May-June 2019 Archives

NATIONAL SECURITY AND CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS

Oversight of national security is a sorry state of civil-military relations. I came across a news item headlined “Kargil Visit Induced In Me New-Found Respect For Indian Army: Rajnath Singh”....

MUFTI, ABDULLAH, OTHERS JITTERY IN KASHMIR

Former CM of Jammu & Kashmir, Ms Mehbooba Mufti has assured the people of Kashmir valley, that her party will fight till last for the state's special status. "Jo haath 35A ke saath ched chaad...

KARGIL: AFTER TWO DECADES, ARE WE PREPARED?

Kargil infiltration came as a deception when India extended a hand for peace. On 19th February 1999, India’s then Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee undertook a journey across the...

TRUMP ‘WOULD LOVE TO BE A MEDIATOR’!

It will all be forgotten in a few days and won’t even get the mention of a footnote. But! When it happened, all hell broke loose. During the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US,...