Americans must get smarter about the TikTok debate

The American government is trying to protect...

Dinesh Kumar

A pre-Gaza war window on Israel

Contrary to expectations, Israeli check posts at the entrance to the West Bank were not heavily manned. Israeli military presence was hardly visible. ‘Our driver...

Canada is the new Pakistan

We are now looking at a long winter in bilateral relations, Trudeau’s Canada has just become a greater nuisance for India. Canadian Prime Minister Justin...

The return of competitive militancy in Punjab must end

Facilitated by the ‘instant’ character of social media that has rendered geography irrelevant, secessionist thought has taken a visibly more vocal and bitterly hostile...

The return of competitive militancy in Punjab must end

Facilitated by the ‘instant’ character of social media that has rendered geography irrelevant, secessionist thought has taken a visibly more vocal and bitterly hostile...

The return of competitive militancy in Punjab must end

Facilitated by the ‘instant’ character of social media that has rendered geography irrelevant, secessionist thought has taken a visibly more vocal and bitterly hostile...

Radicalisation on the increase, Punjab on a downward spiral

The Punjab Police is no longer the force to reckon with as it once used to be under Julio Francis Ribeiro and Kanwar Pal...

Radicalisation on the increase, Punjab on a downward spiral

The Punjab Police is no longer the force to reckon with as it once used to be under Julio Francis Ribeiro and Kanwar Pal...

Radicalisation on the increase, Punjab on a downward spiral

The Punjab Police is no longer the force to reckon with as it once used to be under Julio Francis Ribeiro and Kanwar Pal...

No less than men: Women in armed forces

A conservative Indian establishment overlooked the fact that women officers have been performing at par with their male counterparts. In fact, on occasions even...

A year later, are we any wiser about the airstrikes?

As a country which would want the world to take it seriously, India could use the occasion to demonstrate tangible evidence about the shooting...

A year later, are we any wiser about the airstrikes?

As a country which would want the world to take it seriously, India could use the occasion to demonstrate tangible evidence about the shooting...

A year later, are we any wiser about the airstrikes?

As a country which would want the world to take it seriously, India could use the occasion to demonstrate tangible evidence about the shooting...

CDS should not become another bureaucratic layer

Armed forces need to be better coordinated and the country should have a single point military advice.     Chandigarh: The government is expected to announce the much...

Let’s highlight the sordid tale of PoK

It remains a land of strict curbs on political pluralism, freedom of expression and freedom of association.   Ever since Pakistani sponsored terrorism began in Jammu...

Let’s highlight the sordid tale of PoK

It remains a land of strict curbs on political pluralism, freedom of expression and freedom of association.   Ever since Pakistani sponsored terrorism began in Jammu...

Let’s highlight the sordid tale of PoK

It remains a land of strict curbs on political pluralism, freedom of expression and freedom of association.   Ever since Pakistani sponsored terrorism began in Jammu...

Too many national security challenges: Time to hurry up and take decisions

Never before has the need for a centralised, holistic and well synchronised approach been more paramount.   Every time a new government is voted into power...

Too many national security challenges: Time to hurry up and take decisions

Never before has the need for a centralised, holistic and well synchronised approach been more paramount.   Every time a new government is voted into power...

Too many national security challenges: Time to hurry up and take decisions

Never before has the need for a centralised, holistic and well synchronised approach been more paramount.   Every time a new government is voted into power...

Operation Blue Star, 35 years later: Only lessons and no winners

It neither ended terrorism, nor religious militant politics, in fact it manifested itself in horrific proportions.   Four days from now, the Golden Temple in Amritsar...

Defective ammunition: Whose life is it anyway?

A Special Forces soldier or an artillery or armour regiment serves no purpose if equipped with defective or dud ammunition. Much of the problem...

Making war movies is fine, but facts should not be fictionalised

Movies based on landmark events must be preceded by sound research, near accurate depiction, especially when it comes to issues pertaining to national security.   Nothing...

Making war movies is fine, but facts should not be fictionalised

Movies based on landmark events must be preceded by sound research, near accurate depiction, especially when it comes to issues pertaining to national security.   Nothing...

Making war movies is fine, but facts should not be fictionalised

Movies based on landmark events must be preceded by sound research, near accurate depiction, especially when it comes to issues pertaining to national security.   Nothing...

Politics of competitive nationalism: A threat to healthy civil military relations

The Congress party’s unusual declaration of strike dates it had ordered during its tenure marks a despicable low in the politics of competitive patriotism.   Three...

Politics of competitive nationalism: A threat to healthy civil military relations

The Congress party’s unusual declaration of strike dates it had ordered during its tenure marks a despicable low in the politics of competitive patriotism.   Three...

Politics of competitive nationalism: A threat to healthy civil military relations

The Congress party’s unusual declaration of strike dates it had ordered during its tenure marks a despicable low in the politics of competitive patriotism.   Three...

Gen Suhag is a curious choice for Seychelles

Why would an Army Chief, who retired two-and-a-half years ago be posted to an island country that has gained strategic importance for India?   Chandigarh: Last...

Needed, urgent appraisal of India’s defence requirements, deficiencies

The IAF’s squadron strength is projected to fall to 21 squadrons by 2037. Where will that leave India’s air defence and strike capability?   Overnight the...

Pak problem has not ended: Build effective deterrence and retaliation capabilities

Security forces remain engaged, with terrorists being armed, trained, funded and diplomatically supported by Pak. India must continue with retaliatory strikes.   What a week it...

Pak problem has not ended: Build effective deterrence and retaliation capabilities

Security forces remain engaged, with terrorists being armed, trained, funded and diplomatically supported by Pak. India must continue with retaliatory strikes.   What a week it...

Pak problem has not ended: Build effective deterrence and retaliation capabilities

Security forces remain engaged, with terrorists being armed, trained, funded and diplomatically supported by Pak. India must continue with retaliatory strikes.   What a week it...

Time to declare Pak sponsor of terror, scale down diplomacy

All responses to terror attacks must be well thought out and based on cold calculations and not on emotions.   How many deaths of security force...

Time to declare Pak sponsor of terror, scale down diplomacy

All responses to terror attacks must be well thought out and based on cold calculations and not on emotions.   How many deaths of security force...

Time to declare Pak sponsor of terror, scale down diplomacy

All responses to terror attacks must be well thought out and based on cold calculations and not on emotions.   How many deaths of security force...

The worrisome state of Indian Army

Army Day on Tuesday, 15 January, will see an impressive display of soldiers and war-fighting equipment. But behind the pomp is an unsatisfactory story.   CHANDIGARH: Two...

1971 too far back: India no longer at peak of its military preparedness

India has been overtaken by geopolitical developments and considerable defence, security mismanagement.   CHANDIGARH: Exactly 47 years ago, the very nation created on the basis of...

Defence PSUs, ordnance factories are in dire need of overhaul

As is the case with the DRDO, many of the other DPSUs are engaged in producing non-defence items.   Chandigarh: India’s nine Defence Public Sector Units...

Credible nuclear triad: Not still quite there

In a rare public acknowledgment about India’s nuclear-submarine programme at the highest level, the Prime Minister earlier this week congratulated the crew of INS...

US-India edging closer to military partnership

The first-ever high level 2+2 meeting between the Indian and US Defence and Foreign Ministers held last month along with the American reiteration of...

HAL needs major restructuring, introduction of accountability

It has been a story of little delivery, at the cost of compromising the airpower dimension of national security.   It had started as a private...

HAL needs major restructuring, introduction of accountability

It has been a story of little delivery, at the cost of compromising the airpower dimension of national security.   It had started as a private...

HAL needs major restructuring, introduction of accountability

It has been a story of little delivery, at the cost of compromising the airpower dimension of national security.   It had started as a private...

DRDO has much to answer for its poor performance

On paper the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) comes across as formidable. It is currently engaged in about 70 projects that include making...

Indian Navy has a submarine problem

In 1999, the year when the Kargil War was fought, the then BJP-led NDA government cleared a 30-year plan to ensure by 2030 a...

Indian Navy has a submarine problem

In 1999, the year when the Kargil War was fought, the then BJP-led NDA government cleared a 30-year plan to ensure by 2030 a...

Indian Navy has a submarine problem

In 1999, the year when the Kargil War was fought, the then BJP-led NDA government cleared a 30-year plan to ensure by 2030 a...

India wasted opportunity to settle Pak problem in ’71

Every year, 16 December 1971 gets remembered for being a historic day in the subcontinent’s military, diplomatic, intelligence and political history. Pakistan not only...

India wasted opportunity to settle Pak problem in ’71

Every year, 16 December 1971 gets remembered for being a historic day in the subcontinent’s military, diplomatic, intelligence and political history. Pakistan not only...

India wasted opportunity to settle Pak problem in ’71

Every year, 16 December 1971 gets remembered for being a historic day in the subcontinent’s military, diplomatic, intelligence and political history. Pakistan not only...

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