The ethno-nationalist conflict of Northern Ireland, although in existence for long, began in its last avatar in the late Sixties and ended with the Good Friday Agreement in 1997. It…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)Western Command, the pivotal command on Western front celebrated, platinum jubilee, on 15 September. It is opportune time to look beyond nostalgia and ceremonials, to take stock of operational dynamics…
By Lt Gen K J Singh (Retd)India since its independence has been constantly embroiled in several internal problems. The Government of India has had to put in lot of efforts to put down many separatist fires…
By Sanjiv Krishan SoodIt is always good to review the security situation in regions which have faced major internal security challenges in the past. In the case of J&K, which suffered intense terrorism…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)February appears to be a month of anniversaries of events in J&K. On 14 February was the third anniversary of the IED attack near Pulwama on a CRPF bus bringing…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)When ‘hybrid’ is the strategy a nation indulges in, its intent is to exasperate, break, frustrate and defeat the adversary, and no stone is left unturned to achieve that. Any…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)I have not followed Punjab’s politics too avidly for quite some time now. However, with even basic knowledge and experience of serving there in the heyday of militancy and terror,…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)After the high level meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin, the implementation of the agenda is left to the secretarial and deputies level meetings. But considering…
By Dr Seshadri ChariSrinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India] August 27 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Equality Day, Lieutenant General DP Pandey, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Srinagar-based Chinar Corps (15 Corps)…
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 25 (ANI): Gardeners in Srinagar have upscaled their preparations for the next year's Tulip garden festival here. Speaking to ANI, a gardener at Indira…
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 24 (ANI): Two terrorists of The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) were eliminated by Jammu and Kashmir police in an…
Doda (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 28 (ANI): The water level has increased in the Chenab River at Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir due to heavy rainfall in the…