India’s international balancing act The Statesman 12 Jun 18
https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/indias-international-balancing-act-1502647328.html
Dear Lt Gen Panag, Maj Gogoi is innocent till proved guilty The Quint 09 Jun 18
As we grow older, we become more fixated in our views. Despite all criticism, we seek to defend ourselves, even against rational thoughts and use every means to justify our beliefs. This is the background behind the latest article by respected veteran, General HS Panag, published in the Newslaundry this week, termed ‘A history of transgressions’. The article is based […]
The government must act against the Hurriyat before implementing new policies CENJOWS 08 Jun 18
The chilling videos of youth targeting CAPF vehicles in the valley in a planned and organized manner, seeking to cause casualties and force security forces to break NICO by opening fire has hit a raw nerve across the nation. Any individual with basic military knowledge would admit that these attacks have all the hallmarks of a planned ambush including elements […]
Projection of security forces views are essential (English Version) Rakshak News 06 Jun 18
The recent incident when a mob, emerging from Friday prayers in downtown Srinagar surrounded and attacked a CRPF gypsy with stones, compelling the driver to rush away to avoid being lynched, which in the bargain ran over a youth trying to block its path was blamed by a section of the media as the highhandedness of security forces. The report […]
Was Nirmala Sitharaman selective with facts in her press conference? The Quint 06 Jun 18
The aim of this article is not to degrade the government nor to deride the defence ministry as it has attempted to produce the best with limited resources. I have immense respect for the leadership of the nation and believe that it can still deliver, though elections are around the corner. However, the press conference by the defence minister, Nirmala […]
Russia, China and the Korean cauldron The Statesman 05 Jun 18
From the first meeting between the leaders of the two Korea’s in the demilitarized zone in end Apr, the announcement of denuclearization of the peninsula and willingness for direct talks with the US on the subject, hope has risen across the globe that a resolution is likely. From insults and barbs between the leaders of the US and North Korea […]
Russia, China and the Korean cauldron The Statesman 05 Jun 18
https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/russia-china-korean-cauldron-1502644364.html
Why opening up of Cantonment roads is a bad idea Newslaundry 04 Jun 18
With one nod of her head, Nirmala Sitharaman has caused the greatest divide between the armed forces and civilian community in the country in the nation’s seventy-year history. Social media is abuzz with the pro-military and anti-military lobby, solely on the closing and subsequent opening of roads within cantonments. An editorial in The Statesman even went on to threaten that […]
Give short service a fillip in army Deccan Herald 04 Jun 18
Reports surfaced last week that the army, faced with a growing salary budget and an immense officer shortfall, has moved a proposal to increase intake of Short Service Commission (SSC) and correspondingly reduce the number of permanent commission officers. The MoD appears satisfied with the proposal, which also involves offering some lumpsum payments to those who serve 10 or 14 […]
The truth behind report that says encounters fuel militant hiring in Kashmir Daily O 02 Jun 18
A report in the Indian Express on 30th May, quoting a study ordered by the police authorities on militancy and recruitment of militants in J and K, states that almost half the recruitment into militant ranks, post the elimination of Burhan Wani, came from within 10 Kms of the residences of killed militants or encounter sites and these recruitments took […]