The Katchatheevu island, as shown by the red pin. (Google Earth image)New Delhi: A recent Right to Information query by the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president, K Annamalai, has rekindled a decades-old issue of the transfer of Katchatheevu (a...
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with troops at a forward position during the 1962 India-China war.Dissecting Claude Arpi’s 1962 India-China war claimsDuring my studies on the hitherto obscure aspects of the 1962 India-China war, particularly wi...
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: Indian Army)The power and strength of the national security apparatus...
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. (Photo: Rashtrapati Bhavan) New Delhi: The Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who arrived in New Delhi in the national capital on Tuesday, was the chief guest for thi...
New Delhi: The government has planned this year’s main Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi differently than the previous editions. From the beginning to the end of the celebrations, things appear to have been significantly altered.Parak...
Indian Army celebrates Infantry Day on October 27. New Delhi: In order to commemorate the landing of first Indian infantry soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir who took part in an action for defending Indian territory from Pakistani invaders, Indian ...
Army men during a counterinsurgency operation in J&K. (Representational photo)North India is boiling and it’s not because of scorching summer heat, but the introduction of Agnipath scheme, which is going to replace the existing system of re...
The Amar Jawan Jyoti, as it stood near the India Gate earlier.On January 21, 2022, India woke up to a shocking news that the government shifted the Amar Jawan Jyoti – the eternal flame lit in the memory of our fallen soldiers in the 1971 Libera...
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday unveiled a bust of Vietnam's founding father and President Ho Chi Minh at the Kautilya Marg Park in Delhi's diplomatic enclave Chankyapuri.Ambassador of Vietnam to...
Ashok Dohare.Finally, August 31, 2021, has arrived, but nothing seemed unusual to Ashok Dohare, my batchmate in IPS, except for the fact that it is the time for him to hang up his brown Oxford shoes on the last day of his lengthy khaki career. Howeve...