Brig (Veteran) Anil Gupta 05 August 2019 will be remembered as a watershed date in the post-merger history of Jammu & Kashmir. On this day the government in New Delhi led by Narendra Modi set at rest all speculations and allegations of BJP using the abrogation of Article 370 as a mere election-winning gimmick. The country’s Home Minister, Amit Shah, announced in the … [Read more...] about Jammu and Kashmir: Then and Now
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Golden Arrow Rafale: The Beasts with Beauty
Colonel Alok Mathur (Veteran) On 27 July 2020 midday, five Rafale, multirole fighter aircrafts took off from Merignac Airbase in Bordeaux , France, for a 7000 kms long voyage to India. The air convoy led by Group Captain Harkirat Singh took a halt at Al Dafra, a French leased airbase at Dubai (United Arab Emirates) for refuelling, maintenance and mandatory … [Read more...] about Golden Arrow Rafale: The Beasts with Beauty
Read the lips of Army Commander, Northern Command
Jaibans Singh On the eve of Kargil Vijay Divas, Lt. Gen. YK Joshi, Army Commander, Northern Command, being one among the heroic commanding officers who led their units in the Kargil War in 1999, gave an interview to a television news channel, CNN News 18. It is notable here that 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles, that Lt. Gen (the Lt. Col) YK Joshi commanded in the Dras-Muskoh … [Read more...] about Read the lips of Army Commander, Northern Command
Kargil War: Pakistan’s duplicity should neither be forgotten nor forgiven
Jaibans Singh The ongoing week marks the 21st Anniversary of India’s victory against Pakistan in the Kargil War, also called Operation Vijay. In 26, July, 1999, Pakistan announced complete withdrawal of its troops from the Kargil heights when nothing was left over there to withdraw with its beleaguered troops having been battered by the Indian Army. Every year, on 26, … [Read more...] about Kargil War: Pakistan’s duplicity should neither be forgotten nor forgiven
The politico-terror nexus in Kashmir
Lt. Gen. PS Mehta (Retd) In Kashmir, there is a wide acceptance of covert assistance being provided to terrorist Tanzeems (groups) by a category of the local populace defined as Over Ground Workers (OGWs). Many among the OGWs are sympathisers to the cause of terrorism. Hardliners do not exist only in the form of Jamiat or Hurriyat, they also exist among the locals including … [Read more...] about The politico-terror nexus in Kashmir