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Bhopinder Singh
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The writer is former lieutenant-governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry
    The Indian cricket team during its ODI against Australia in Ranchi on March 8 (Photo: PTI)India
    Defending the symbolic value of donning a camouflage cap

    There is obvious politics and a larger agenda in national postures and conversations during such moments.

    28 March 2019 12:51 AM IST

    Shamima BegumOpinion
    Politics of return & rehabilitation: Some lessons

    Their firm handling also reinforces the onus of reciprocal-change onto the misguided youth who now seek to return.

    12 March 2019 2:36 AM IST

    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman noted that the commencement of the delivery of Rafale jets has not begun. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Keep Army insulated from political trespass

    At the heart of the issue is the unwarranted interference in the independence of these institutions and forces.

    16 Feb 2019 12:09 AM IST

    President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Contradictory moves on Pak by Washington

    The immediate implication of this move is the inevitable centre-staging and involvement of Pakistan in the new realm.

    4 Feb 2019 12:20 AM IST

    Pravind JugnauthOpinion
    India's diaspora not always pro-India

    The current political leadership in Mauritius, Portugal, Ireland and Trinidad & Tobago has an impressive sprinkling of...

    28 Jan 2019 1:22 AM IST

    Former prime minister Manmohan Singh delivers lecture on 70th Anniversary of our Independence-Strengthening the Roots of our Democracy during the Ist Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial Oration at Punjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The spirit' and timing wasn't accidental' at all

    The matter is not one of legality or constitutionality, as both support the unquestioned right to freedom of speech and...

    22 Jan 2019 1:30 AM IST

    President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Hype and scepticism prevails over China's new Mother of all Bombs'

    All global conflicts since the Second World War have necessitated the exclusive deployment of conventional weapons.

    14 Jan 2019 12:11 AM IST

    Chinas legendary revolutionary leader Mao Zedong (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Chinese lesson: How not to tackle radicalisation

    Following the 9/11 carnage and inter-linkages of various terror groups, the US treasury dept had designated the ETIM as...

    28 Nov 2018 12:44 AM IST

    The predominant tactic copied and deployed by the Tamil Tigers was through the suicide vests that had killed Indias former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. (Representational image)Opinion
    Lone wolf', sniper hits may see a spurt in J&K

    The epicentre and levers of angst will more and more emanate from within the Valley, as opposed to across the border.

    14 Nov 2018 5:15 AM IST

    Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Decoding the Riyadh-Islamabad quid pro quo

    Saudi Arabia in particular has had a special relationship with Pakistan, with Islamabad getting described as Saudi...

    5 Nov 2018 12:10 AM IST

    In the Indian narrative of the 26 ministers of defence till date, only Jaswant Singh could claim any functional and emotional affinity with the military. (Representational image)Opinion
    India's run with raksha mantri post

    Sadly since Independence, India's tryst with this sensitive post has been increasingly time serving, patronising or...

    24 Oct 2018 2:33 AM IST

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Imran's mistakes perpetuate old narrative

    The second sign of sovereign intransigence and policy-perpetuity were in the usual handling of the India-Pakistan...

    23 Sept 2018 2:43 AM IST

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