Homeland Security
Non Alignment version 3.0: The new doctrine of Modi Regime
By: Subhranil Basu Ray | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2016
Non-Alignment has its roots in Mr Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy. However it has undergone change under successive prime ministers, mainly because of the change in Environment and to maintain...
Challenges and Choices: Future of India’s North-East
By: Indrajit Sharma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jun , 2016
A comprehensive policy of development and security is what the region requires for ushering an atmosphere of peace and augmenting various policy objectives. In fact the twin approach surrounding...
26/11 and Hijacking of India’s War Room
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2016
The ‘Murree Hijacking’ is a classic case of strategic deception by Pakistan. Strategic deception is very much part of conventional warfare exercised in a manner to lull the enemy into...
Kashmir Valley cannot Bleed India
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Apr , 2016
Kashmir is again on the boil. It is cyclical feature the periodicity of which is determined by political developments within the state and the vicissitudes of Pakistan state. At present a new...
PM’s Inaugural Address at the Maritime India Summit, 2016
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Apr , 2016
Hon. Governor of Maharashtra; Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra; His Excellency Mr. Kim Young-Suk, Minister of the Republic of Korea Our Union Minister for Shipping, Mr. Nitin Gadkari Other...
Revisiting India’s Geo-Strategic Challenge of Siachen
By: Brig Amar Cheema | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Apr , 2016
For Indians 13 April translates as a day of celebrations due to the festivities of Baisakhi. However, the day also marks the beginning of the longest operation in the annals of the Indian...
Nuclear Terrorism – and the Nostradamus predicate
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Apr , 2016
President Obama carries a Hanuman idol in his pocket which he says is for luck. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook recently revealed that Apple’s Steve Jobs had advised him to visit the Hanuman...
Security Challenges to Digital India
By: Lt Gen (Dr) Rajesh Pant | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Mar , 2016
The digital spark has been lit in India and the country is headed for an exponential growth in eGovernance initiatives. While the Centre is proudly showcasing it’s big ticket ventures such as...
Upgraded Advanced Landing Grounds at Ziro and along Inaugurated
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Mar , 2016
The operational capability of the Indian Air Force got a major fillip with the re-launching of two upgraded Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG) at Ziro and Along in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday. ...
When a Proud Community is Forced to seek OBC status !
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 28 Feb , 2016
The nation was recently seized with the turmoil in Haryana due to an agitation by the Jat community of the state. The agitation took a violent turn to an unprecedented level. There was a...
Encounter at Pampore: Where was the problem?
By: Lt Gen NS Bawa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Feb , 2016
In yet another operation in Jammu and Kashmir, at Pampore, the nation has lost six personnel including two special forces Officers (of the rank of Captain) and one Non Commissioned Officer,...
Need for an Indian Marine Force
By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) | Issue: Vol. 30.4 Oct-Dec 2015 | Date: 21 Feb , 2016
Our continued neglect of the maritime frontier and the opportunities that it provides reflects the thinking of a ‘landlocked’ power. If we create a master plan to devote one per cent of our...
India’s Dilemma : A Maritime or Continental Power?
By: Daanish Inder Singh Gill | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Feb , 2016
Much has been made about India's naval expansion. It has been touted as an important instrument of maritime power projection across the IOR- region and hence the harbinger of India's arrival into...
This time David Headley will matter!
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2016
The deposition of David Headley in an Indian Court is a significant development in the context of construction of future narrative of jihadi terror orchestrated by Pakistan’s...
Address by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee at International Fleet...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2016
It is indeed a privilege for me to have the splendid sight of majestic warships anchored in these waters of Bay of Bengal. The fluttering pennants and flags on the dressing lines, happy and...
More Parliamentary Panel Rebuke – This Time Warships
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Feb , 2016
More rebuke has been heaped on the government by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – this time because of delay in construction of warships. Considering CAG audit on warship...
Splintering Naxalism in India: Maoism or Money?
By: Dr V Balasubramaniyan | Issue: Vol. 30.4 Oct-Dec 2015 | Date: 31 Jan , 2016
Inter-group rivalry has a multi-dimensional impact both at strategic and tactical levels. These groups rewrite state boundaries as they attempt to control areas under different states, thus...
No politics over NIA, National Security
By: Ranbir Singh Pathania | Issue: Courtesy: www.dailyexcelsior.com | Date: 29 Jan , 2016
N N Vohra speaks as good a Governor of this State as much a strategic security analyst at 7th Foundation Day of National Investigation Agency while he prepares the pitch for inclusion of RPC in...
Of Drugs, Terror – and patronage
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2016
Terrorism is a global phenomenon and is here to stay no matter GWOT, chest pounding and table thumping. There is no universal consensus about what terrorism consists of and as long as the world...
Pathankot Operations: A Grand Success
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jan , 2016
The venom spilt over the conduct of ground operations in eliminating six Pakistani terrorists who had infiltrated into the Pathankot air base is astonishing. There was an unfortunate tendency to...