As early as 1967-68, Mr V Shankar, the defence secretary had stated, ‘In the absence of a single head at the top of defence forces organizations today, the ultimate burden of coordination, superior direction and working out of policies, of evolving weapon concepts suitable to defence policy and strategy and of settling inter-service rivalries or competing demands largely falls on […]
The recent diplomatic battle at the UN general assembly between India and Pakistan, followed up by their respective ‘right to respond’ and press comments clearly indicate that animosity between the two nations is only increasing. Numerous counter comments by both, display of pictures, including a wrong one by the Pak permanent representative solely to make a point, only moved the […]
Chidambaram made a statement on granting autonomy to Kashmir on the basis of Article 370, while addressing a gathering in Rajkot, where he was supposed to speak on the GST. The Congress immediately distanced itself from the statement, stating that it is the views of an individual, not of the party. The Congress claimed that the solution to J and […]