Surgical strikes proved India’s dominance over Pak, but attacks won’t stop Daily O 29 Sep 17

Surgical strikes proved India’s dominance over Pak, but attacks won’t stop Daily O 29 Sep 17

Today, India recollects the surgical strikes launched on 29th Sep last year, across the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan. The event coincided, this year, with an ambush on the NSCN (K) group which has evaded talks and has been regularly attacking Indian forces and local civilians. The period leading to the anniversary also included comments by Lt General DS […]

New US national security strategy and our neighbourhood (English Version) Rakshak News 28 Dec 17

New US national security strategy and our neighbourhood (English Version) Rakshak News 28 Dec 17

President Trump’s government unveiled its new National Security Strategy (NSS) last week. It has since been dominating headlines in the region. The NSS lays down his government’s views on existing and emerging threats and its strategy to counter them. The NSS is mandated by Congress based on the Goldwater Nichols act and each President is expected to issue it annually. […]

Stop maligning the Indian army by revisiting the human shield controversy Daily O 27 Sep 17

Stop maligning the Indian army by revisiting the human shield controversy Daily O 27 Sep 17

Post the state police report of Ahmed Dar, who was tied to the jeep having voted earlier being released, army baiters have again begun revisiting the Gogoi controversy. The officer is once again being maligned for an action which saved lives, with no logic. These anti-army critics have been viewing the police report with a myopic vision, failing to comprehend […]

No politics, please, with illegal immigrants The Statesman 26 Sep 17

No politics, please, with illegal immigrants The Statesman 26 Sep 17

The Rohingya issue has begun taking a political turn, with leaders cutting across party lines, projecting their views, which in many ways is contrary to that of the government and against the national interest. Omar Abdullah stated that there were no reports of Rohingya’s being a security threat till 2014, when he was the Chief Minister. Mamta Banerjee, through whose […]

Why Pak was left isolated at the UNGA Daily O 24 Sep 17

Why Pak was left isolated at the UNGA Daily O 24 Sep 17

This week witnessed a series of addresses at the UN by heads of state or their representatives. The world followed as leaders from US, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh shared their concerns. In many cases, the country against whom comments were made, exercised the right to respond and sought to discredit the statement of the previous leader. Trump while openly […]

Pak army is pushing the country into isolation Amar Ujala 21 Sep 17

Pak army is pushing the country into isolation Amar Ujala 21 Sep 17

Pakistan’s ex-President, General Parvez Musharraf recently stated in an interview that in Pakistan, the army has always come to power to pull the nation from the pits into which elected governments left it. He, like most of his army colleagues in Pakistan, are allergic to any democratically elected government, solely because of the power which they hold over the nation. […]

Indian policies towards illegal migrants The Excelsior 20 Sep 17

Indian policies towards illegal migrants The Excelsior 20 Sep 17

The Rohingya’s forced migration from Myanmar into Bangladesh has been in the headlines in the recent past. There are controversies surrounding this forced migration. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR), US and many other nations have blamed the Myanmar army for ethnic cleansing. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UNHCR, went on the state that this is clearly a […]

Prime Minister’s office wants Indian army to pick up garbage: Where’s your outrage now Daily O 19 Sep 17

Prime Minister’s office wants Indian army to pick up garbage: Where’s your outrage now Daily O 19 Sep 17

The PMO passed directions to the defence ministry to task the army to clean up tourist spots in high altitude areas of the muck deposited by tourists over the years. In the last two years, the army has laid mats for the Yoga day celebrations, a responsibility of the state government, as also of constructing two pontoon bridges for Sri […]