A RECENT visit to the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, near Pune, after two decades, turned out to be a huge surprise.

Terrorism was not really a term in vogue till about the third quarter of the 20th century. But for almost 10 centuries till India’s independence, many acts of aggression, suppression, conversion and religious as well as racial discrimination by marauding hordes of Mongols/Mughals and the British were nothing short of terrorism. So were the heinous pogroms by Hitler on the Jews and Stalin on his own people and by various groups and organisations in world history.

The slim youth with a sportsman’s build and typical Meitei features who walked up to the President of India, Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil, before the start of the 62nd Republic Day parade to receive the Ashok Chakra awarded posthumously to Major Laishram Jyotin Singh was Dr Laishram Boeing Singh, his younger brother. He was escorted by Colonel Sanjiv Kakkar, who had headed the medical team in Kabul which Major Singh was part of and which was attacked by terrorists.

During an interaction with the media on the eve of Army Day 2011, Army Chief Gen. V.K.

The situation in the Kashmir Valley deteriorating drastically over a period of two years, till May 2009, led to the unprecedented stage of people, including women and children, being incited and organ

Arriving in New Delhi with a large delegation of 400 people, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s opening statement released at the airport upon his arrival was: “My current visit is aimed at promoting friend

An obvious question for India, which springs up again on the disclosures of WikiLeaks — whether there will be any major change in US President Barack Obama’s Pak or AfPak policy — perhaps becomes redu

Two years after 26/11, the decision of the home ministry to revamp intelligence is not without significance.

Famous words of the late Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw, Padma Vibhushan and Military Cross, addressed to parents of cadets at Passing Out Parades of pre-commission training academies where he was often the chief guest, were: “You gave us boys, we give you back men!”

Responding to a petition by over 50 women officers of the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force in early July this year, the Delhi high court’s division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice