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General Shankar Roychowdhury is a former Chief of Army Staff and a former member of Parliament.

Security personnel patrol a road during GJM strike in Darjeeling. (Photo: AP)

Darjeeling stir: Is GJM a cat's paw?

Darjeeling is deep inside India's strategic Chicken's Neck , which connects northeast India with the rest of the...

27 Jun 2017 12:20 AM

Prior to his death on Friday, Shangwang Shangyung Khaplang created a second rung of leadership led by his deputy Khango Konyak who may take over the responsibility of the organisation soon.

Khaplang passes, but cause is alive

Though India's Northeast may culturally be several worlds away from Kashmir, there are commonalities in the geopolitical...

12 Jun 2017 8:03 PM

Soldiers patrol in Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

J&K: No let-up in Pak proxy war

The Indian security establishment must never forget Pakistan's politico-military payback strategy against India.

20 March 2017 9:06 PM

A masked Kashmiri protester runs with an exploded tear gas shell before throwing it back at Indian security forces in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

In grim times, a way forward?

Kashmir is witnessing an uptick in militant and criminal activity, as in the recent spate of bank robberies in the...

20 Feb 2017 7:40 PM

Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (Photo: AFP)

Saudis' IMAFT: Tread cautiously

The aims of the new Islamic anti-terror alliance are somewhat reminiscent of another earlier but entirely different...

18 Jan 2017 10:29 PM

Electronic security of the demonetisation process is a high priority now, on par with other such threats to national security.

Secure cyberspace for Digital India

Electronic security of the demonetisation process is a high priority now, on par with other such threats to national...

3 Jan 2017 9:17 PM

Army personnel stand guard during the search operations following Nagrota Army camp attack, in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Govt's thinking over Army merit' flawed

The selection of the Indian Army's Chief of Staff is undoubtedly the exclusive prerogative of the government of the day.

21 Dec 2016 10:00 PM

Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhaag vists encounter site day after militant attacked at the Army camp in Nagrota near Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Uri, Pampore, Nagrota... We must act

The ISI is now extensively utilising the same concept and methodology against India.

5 Dec 2016 10:16 PM

The reality here is Pakistan and its jihad-fi-sabilillah (meaning in the cause of Allah ) campaign of terrorism against India.

Ban hit terror funds, but it's only a lull

PM Modi has become the public face of demonetisation with his abrupt red alert demonetising.

21 Nov 2016 7:08 PM

Lt. Gen. Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

The thinking man's soldier'

Lt. Gen. Sinha was very much an old-world aristocrat in the truest sense of the word, calm and collected under all...

18 Nov 2016 10:56 PM

Finding hope beyond drives, pulls and flicks

Finding hope beyond drives, pulls and flicks

It’s been a long time since a cricketer has written a book.

4 Sept 2016 1:04 AM

We must fight for a conservation law

A shepherd drinks water on the dry bed of Manjara Dam, which supplies water to Latur in Maharashtra’s Marathwada...

26 May 2016 8:19 PM