The killings of 1 police and 3 Army officers in Anantnag this week was a grim reminder of growing militancy in the Pir Panjal region, which spans Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu.
New jihadist units operate out of caves, shepherds’ shelters on Pir Panjal without contacting local support networks. Many commanders ignoring basic skills, say intelligence officer.
Districts of Poonch, Rajouri & Jammu face heavy shelling from Pakistan — these are areas where Hindu population increases as one goes southwards, from 3.04% in Baramulla to 84.27% in Jammu.
Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.
India’s strategic reserves offer a temporary cushion as the Hormuz blockade amid US-Israel war against Iran jolts global energy markets and threatens energy security.
Announcement comes amid sustained strain on trans-atlantic alliance, with French President Macron declaring that France will forge an independent European security architecture.
The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.
Especially true for Maharashtra, where the gap is a few weeks. Elections to municipal corporations pending for upto four years. 2. ONOE as a political project rests on the assumption of an electoral tsunami sweeping all in its path. May have been true in 2014 and 2019, not in 2024. Even then, the South and East were largely insulated. Now more likely a reversion to the general election being a sum of states affair.
Especially true for Maharashtra, where the gap is a few weeks. Elections to municipal corporations pending for upto four years. 2. ONOE as a political project rests on the assumption of an electoral tsunami sweeping all in its path. May have been true in 2014 and 2019, not in 2024. Even then, the South and East were largely insulated. Now more likely a reversion to the general election being a sum of states affair.