Siliguri Corridor

Why increasing border talks between Bhutan and China are a cause for alarm in India

India’s worries regarding China acquiring control of Doklam stems from the fact that this plateau overlooks the strategic Siliguri corridor also known as the Chicken’s Neck

Bhutan yields to Chinese salami-slicing pressure in Doklam, causing immediate impact on India

India’s resistance to the Chinese in Bhutan began in 2017 when China intruded into Bhutan’s Doklam Plateau with an illegal road being built unilaterally through Bhutanese territory

Why robust border management is need of the hour in India's North East

If New Delhi feels that it would only be Assam and its neighbouring states that would be imperilled as a result of the illegal ingress then it must think again

Xi Jinping’s strategic miscalculation spawns a dangerous Himalayan military stalemate

Thanks to the Xi Jinping-ordered aggression, India seems more determined than ever to work with like-minded states to prevent China from gaining pre-eminence in Asia

Why China’s new Land Border Law may further intensify military standoff with India

New Delhi must go for a massive ramp-up in the infrastructure sector along the LAC to make Beijing realise that territorial integrity is its top priority

Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill could bridge gap between mainland and North East, but problematic provisions must be reappraised

The Government of India is in the process of deliberating and readying the Constitution (125th Amendment) Bill to place it on the parliamentary altar to try and change the destiny of our citizens.

FIRs against Sharjeel Imam justified, anti-CAA activist's call to 'cut-off' Assam tests limits of free speech

While legal eagles claim that Sharjeel Imam did not commit a crime and FIRs against him must be quashed, it is worth remembering that Imam was not issuing a lecture during an academic discussion

Nirmala Sitharaman is on the ball; here's why chances of another India-China standoff in Doka La are remote

Union Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that a Doka La 2 is highly unlikely. She is right. Hyperventilating media reports notwithstanding, a sober assessment of ground realities indicates that India need not be apprehensive of renewed Chinese aggression in the disputed Himalayan region that saw a 73-day standoff last year.

Assam influx: General Bipin Rawat's larger message is inclusive; to attribute political motives to it is absurd

To say that General Bipin Rawat should have refrained from mentioning the names of political parties does not imply that the issue that raised by him is unimportant.

China reacts to Nirmala Sitharaman's Nathu La visit, says ready to maintain peace at frontiers with India

China on Monday expressed readiness to jointly maintain peace along the border areas with India and said Nathu La, the frontier post visited by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman was the "best witness" to the UK-China treaty of 1890.