In Punjab, healing touch needed to defang separatists
Amritpal Singh, a separatist and leader of “Waris Punjab De”. (Photo: Twitter)What happened in Punjab’s Ajnala on February 23 was a total capitulation of state police before radicals wh…
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Punjab turbulence impacts national security, collective effort need of hour
Amritpal Singh (C) with his supporters. (Photo: Twitter)Last week, national newspaper and channel headlines screamed “Radicals storm Punjab police station, force cops to release accused…
‘Gateway to Hell’: The 1962 operation in Daulat Beg Oldie
Brig Rawind Singh Grewal, MC (C) with Lt Col Bakhtawar Singh, CO 5 Jat, (L) Lt Col Nihal Singh CO 14 J&K Militia (R) and troops of both the units. (Photo courtesy: Devraj Singh Jagat)“T…
LAC imbroglio: India needs to shed its hesitancy in dealing with China
Indian and Chinese troops disengaging from a friction point at Pangong-tso in eastern Ladakh after Indian troops captured dominating heights in the Kailash Ranges, in 2020. (Photo: Indi…
Indian Armed Forces: Whose military is it anyway?
Army contingents marching during Republic Day parade in New Delhi. (Representational photo)The 2014 general election was unique in many ways. The world, perhaps for the first time, witn…
Akhand Bharat and ‘retaking’ Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
An Indian soldier keeps watch at the LoC in Kashmir. Capturing Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is an ambition repeatedly expressed by our politicians, sometimes directly and sometimes through…
Revival of militancy in Punjab: Need collective will to stop it
Representative image.On May 9, 2022, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) was fired at the Punjab Police intelligence headquarters in Mohali. The attack followed the arrest of four suspecte…
‘Honour, Enfield, and Panama’: The story of Lt Yog Raj Palta
Lt Yog Raj Palta. This is the story of Lieutenant Yog Raj Palta, a young and adventurous Indian Army officer who loved his Royal Enfield bike and Panama cigarettes – and immortalized hi…
India-China LAC clashes: New Delhi must force Beijing to blink
Indian and Chinese troops facing each other across a rivulet near the LAC in the Tawang sector. (Photo for representation)The recent clash at the line of actual control in Arunachal Pra…
Crown Group Defence’s top officer predicts great future for our defence MRO
Commodore Rakesh Anand (retired), head of Crown Group Defence’s Marine Division. (Crown Group Defence photo)Commodore Rakesh Anand (retired), head of Crown Group Defence’s Marine Divisi…
OROP: The wretched veteran’s endless mirage chase
Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)The genuine demand of the veterans of the armed forces seeking one rank, one pen…
‘Fire Till Eternity’: The story of Major Shyamal Dev Goswami
Second Lieutenant Shyamal Dev Goswami. Shyamal Dev Goswami was born on November 6, 1938, in a Bengali family from Meerut, in – what is now – Uttar Pradesh. He was a shy but friendly chi…