‘I Expect You Will Secure Justice For Dr. Kafeel Khan’: Priyanka Gandhi Writes To UP CM
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday wrote to Yogi Adityanath over the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan, booked under the National Security Act over alleged hate speech, and said she expects the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to do his best to secure justice for him. In her letter to the chief minister, the Congress general […]
If India wants to tire China out on LAC, it must build fortresses at these pressure points
Keeping in view the differential in technological military capabilities between the Indian Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army, and the positional terrain advantage secured by the latter through its preemptive manoeuvre, it is a prudent strategy for India to persist with military and diplomatic engagement through an indefinite face-off to achieve the political aim — […]
‘Touch the sky with glory’: Rafale jets get warm welcome from Indian warship
The first batch of Rafale fighter jets Wednesday received a warm welcome from the Indian Navy warship, INS Kolkata, deployed in Western Arabian Sea, as they made their way towards IAF’s Ambala airbase. Here is a transcript of the brief exchange. INS Kolkata: Arrow leader, welcome to the Indian Ocean. Rafale leader: Many thanks. Most reassuring to […]
Rafale is a game changer, Chinese J 20 does not even come close, says former air chief Dhanoa
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) concentrated and on the offensive on a barren Tibetan Plateau, the Indian Air Force with Rafale fighter as its spearhead weapon will decide the outcome of the battle in case the red flag goes up, says former Air Chief Marshal B. S Dhanoa. Five Rafale fighters will land […]
Amidst race for vaccine, govt readies trial sites, detailed data on volunteers
The government has at least five sites ready across four states for late-stage human clinical trials expected by the end of this year for several Covid-19 vaccine candidates, including those developed by the University of Oxford, Zydus Cadila and Bharat Biotech. An additional six sites are being set up to ensure ready availability of healthy participants. Speaking […]
Five Rafale jets leave for India: What happens next
The first batch of the much-awaited Rafale fighter jets took off from France today (July 27) and are enroute to India. India had bought 36 twin-engine fighter planes from Dassault Rafale for an estimated Rs 58,000 crore, through an inter-governmental agreement signed in 2016. How many jets are coming right now? The first batch includes […]
Love, violence, betrayal — new book brings tales of ‘dreams and delusions’ from Naxal land
New Delhi: From 2011 to 2015, award-winning journalist-author Ashutosh Bhardwaj lived in the ‘Red Corridor’ — the region in the eastern, central and the southern parts of India that is significantly affected by the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency — covering, reporting and writing on the insurgency, the police, the alleged government atrocities and the lives that were caught […]
Congress’ counter to BJP shouldn’t just be cultural assertion, but economic alternative too
Six years after it lost power in Delhi, the Congress is again at the crossroads. The continuing energy of the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine has made the older party largely a reactive force. It is unable to seize the initiative in the political arena despite the shock administered to the economy by the Covid-19 crisis. Farmers who may have welcomed a decent Minimum […]
‘Do You Want Floor Test?’: Rajasthan Governor Returns To Ashok Gehlot Revised Proposal On Assembly Session
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday returned to the Ashok Gehlot-led government a cabinet note seeking an assembly session and sought additional information. “Do you want to move Motion of Confidence? It’s not mentioned in the proposal but you’ve been speaking about it in media,” the Governor asked in his query. “It will be difficult […]
In China’s troop movements in Ladakh’s depth areas, a hint about its real plan
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deploying close to 50,000 troops in Aksai Chin, the Indian Army for the first time has deployed a squadron (12) T-90 missile firing tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and a full troop brigade (4,000 men) at Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) to prevent any Chinese aggression from the Shaksgam-Karakoram […]
