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Gurdaspur and Pathankot: An Unfinished Task?
Recently, two attacks in Punjab exposed the vulnerability of the regions Indo Pak border. The first attack was on the Dinanagar town of Gurdaspur district in July, 2015. The next attack was a strike in the wee hours of 2nd January at the Pathankot Airbase. Both these attacks were shortly followed by the meetings between Prime Ministers Modi...
General O P Malhotra – A Personal Remembrance
After he took over as the Army Chief in June 1978, as a proud Gunner, General O P Malhotra’s first visit was quite naturally to Devlali – the home of the Gunners. On the evening of his arrival, the Gunners Amateur Dramatics Society (GADS) put up a variety show comprising a couple of short plays and dances. I was then a young Captain and had...
History tells us Pakistan Army will play spoiler
In a tumultuous fortnight, during which many an illusion was shattered at the turn of the year, some home truths emerged in the chronically accident-prone ties between India and Pakistan. One, contrary to what was speculated, the decision to drop by in Lahore was taken at the spur of the moment by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while he was in...
Pathankot Air Base Terror Attack: Pakistan again Betrays India
Even though India has not directly named Pakistan responsible for the Pathankot Air base terror attack, for a change Pakistan also has not denied like Mumbai jehadi attack of 2008 that this terror attack was not launched from its soil. Rather it has agreed to investigate the whole issue and bring the culprits to book. However nobody should have...
US Indirect Assistance to North Korea for Nuclear Technology
The following remarks has been received from the reader (author), which raises many questions: Finally, North Korea did the unthinkable. On 06 January, North Korea announced that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. If true, North Korea, now processes something much more powerful than the weapons it has tested in the past. While China...