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Before Operation Sindoor, there was Operation Maa. Its lessons must be remembered

August 20, 2025 3:55 pm

Its success demonstrates that a holistic counter-terrorism strategy must extend beyond the battlefield. While security forces must be effective in combat, they also need a reasonable knowledge of the local culture and traditions

‘Disregard for Kashmiri lives’, say political leaders after civilian truck driver killed in army firing incident

February 07, 2025 5:02 am

The Srinagar-Jammu highway is dotted with Army camps and police posts. It has also been dug up at several places for widening.

Why arguments criticising Article 370 verdict don't hold up

December 28, 2023 2:43 pm

Reasons are the soul of any socio-political discussion. It is the responsibility of journalists, lawyers and judges to provide reasons in support of their analysis and not steer the discourse based on inherent biases

G20 in Kashmir: A photo-op inside a darkness

May 25, 2023 5:38 pm

As someone born in Kashmir, I suffer with the people of my land. They have suffered too much, for too long

In south Kashmir, fear of hardened stance by forces

June 21, 2018 7:34 am

According to official figures, nearly 150 militants, most of them local youth, are active in the four districts of south Kashmir. They say that only this year, at least 80 local youths have joined militant ranks in south Kashmir.

View From The Right: Call to battle

February 14, 2018 1:15 am

India has to give out a strong and clear message that continued interference in her internal affairs is simply not acceptable. The very least that needs to be done immediately is severing of diplomatic ties.

Big blow to Hizbul Mujahideen, top commander Yasin Yatoo killed

August 14, 2017 9:29 am

Speaking to The Indian Express, IG (Kashmir Zone) Muneer Khan described the killing of Yatoo as a “very big success”. “He was one of the top commanders active here. It was a difficult operation in a place surrounded by orchards and nullahs, but we were successful,” said Khan.

Major shot dead by jawan in Uri sector

July 19, 2017 12:17 pm

Major Shekhar Thapa of 8 Rashtriya Rifles, an elite counter-insurgency unit deployed in Uri, was shot dead by the jawan, whose identity the Army did not disclose.

Who is Major Leetul Gogoi?

May 23, 2017 5:41 pm

Gogoi is alleged to have ordered a Kashmiri man to be tied to a jeep bonnet on April 9 to deter stone-pelters from targeting his troops and election staff. The incident took place soon after the by-polls in the Valley.

Army 'salutes' youths for support in flood rescue operations

October 04, 2014 3:04 pm

Lt Gen Saha said the people of the Valley deserve all the respect and admiration for what they did during the floods.

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