Covert Operations

Surgical strikes: What exactly have the Modi govt and BJP done wrong?

Worried that the successful offensive against Pakistan may give Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party an electoral boost in the upcoming Assembly polls, an assortment of Indian political leaders — from Arvind Kejriwal, P Chidambaram, Sanjay Nirupam to even Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejashwi — have accused the BJP of trying to gain political mileage out of the strike

Indian Army's surgical strikes: How Modi government began well and then lost the plot

Surgical strikes: Modi govt must handle unpleasant questions with maturity, not rancour

So, what if Sanjay Nirupam, Arvind Kejriwal or any 'aam aadmi' raises questions on the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army on 29 September?

Modi lost faith in Sharif long before Uri attack: What was the tipping point?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was quite committed to his peace initiatives with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He had carefully and personally choreographed the same over 30 months and had good reasons to believe he was making contact. So what snapped?

Peaceniks like Yechury see Pakistan as just another country, but not as a terror factory

Haven’t you noticed that, besides being a terror exporter, Pakistan has no recognisable structure, either that of a classic democracy or typical authoritarianism?

Pakistan launches disinformation offensive after surgical strikes on PoK

Expectedly, Pakistan has mounted a massive campaign of disinformation against the surgical strikes in PoK by India on 28 September

How to tackle Pakistan? Surgical strikes and the future of Indian military responses

In the coming days, Pakistan's generals will certainly be rethinking their terrorism strategy against India

Surgical strikes show just how badly Pakistan misunderstood Narendra Modi

The words spoken in the ear of Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lahore exactly 11 months ago must be resonating rather loudly now

Surgical strikes along LoC puts South Asia on cusp of new India-Pakistan dynamic

There is a broad consensus after Thursday morning's daring surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the LoC by Indian Special Forces that we are on the cusp of a new dynamic between India and Pakistan

Surgical strikes against Pakistan along LoC show Indian govt has finally acted boldly

On Thursday morning, the Indian Army announced that it had conducted several strikes on terrorist camps across the Line of Control. According to the statement by the Director General for Military Operations, Lieutenant-General Ranbir Singh, operations took place in four sectors along the LoC — Bhimber, Hotspring, Kel and Lipa — at 12.30 am on 28 September and destroyed seven terrorist bases that were used to stage infiltrations into India