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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicPakistan border

Topic: Pakistan border

Beating Retreat to resume at Pakistan border after almost 2-week hiatus, handshake remains suspended

The scaled-down ceremony is being resumed after it was halted on 7 May, when India launched Op Sindoor, and Pakistan retaliated, resulting in escalated tensions at the border.

India-Pakistan tensions: Rajasthan allocates funds, appoints officials to bolster border preparedness

Bhajan Lal govt has appointed 9 RAS officers in Jaisalmer, Bikaner & Barmer. Vacant posts of firemen in districts bordering Pakistan have been filled & govt employees’ leaves cancelled.

3 teens, 1 mistake: Pakistani juveniles stuck in India despite orders for release, had strayed over LoC

Khayam Maqsood, Asmad Ali & Ahsan Anwar all accidentally crossed over into India on 3 different days. They are lodged at an observation home in J&K's Poonch.

Kargil hero R Nambiar takes over as chief of Western Air Command along Pakistan border

Air Marshal Nambiar, a second generation airman, was heading the Eastern Air Command. He is an experimental test pilot and has flown 42 types of aircraft.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.