ISLAMABAD (TIP): Terming the Kashmir dispute as the main reason of tension with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has urged New Delhi to hold talks on all issues, including Kashmir. The issue should also […]
By declaring a ceasefire with effect from 3.30 a.m. on 23 September 1965, did India miss an opportunity to attain decisive victory over Pakistan? Yes, according to the existing narrative, which attributes the ceasefire decision […]
Pakistani troops violated ceasefire for the third consecutive day today as they pounded forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistani troops resorted to […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Sept 10 reiterated its stance for talks with India saying there would be no talks with New Delhi unless the issue of Kashmir was on the agenda. “Any formal talks with […]
On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): On the second day of the three-day RSS-BJP coordination meeting Kashmir and how to deal with Pakistan-sponsored terror dominated the discussion here on Thursday, September 3, even as increase in the population […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The union government on August 27 released the list of 98 cities that will be developed under the Smart Cities mission. These cities together have a population of 13 crore, accounting for […]
JAMMU (TIP): Three civilians were killed and nine injured on Friday in heavy and indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Three civilians were killed and nine injured in indiscriminate shelling by […]
JAMMU (TIP): Another Pakistani militant was captured and four more were shot dead in a fierce gunbattle deep in the Rafiabad jungles of Baramulla as the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police wound up […]
The proposed talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan this Sunday, which were decided at a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, have come under […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistan’s high commissioner to India Abdul Basit said on August 14 his country will not “abandon” Kashmiris in their “legitimate struggle” for freedom. “Aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir could neither […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude on August 10 jolted several parts of Pakistan. The epicentre of the quake was in the border region of Afghanistan and Tajikistan at the depth of about […]
The response of the Punjab Police to the Dinanagar terror strike on July 27 has stirred up a debate on the appropriateness of employing the State Police as against the Army in such a scenario. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan would include proof of alleged Indian involvement in the Taliban attack on a Peshawar army school last year, which killed 152 people mostly kids, in a dossier that it would handover to […]
It took over two months for the Indian forces to push back the intruders and reclaim the posts under an operation code named Op Vijay. India lost 527 officers and soldiers in the operation and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amid heightened tension along their border resulting in casualties on both sides, India on July 16 warned Pakistan of “effective and forceful” response to unprovoked firing and cross-border terrorism. India’s blunt message […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) prime minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed has warned Islamabad against any attempt to convert Gilgit-Baltistan into a federal province. “Gilgit-Baltistan is part and parcel of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s first Asian woman peer -Baroness Flather – has raised a storm by telling the House of Lords that couples who are getting married should be forced to have a DNA test first […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has declined comment over an Amnesty International report that blames India of not taking action against troops accused of atrocities in J&K state. Asked on Thursday at […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The man who monitored the crisis arising from the 1999 hijack of IC-814, former RA&W chief A S Dulat, has admitted that the Crisis Management Group (CMG) had “goofed up” the operation. While […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Nirmal Singh were caught in a controversy on July 2 following reports that an Air India flight […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Union home minister Rajnath Singh on July 2 ruled out revocation of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu & Kashmir, saying the situation was not conductive for it. “The […]
Continued from Putting India Emphatically on Global Map – Part 1 It defies logic that a country that is considered as our most serious adversary and whose policies in our region has done us incalculable strategic harm should […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Water level in Jhelum crossed the danger mark at Sangam in south Kashmir early today as most parts of the Valley were lashed by incessant rains since June 24 A flood alert was […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): In a development that may raise an alarm in the security establishment, flags of dreaded terror outfit ISIS along with those of Pakistan were On June 12 raised in Kashmir after which police […]
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