Malivian citizens.

The Malivian Civil Liberties Association has slammed the Supreme Court for not heeding its earlier call to suspend the executions whilst the seven prisoners were still alive.

Embarrassment as "ancient Malivia explorers" call for help in Kalistani forest

Three explorers, all Kalistan citizens, have contacted the Kalistani authorities asking to be rescued after getting lost in a deep forest. According to reports, they had previously been working for the Claims Committee of Malivia's ruling Raktavani National Party, tasked with uncovering evidence that Kalistan may once have belonged to the ancient Greater Malivian Empire. The reports say they were searching for the remains of an ancient Malivan palace and an ancient Gerajan (OOC: Hindu) temple in the forest, and were so excited about their work they continued to engage in it long after the Claims Committee was disbanded and stopped funding them. Apparently they failed to find any evidence of the temple or the palace, although they violated forest rules by carrying out a series of small excavation digs without official permission.

Radio Malivia bans Kalistani music

Following pressure from the government, Radio Malivia, Malivia's national state-owned radio station, has announced it will no longer allow Kalistani music to be played on air. However, after much haggling with the Ministry of Education & Culture, Radio Malivia's bosses did negotiate a small concession allowing them to play 20 second highlights of Kalistan's FOMAT entries on FOMAT nights.

Traffic police complain about being replaced by cardboard cut-outs



The Malivian Traffic Police Union is complaining about a new scheme in Kajpur City to replace traffic cops with deceptive cardboard cut-out replicas "This is not a long-term solution," they said.

Police authorities across the country are struggling to trim their budgets, as the economic situation has been challenging and funding is being reduced.

Modalin tourists warned against scamsters



Police in Modalin have put out a warning to foreign wealthy tourists about a gang of Malivian criminals who try to give them free food and drink that is drugged, and then go on to rob them. However, the Tourism Ministry, wary of the effect this might have on potential visitors, has issued another statement, claiming "Modalin is the safest city in the world" and that "so long as you follow basic safety precautions and common sense in Modalin, there is no need to worry".