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Vajpayee’s surgical strike killed 16 Pak soldiers much before Modi announced his in 2016

The operation in January 2000 was launched in PoK in retaliation to an attack from across the LoC.

Border Security Force troops witnessed maximum deaths along border in 2018

There have been over 320 firing incidents where 11 BSF troops have been killed in cross border firing.

Peace was just a phone call away for India & Pakistan, but J&K separatists demand clarity

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Social media more dangerous than IS in Kashmir, security agencies tell home secretary

Security agencies have told home secretary Rajiv Gauba that Islamic State has no significance in the state although IS flags are waved occasionally.

For India-Pakistan talks to go forward they have to discuss a solution to Kashmir

In this excerpt from 'Do We Not Bleed-Reflections of a 21-st Century Pakistani', journalist Mehr Tarar writes about how India-Pakistan relations can improve

J&K shelling victim’s son fears he may be booked for sedition for criticising central govt

Samba resident Puneet allegedly shouted ‘anti-national’ slogans at his father’s funeral, claims he died due to lack of proper healthcare facilities.

Pakistan’s mischief goes on in Kashmir, irrespective of whether Congress, PDP or BJP runs govt

There are no quick-fix solutions to the Kashmir problem. Policies that would work over a period of 5 years or so: foolproof security, fair and just governance.

Now that the Indo-Pak ceasefire agreement is off, a summer of discontent awaits

With two-front tensions likely, pressure will be on the army’s most abundant resource, its soldiers.

Pakistan has killed the LoC ceasefire, India’s response shouldn’t be half-baked

There is enough space for us to innovate between regular pinprick-type LoC actions and a low-intensity conflict limited to J&K.

Surgical strikes were well executed, but aimed at appeasing a domestic audience

At last the government has come up with a strategy of "compellance" against Pakistan, but has it come up with a plan to deal with what comes after? 

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Amid heightened tensions between New Delhi and Washington, and a growing synergy between the Pakistan government and US President Donald Trump, Indian...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.