Homeland Security

Kerala-Kashmir-Kabul and the Islamic State
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 May , 2023
Reports regarding emergence of a new terror group ‘Base Movement’ has been making rounds for some time. The ramifications, reach and consequences of this terror group, however has not been...

Kashmir on a Roll
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2023
Investment entails acquisition of assets or items with the primary objective of generating income or for the purposes of wealth appreciation. However, since successful investment is dependent on...

Indian Vision-2047 for Cyber Defence Security: Needs and Importance
By: Col (Dr) AK Singh and Dr Rajeev Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2023
In order to make the military into the "Aatmanirbhar" force that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had envisioned, the Ministry of Defence undertook ground-breaking reforms in 2022, led by Raksha...

Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Mar , 2023
The cold-blooded murder of 45-year-old Sanjay Sharma in Achan village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday serves as a grim warning that there’s no let-up in the despicable trend of...

The Kashmir ‘Solidarity Day’ Charade
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2023
While flaunting it as a solemn occasion called ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’, Islamabad organises a comical extravaganza of sorts with emotional [as well as menacing] speeches and contrived...

Significance of Joint Maritime Exercises
By: Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 02 Jan , 2023
Relevance of Joint Military Exercises Joint Military Exercises are often used by nations to display their military might by showcasing weapons, systems and well-trained soldiers. Such...

Tawang, Tibet and Taiwan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Dec , 2022
Unlike its aggressive strategic designs that resulted in the major clash with India in Ladakh’s Galwan valley in June 2020, the latest India-China skirmishes in Tawang on December 9 seems to...

Indian Army’s Unmatched Resilience
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Aug , 2022
While the nation was celebrating ‘Azadika Amrit Mahotsav’ [grand celebration of Freedom’s Nectar] to commemorate India’s 75th Independence Day, on the icy heights of Siachen Glacier, an...

Targeted Killings: Kashmir Fights Back!
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Aug , 2022
Wednesday's killing of three Pakistan backed Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] terrorists [including self-styled LeT commander Lateef Rather] in the Waterhail area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir is...

Yasin Malik: Kashmir’s Most ‘Artful Dodger’
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Aug , 2022
From an ordinary public event disruptor to waging Pakistan sponsored armed insurrection in J&K [in the course of which he was actively involved in killing security forces personnel and innocent...

Dark Clouds went away with 370
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Aug , 2022
Three weeks back this author was invited to Akhnoor to deliver a talk on “National Security Challenges”. This kind of an invitation in a small town of J&K was unthinkable before the arrival...

Article 370 Abrogation: An Appraisal
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Aug , 2022
August 5 marks the third anniversary of the center’s decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35[A] of the Indian Constitution, and though it’s still too early to comprehensively comment on the...

Kargil: Ours must live, enemy must die!
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 29.3 Jul-Sep 2014 | Date: 25 Jul , 2022
Even as the nation readies itself to pay homage to the extraordinary bravery displayed by the young officers and the men of the Indian Army during the Kargil conflict, the lessons thrown up raise...

Upgraded tactics of Pakistani terror in J&K
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jul , 2022
In a press conference at Jammu, the Additional Director General of Police, J&K, disclosed some sensitive information about the drone deployment strategy of Pakistan's ISI in its Kashmir terror...

An Apprehension and Surrender in J&K
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jul , 2022
Coming on the heels of locals apprehending two armed Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] terrorists [including a self-styled commander’ responsible for many terror attacks and bomb blasts] in Tukson Dhok...

Anti-Nationals versus Agniveers
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jun , 2022
Fire has two manifestations: Godly that creates, nurtures and sustains; and savage, that destroys and rejoices over the destruction of creations, achievements and accomplishments. The later...

WTO Sealed a Package: India Emerged as Global Leader with Win-Win Outcome
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2022
For the first time in a decade, the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a 164-nation body, have finalised a historic deal at the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12).The four-day MC12...

Countering Targeted Killings in Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Jun , 2022
By targeting defenceless men and women belonging to the indigenous minority Hindu community as well as non-locals working in Kashmir, Pakistan sponsored terrorists have succeeded in creating a...

Kashmir Killings: What is to be done now!
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2022
The selective killings of Hindus and pro India Muslims in the valley are a reminder that war declared on us is not over yet. Right at the outset it must be clearly understood that what the...

Decoding Targeted Killings in Kashmir
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 May , 2022
Tuesday, May 24, turned out to be yet another bloody day in Kashmir. While a targeted attack in the Soura area of Srinagar left a policeman dead and his seven-year-old daughter injured, three...