Pakistan

In late April 1991, Shaban Wakil, Editor in Chief of prominent Urdu daily Al-Safa, was brutally gunned downed in his office by Pakistani sponsored terrorists. Shaban Wakil had been critical of the terrorists who had unleashed an atmosphere of fear and terror in Kashmir since the eruption of terrorism in 1989. In following years, many […]

It defies belief, but several among the separatist ranks are pleased with the way the delimitation commission wants to realign seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Consider this: the only new constituency they’ve created in the Kashmir Valley comprises people who, by and large, have been pro-Pakistan. The very name of the constituency sends a tingle […]

The Pakistan Tahreek e Insaaf (PTI) party led hybrid government flexed its muscle last month when it got 33 bills passed in the parliament without even its reading. However, on December 22 2021, the same government developed cold feet in passing two important bills. Asad Qaiser, the National Assembly speaker, hurriedly adjourned the session as […]

On December 9 and 10, 2021, two events took place. The first event was “Summit for Democracy 2021”, hosted by the US State Department. The summit was attended by more than 100 countries, including Taiwan. The notable absence from the Summit was Russia, China and Pakistan. The second event was organised in Pakistan by the […]

NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in Uttarakhand Congress, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and AICC in-charge for the state Devender Yadav on Friday met former party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. The two leaders were called for a meeting with the senior leadership after Rawat on Wednesday sent out cryptic tweets over the handling of […]

NEW DELHI: Five months after an IED was recovered from Jammu’s Bhatindi, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that it has filed a chargesheet against three people, who received instructions from Pakistan-based The Resistance Force (TRF) and to recruit youths to wage war against India. An NIA spokesperson here said that the anti-terror probe […]

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday cracked down on Pakistani propaganda by ordering blocking of 20 YouTube channels and websites run by Islamabad.  In a fast paced development, the Information and Broadcasting ministry directed the Department of Telecom (DoT) and YouTube to block 20 identified YouTube channels and websites being run from Pakistan. These channels and […]

NEW DELHI: For a country that has been constantly trolling India for restricting communication facilities in Kashmir (albeit for security reasons), Pakistan has announced a complete shutdown of its Internet as well as mobile services in Islamabad ahead of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) council meeting that is being held there. Not only that, […]

Uday Mahurkar’s latest book, ‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ may be one of the most challenging works in Indian writing that attempts to decode multidimensional personality of Savarakar. Presently in office as India’s Information Commissioner, we discuss the book and beyond, with this veteran journalist, columnist, and author in our Book […]

The deadly scuffle that took place between the Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh region in June 2020, quickly morphed into a major military stand-off between the two Asian nuclear powers. Despite holding 13 rounds of Corps Commander level talks, both sides have failed to achieve a complete de-escalation so […]