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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicLt Gen. D S Hooda

Topic: Lt Gen. D S Hooda

Increasing use of military in political debate is worrisome, says Lt Gen Hooda

Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda said it would be best if all political parties can just leave the military out of the political discourse.

Congress says its approach towards national security not ad hoc & impulsive

Former union ministers P. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, & Lt Gen D.S. Hooda addressed issues like unemployment, farm distress and security of the people.

Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi of using surgical strikes for ’political capital’

Congress president Rahul Gandhi's comments came after Lt Gen. (retd) D S Hooda, who was the Northern Army commander during the surgical strike, said the 2016 military action should’ve been carried out secretly.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

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.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

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.