General Bipin Rawat said around 500 infiltrators were waiting to infiltrate India at the reactivated Balakot terror camps months after the Air Force carried out strikes.
Pakistan was incapable of affording a full-blown war with India. But the response still had to convey an ‘impression’ to India and the world that Islamabad was willing to escalate the crisis.
From Balakot and Kashmir to P. Chidambaram's arrest, here's a selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in August.
Cooperation Ministry takes a step towards financial inclusion with Sahkar DigiPay and Sahkar DigiLoan. They will enable faster and seamless access to financial services in small towns.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
If this is true, it shows that there are no easy, obvious solutions to long standing problems. Whether it was surgical strikes, demonetisation ( to target fake currency ), the air strikes on the Pakistani mainland, the abrogation of Article 370. Presenting each innovation as a game changer, only to realise a little later that nothing has changed. One worries about increased alienation and what that might translate into. Just a couple of days back, a 15 year old boy committed suicide because he had been roughed up by soldiers and allied in for another session two days later. A bitter harvest awaits. We should do all that is poss to prevent that.
… all that is possible …
If this is true, it shows that there are no easy, obvious solutions to long standing problems. Whether it was surgical strikes, demonetisation ( to target fake currency ), the air strikes on the Pakistani mainland, the abrogation of Article 370. Presenting each innovation as a game changer, only to realise a little later that nothing has changed. One worries about increased alienation and what that might translate into. Just a couple of days back, a 15 year old boy committed suicide because he had been roughed up by soldiers and allied in for another session two days later. A bitter harvest awaits. We should do all that is poss to prevent that.
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Where was this reported Sir?