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Why security forces ran 4.5 km to reach Pahalgam attack site, an hour after bloodshed was already over

First distress call was received at 2.45 pm. Security forces travelled 2.5 km on ATVs & bikes, but were forced to cover rest of the 5 km on foot.

‘All options are on the table’ as India deliberates on response to Pahalgam attack

Range of steps in the offing, including lowering the diplomatic presence in Islamabad and New Delhi to a bare minimum.

We were planning his bday, now his funeral—family mourns Navy officer killed in Pahalgam, on honeymoon

Indian Navy Lt. Vinay Narwal and IAF Corporal Tage Hailyang were in Kashmir for a getaway with their wives. Narwal had just married 8 days before the attack.

Security forces foil infiltration bid at J&K’s Uri, 2 terrorists with suspected links to LeT killed

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is the same terror outfit believed to be behind Tuesday's attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives.

4 LeT terrorists, including 2 local men with body cams, carried out Pahalgam killings

The attack was not meant to target any group of officers from any intel agency, it is learnt. Security forces have launched a massive manhunt for the group of terrorists.

Farewell Gen Kalkat, decorated Army officer who marched through Chhamb, led IPKF in Sri Lanka

The veteran of Battle of Chhamb in 1971 and architect of Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka, Gen Kalkat was first recipient of India’s highest wartime service medal.

Full metal jacket vs banned hollow-point bone tail—the bullet battle behind CRPF’s fresh trials

Delhi HC ordered fresh trials for procurement of 200 sniper rifles & 20,000 rounds of ammunition by CRPF after 2 firms used banned hollow-point bone tail rounds to gain an unfair edge.

CRPF to hold fresh trials for procurement of 200 sniper rifles after intervention by Delhi HC

SSS Defence, one of three bidders, challenged process in HC over competitors’ use of ammo different from tender requirement. Other bidders were Adani’s PLR and MEIL’s ICOMM.

Indians prefer tech tie-ups to atmanirbharta, US & Israel as partners—Takshashila Institution survey

Survey by The Takshashila Institution comes amid AMCA development by India and debate over import of fifth-gen fighters. Respondents included pvt sector representatives, defence personnel.

SC ends years of denial & ambiguity, grants military nursing officers ex-servicemen status

Ignored in veteran benefits & job quotas, Military Nursing Service (MNS) officers win SC backing, restoring rights & dignity to women from India’s only all-female military corps.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.