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How Baloch Liberation Army’s shifting approach signals its growing political understanding

By linking its cause to broader concerns about regional terrorism, nuclear security, and stability, the BLA is framing its resistance not just as a local liberation struggle but as part of a larger fight against militarism and extremism

Pakistan must not deceive its people: Indian Navy stands poised and prepared

Pakistan must be cautious of any wrong conclusions its armed forces may have drawn; the potent arm of the Indian Navy remains ready to strike, should the Indian government so desire

Operation Sindoor: How all-party parliamentary delegation reflects India’s unity in diversity

Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s calibrated strategic response—forceful yet precise

Pakistan and two-nation theory: Method in Gen Munir’s madness

Gen Asim Munir’s statement wasn’t simply a wink-wink dog whistle to activate anti-India extremists but a big flashing green signal to them to go into action

Sarai Amanat Khan: Forgotten Mughal inn that once connected Agra to Lahore

Today, it is no longer merchant caravans that arrive here from Lahore’s direction, but missiles—though once, this route teemed with trade convoys, marching armies, and even the imperial family

Ramification | How Rohingya ‘humanitarian corridor’ in Bangladesh can be a new headache for India

With Muhammad Yunus focused on Western interests, Bangladesh is likely to become a centre of geopolitical contestations

How Pakistani ministers humiliated themselves and exposed their own lies on global media

Since the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistani ministers have attempted to control the damage and also gain global support by presenting themselves on global media networks. However, they have faced a storm of national embarrassment not just over the country’s continued support for terrorism but also for their gaffes on television

‘Boycott Azerbaijan’: How Baku made a bad bargain backing terror in Kashmir

By expressing solidarity with Pakistan, Azerbaijan reveals its lack of sympathy for the victims of terrorism and brazenly lends support to a rogue, terrorist state. This stance will not bode well for Baku, particularly given its billion-dollar bilateral trade with India

New Great Game: Why India, China should be wary of Trump’s West Asia visit

Perhaps India should seek to decouple China from Pakistan and Turkey by reminding it of the threat posed by jihadists who may still be doing the ‘dirty work of the West’

How supporting Pakistan-based terrorism is disastrous for China

Shielding Pakistan’s proxy war undermines regional stability, jeopardises China’s economic interests, and strains Sino-Indian relations at a critical juncture

Operation Sindoor: Modi’s paradigm shift in India’s national security strategy

With Operation Sindoor, India’s global image of a soft state has finally shattered, and a new, assertive India acting without qualms, scepticism, and hesitations in using force against its adversaries has solidified

Those who tell stories rule the world: Bharat must not let Op Sindoor lose the narrative war

India and one billion-plus Indians, despite occasional temporary attention gains by way of hashtag noise and force on social media, are virtually non-players in the global narrative battlefield

How India can counter Turkey’s pan-Islamic axis with Pakistan and Azerbaijan

India should acknowledge the Armenian genocide of 1915, a stance supported by over 30 nations, and stand in solidarity with Greek Cypriots in Cyprus and Greece, who have their issues with Turkey, apart from the ongoing economic ‘boycott’ by the Indians

How Trump’s West Asia visit is a ‘curtain raiser’ for the regional dynamics

President Trump remains transactional, he is following his Make America Great Again and America First approach in a practical way, however unrealistic it may seem

Not just an emphatic victory over Pakistan, Op Sindoor is India’s stern message to China

Rafale debate is pointless, the real story of Operation Sindoor is the proven failure of Chinese air defence equipment

Operation Sindoor: IAF scales new heights, reaffirms India’s air superiority

Operation Sindoor has showcased India’s ability to strike at will, with precision and depth

Operation Sindoor 2.0: Time for India to cut the snake’s head

After dealing a major military blow to Pakistan, the Modi government should eliminate the heads of terrorist organisations like LeT and JeM

Operation Sindoor and ceasefire: India’s measured response signals political maturity

India’s decision to accept the ceasefire was not a sign of weakness but a strategic pragmatism. It allowed India to consolidate gains, avoid economic disruption, and signal maturity

Beyond ceasefire: Legal statecraft in the India–Pakistan conflict

In a global system that increasingly rewards restraint over rhetoric, and legitimacy over spectacle, India has demonstrated how a rising power can navigate conflict without collapsing into crisis

How Erdoğan’s neo-Ottomanism guides Turkey’s Pakistan policy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğa construes the India and Pakistan conflict as a religious one. Bringing the Islamic world under one canopy and ensuring and stamping his unshakeable leadership and authority constitute his dreadful phantom

How Operation Sindoor showcased India’s defence manufacturing to the world

Operation Sindoor has given an alpha opportunity to Indian defence manufacturing. Indian defence attachés must now capitalise on its success to boost exports, particularly to clients like Armenia and the Philippines

PM Modi spells out India’s ‘new normal’: No water for terror, no acceptance of nuclear blackmail

Pakistan’s threat that unilateral action would be treated as an act of war is largely rhetorical—Islamabad knows it cannot easily sustain a full-scale conflict with India. As Prime Minister Modi rightly stated, India will not be intimidated by nuclear blackmail

US Sutra | Trump and Al-Taqiyya: How Pakistan gamed the US President to save its skin

Pakistan’s use of al Taqiyya, instead of proving to be a masterstroke of deception, might cost it dearly in the days to come. India is not likely to let down its guard or let Pakistan off the hook so easily this time

Operation Sindoor and the death of denial: India’s doctrinal leap in the age of precision deterrence

Pakistan, having spent decades exporting instability and terror under the guise of plausible deniability, finally faced an adversary that neither flinched nor forgave

From ‘zero tolerance’ to an ‘act of war’: India’s war on terror gets a new definition

A new, bold, and confident India is all set to bury the threat of terror effectively, forever

Did the Pahalgam terror attack prompt ISRO to fast-track RISAT-1B radar satellite launch?

Soon-to-be-launched RISAT-1B, equipped with a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar payload, is expected to significantly enhance the Indian Armed Forces’ surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities

Head-on | Who really beat Nazi Germany in World War II?

The fact that troops from the Soviet Union captured Berlin on May 2, 1945, and planted the Soviet flag on the roof of the Berlin Reichstag is downplayed in Western media

How Op Sindoor is a shift in India’s strategic posture

Terror groups in Pakistan operate like mushrooms—resilient, secretive, and capable of reappearing unless decisively eradicated. They are tended to by the Pakistan military; India’s new doctrine recognises this reality and intends to respond with clarity and resolve

Seeking Buddha in unexpected places

Buddha Purnima falls on a Monday—let’s explore some lesser-known Buddhist sites hidden in the most unexpected places, tucked away in states not typically associated with Buddhist history

Western media’s enduring bias against India: The case of Pahalgam terror attack

The time has come for India to tell its own story itself—clearly, confidently, and independently—without allowing others to distort reality