Repealing AFSPA will wash away Valley’s relative peace
he withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), promulgated in the Northeast since 1958 and in J&K since 1990, or dilution of its existing powers was a topic of hot debate last year and
India creates polo history ahead of World Cup 2011
Emerging winners of the zonal play-offs by beating Pakistan 12 goals to 9 in an exciting match at Kuala Lumpur, the Indian polo team created history on Malaysian soil by receiving their first international polo title outside India in the Asian-Australasian-African Championships final at the Royal Selangor Polo Club.
Seeds of homegrown terror planted by Pak
With no major headway in Mumbai’s July 13 bomb blasts and only some email leads following the September 7 blast at the Delhi high court (the second one this year), an explosion at Agra’s Jai Hospital
Ulfa’s talkers vs Burmese stalkers
The “pro-talks” faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) came to New Delhi on August 5 to hold talks with home minister P. Chidambaram.
Pak’s desperation in J&K, Valley politics and AFSPA
Four encounters in the Kashmir Valley over the month of August, which resulted in 35 to 40, mainly Pakistani and some Kashmiri terrorists, being neutralised (i.e.
Maha coastal security needs many more measures
The dastardly 26/11 terrorist attack by 10 youth highly trained and indoctrinated by the Pakistan’s military intelligence and leaders of terrorist groups created and supported by it shook the entire n
Manipur insurgents’ activities outweigh their surrenders
For decades in Ma-nipur, operations under the command of either the Army or the Assam Rifles against the insurgent groups, most of which resorted to insurgency since the 1990s, have been interspersed
Terror strike puts a question mark on N-E peace talks
SHORTLY AFTER the reports in media about China trying to unite Northeast terrorist groups and the entry of one in Assam to launch attacks around Independence Day, terrorists struck in Imphal.
An insight into the anatomy of terror
On May 29, 2011, one week after the release of his book in the UK, Syed Saleem Shahzad was abducted, days after writing an article suggesting that insiders in the Pakistan Navy had colluded with Al Qa
China and Burma ‘stoking’insurgency in the Northeast
INDEPENDENCE DAY for many years has been on the attack timetable of many terrorist groups ranging from Pakistan/Pakistan-supported outfits spread all over India, to those of the Northeast, all activel