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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The US announces in multiple forums that it is seeking for greater cooperation with India in the strategic defence sector. In a meeting on the side lines of the G-20 ministerial conference, MOS External Affairs, General VK Singh and US Deputy Secretary of State, John Sullivan reaffirmed the strong US-India strategic partnership and India’s status as a major defence partner […]
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Nawaz Sharif is possibly the only Prime Minister of Pakistan who views relations with neighbouring countries from a different prism. He had always believed that the only way forward for Pak’s economic development was to enhance ties with its neighbours and stop support to terror groups. For him, economic development and talks was better than a national policy of ‘supporting […]
In a hot-line conversation on Tuesday, the scheduled day for talks each week, Indo-Pak Director General’s of Military Operations, ‘agreed to fully implement the ceasefire understanding of 2003 in letter and spirit forthwith.’ A near identical statement was issued which stated that both sides, ‘agreed to ensure that henceforth the ceasefire will not be violated. In case of any issue […]
The world always knew that the Pak deep state ruled the country from behind, was responsible for implementing employment of terror groups as part of state policy, had hidden Osama Bin Laden next to a major military training centre in Abbottabad and was openly flaunting and supporting international terrorists, Hafiz Saeed and Azar Masood. Everyone was also aware that the […]
The recent unilateral decision by the defence minister in opening army cantonments across the nation, without taking the views of the army hierarchy, solely based on inputs from the Defence Estates Officer (DEO) and MPs is a major retrograde step. As per press reports this decision was taken unilaterally based on requests from MPs of the concerned areas. MPs, being […]
The IB and the LoC are active, casualties are mounting on both sides, civilians being targeted, posts being destroyed with firing all through the day. There were news reports of Pak Rangers seeking peace, post the destruction of their bunker by the BSF in retaliation, however the next day, tempo from their side increased. This could possibly have been on […]