NEW DELHI: Seventy five years ago this week, India launched a military operation (its second after Partition) to annex the princely state of Hyderabad into its fold. Then Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, had resisted the idea of merging his state, among the richest princely states then and which had a Hindu-majority population, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the India-China standoff in Eastern Ladakh lingers on, one reason for the aggressive Chinese behaviour is India’s infrastructure development along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the western sector. The same holds good for the eastern sector as well. Better connectivity between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is progressing at a rapid […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has led to 19 rounds of military talks but some friction points still remain. What led to the current standoff in the first place in the summer of 2020, which then snowballed into the deadly […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For a country like India that has a long coastline (about 11,000 km, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep included), maritime security is as important as guarding the nation’s land borders. The Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, where the terrorists took the sea route to reach India, exposed gaps in coastal security and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Four years after the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was announced as part of the move to usher in defence reforms, the process towards theaterisation or forming integrated commands is progressing apace. There is broad consensus among the military brass for creation of three theatre commands—one for the China border, another […]Read More
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