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Modi’s BJP wants us to forget Vajpayee’s old, weak BJP. IC 814 facts not the real issue

In the Opposition, the BJP always used flaming rhetoric about war and retribution. But when it came to power in the late 1990s, it was revealed as meek, confused, and caught off-guard.

The eye drop that can help you ditch reading glasses is here. What we know about it

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Vajpayee had one question after IC 814 crisis—Why wasn’t the plane grounded in Amritsar?

With telling revelations, memoir, and account of history, Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management is a study of the diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan.

Netflix IC-814 show is too gentle on ISI. Pakistani agency is still protecting Masood Azhar

In early 2000s, I saw a vehicle with speakers inviting people in Lahore to attend a gathering where Masood Azhar and other freed terrorists after the IC-814 hijack would speak about jihad.

Netflix’s IC 814 has led to a new round of ‘what ifs’. Learn lessons from the indecision

Minutes after the IC 814 landed at Amritsar airport, makeshift communication was established between local authorities and CMG in Delhi—but lack of specific instructions botched the operation.

You can put words in Mrs Gandhi’s mouth & get away. But too much fiction, and you mess with Bhindranwale

The IC-814 and Emergency controversies show we are still too thin-skinned to accept anything but deification of our leaders, biopics or biographies. This runs across the subcontinent.

‘1st mistake was made in Amritsar’ where IC 814 stopped to refuel — Brajesh Mishra in 2003 on Kandahar

In a 2003 interview with Shekhar Gupta, the late Brajesh Mishra, former national security adviser, reflects on how the week of IC 814 hijack & negotiations in December 1999 unfolded.

IC 814 was first India-Taliban contact. So New Delhi sent a young officer to test the waters

In 'An Indian Woman in Islamabad', Ruchi Ghanashyam narrates her experience in Pakistan during the IC 814 hijack.

CIA had intel on plot to hijack Indian passenger aircraft 3 yrs before IC 814 episode in Kandahar

There's no evidence in existing declassified CIA documents to suggest if pressure was mounted on Islamabad to terminate hijacking plot or if New Delhi was given any specific warning.

IC 814 hijack was a victory for Masood Azhar—and the moment of his strategic downfall

Twenty-five years on, India is debating whether the producers of a Netflix series should have mentioned the Hindu pseudonyms used by IC814 hijackers. The inchoate rage hides painful national wounds.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.