Tag: New Delhi
Bollywood star Chopra apologises over ‘Quantico’ Hindu terror plot
AFP | Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologised Sunday after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by...
Nuclear weapons solidifying defensive fence
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | PAKISTAN has been encountering an existential threat since 1947. India has not reconciled with its sovereign survival. New Delhi did...
Spy Chronicles: A one-sided narrative
Murtaza Shibli | Pakistan’s former spy chief, General Asad Durrani, is facing flak. His former colleagues in the army are fuming for his latest endeavour...
Kashmir: Ramadan break from violence?
Murtaza Shibli | The recent announcement by New Delhi to halt its military operations in Kashmir that seek to kill nominally trained and scantly armed...
Indian diplomat found guilty of spying for ISI
News Analysis | On Friday, In an espionage case involving an alleged love affair between an Indian diplomat and a Pakistani ISI agent, a Delhi...
China & India strive to make peace: hold summit after border...
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair strained ties at a summit on Friday after an...
Indian Paramilitary soldiers killed in the Northeast
News Analysis | A homemade bomb exploded in India's remote Northeast, killing two paramilitary soldiers and wounding two civilians, police said. On Wednesday, rebels exploded...
Indian engineers abducted in Afghanistan as New Delhi’s footprint in Afghanistan...
News Analysis | Seven Indian engineers of an RPG group company working in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province were abducted on Sunday by Taliban gunmen who...
Buddha Diplomacy: Pakistan uses its inter-religious past to build modern ties
News Analysis | India's bid to invoke Lord Buddha in its outreach to some of its neighbors now faces a new challenge and it comes...
Will India calm down after China’s clarification over military designs in...
News Analysis | Pakistan’s longstanding ally, China has categorically rubbished rumors that it had military designs in its mind, in the development of multi-billion Dollars...
Modi’s visit expected to ease India-China tensions
News Analysis | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement...
India fumes over pro-Khalistan posters in Pakistan
News Analysis | India, on Monday, accused Pakistan of trying to incite Indian Sikh pilgrims by raising the issue of “Khalistan” through inflammatory statements and...
Indo-Russia military ties face strains due to New Delhi’s attitude
News Analysis | India is reducing its dependence on Russia for critical defense programs, with the joint venture BrahMos missile set to be guided by...
Summit Sabotage: India mulls boycott of SAARC event
News Analysis | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli about India’s firm opposition to the staging of...
Collapsing Reach: Is Chabahar the next Indian strategic defeat?
News Analysis | The Iranian port of Chabahar, touted to be the lynchpin of the “great Indian move to circumvent Pakistan” seems to be on...
India puts Pakistani diplomat on most wanted list
News Analysis | India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has put a Pakistani diplomat to its list of people wanted for carrying out various acts of...
An Indian counter narrative on Maldives
M K Bhadrakumar | The Maldives is back in the headlines. This time around, it is not about democracy deficit or rule of law. Two...
OPCW vote & South Asia: Why Pakistan backed Russia but India...
Andrew Korybko | Russia’s failed effort to get the OPCW to open up a joint investigation of the Skripal case importantly proved that the South...
India feels the heat as Maldives grows more Independent
News Analysis | The government has been closely monitoring the evolving situation in the Maldives and keeping a constant watch on all developments that have...
US expects India to engage Pakistan in Kashmir talks
M K Bhadrakumar | The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs in the US State Department Alice Wells is visiting India...
Indian Occupied Kashmir burns as killings increase
News Analysis | Massive anti-India protests erupted in several parts of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Sunday amid fierce fighting between rebels and government...
India unifies its Armed Forces under an integrated theater of command
News Analysis | New Delhi has taken a significant step towards enmeshing the Indian Armed Forces-the Indian Air Force, the Army, and the Navy-under a...
Geopolitical Challenges of South Asia’s Silk Roads
Andrew Korybko | The Strategic Vision Behind the Silk Road The early part of the 21st-century is witnessing an astronomically rapid rise of China as a...
Link Chabahar with Gwadar: Iran tells Pakistan
News Analysis | In a three-day tour of Pakistan, the Iranian Foreign Minister invited Pakistan to participate in the port of Chabahar. Dr. Javad Zarif,...
Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great South...
Adnan Qaiser | CDA Institute Research Associate Adnan Qaiser, with a distinguished career in the armed forces and international diplomacy, reviews Myra MacDonald’s book on...
Khalistan support leads to dilemma for Canadian Prime Minister
AFP | Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced persistent criticism Thursday over a convicted Sikh extremist's attendance at a Canadian event in Mumbai, nearly a...
The beginning of the Sino-Indian romance?
M K Bhadrakumar | Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale has hit the road running, as it were. There isn’t going to be a time lag following...
Will devolution make Pakistan stronger?
Dr. Farid A Malik | Each province shall, by law, establish a local government system and devolve political, administrative, and financial responsibility and authority to the...
The Betrayal of India: A close look at the 2008 Mumbai...
Prof. Graeme McQueen | These days we rush from one media story to another, trying to keep up with the latest terrorist attack. Yesterday Paris;...
Kashmir’s alarming situation
Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian Army’s endless brutality drove the Kashmiri youth into militancy. Instead of surrendering, the Kashmiris are fiercely struggling for the...
