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Bhopinder Singh
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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    Benjamin Netanyahu brandished a rectangular piece of dark green metal which he called a piece of that Iranian drone, or whats left of it, after we shot it down. (Photo: File)Opinion
    A time to introspect, rethink for vets who joined politics

    The green shoots of a similar reflection seem to have dawned silently via the electoral results in another perilous part...

    17 Oct 2019 12:36 AM IST

    The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Pakistan's Imran Khan: Who was the future once!

    Another ambitious and Oxford-educated messiah of hope was rising fast in the East, who promised to restore native pride.

    24 Sept 2019 1:21 AM IST

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    How the Great Game is still on in Afghanistan

    The Taliban rubbed in their advantage by further threatening that hereon the situation will lead to more losses to the...

    16 Sept 2019 2:20 AM IST

    Sources said that though junior level officials from both sides were having flag meetings.Opinion
    'More of the same' across the LoC: Why peace really scares Pak Army

    Neighbouring countries as well as internal stakeholders must take note that the unsettled past and its reasons are here...

    31 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

    A street in Srinagar wears a deserted look with stones strewn across the road after protests against revocation of Article 370. Central Kashmir DIG Police V.K. Birdi said only minor incidents of violence had occurred in Srinagar on Monday. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)Opinion
    From state to 2 UTs: Govt must get the 'constitutional rewiring' right

    A certain rectitude, restraint and dignified empathy for the common person on the street will go a long way in healing...

    20 Aug 2019 8:26 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Global crisis of identity, allegiances is growing; not just in US &...

    Trump's no-holds-barred vitriol was so bitter that even members of his Republican Party were forced to take contrarian...

    25 July 2019 12:22 AM IST

    Two Pakistani troopers were killed by the Indian Army in response to ceasefire violations along the LoC in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image | PTI)Opinion
    Govt can't drop its guard in J&K

    It is no one's case that certain individual mistakes, excesses or even policy failures have not happened.

    16 July 2019 12:52 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) slammed Russia, Syria and Iran for killing many innocent civilians. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Iran: What does Trump not want us to know?

    In popular American culture, the inflexion point of the US-Iranian fracture was the 1979 Revolution and the subsequent...

    8 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Kashmir Valley observed a shutdown on March 5 against the Centres decision to ban Jamaat-e-Islami. (Photo: H.U. Naqash)Opinion
    Not more of the same: How we can now defeat 'alienation' in Kashmir

    Conveniently, temporary reprieves are simplistically read as substitutes for addressing the fundamental issues.

    28 Jun 2019 12:39 AM IST

    This incident comes amid severe tensions between India and China resulting from the Doklam standoff. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    China, US & India: Just look at the transactional' opportunities

    he non-sentimentality of a net gain-loss calculation in the realpolitik framework defines the Chinese approach.

    14 Jun 2019 1:02 AM IST

    The MEAs comments came a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will not allow Pakistani soil to be used for terror. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    China gets a dose of Pakistani terror industry

    The authorities have tried to play down the incident with very scant details emanating in terms of the destruction and...

    26 May 2019 12:09 AM IST

    Last week, Sri Lanka placed all police stations in Colombo on high alert. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Have focus on religio-moral deligitimisation of ISIS

    The Sri Lanka terror attack reiterates the real problem area, again.

    12 May 2019 12:10 AM IST

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