India in “vaccination diplomacy” with neighbours: Pak missing

India has a fully-mapped “vaccination diplomacy” in place for its neighbours but as one would expect, Pakistan will not be a recipient of this largesse. ...

Nehru was given an offer to merge Nepal in India—he refused: Pranab Mukherjee

Late president Pranab Mukherjee’s autobiography, which is yet to be published, is making several headlines. This time it is revealed that the first Prime Minister...

CDS Rawat asks Nepal to learn from Lanka and be wary of China’s designs

Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat has said that Nepal shouldn’t become another Sri Lanka in falling to the baits of China.

How come a `Pakistani' is contesting DDC polls in J & K? Meet Samia Sadaf

Samia Sadaf is a candidate in District Development Council (DDC) election from Drugmulla segment in Kupwara district. She is wife of Abdul Majeed Bhat, who had gone to...

While we worry on Ladakh, China has poised itself on a village which could cut off India’s northeast

We have a WhatsApp group of old colleagues from The Pioneer where I began my career in journalism 40 years ago. We usually stick to songs and shayari, avoid ideological...

PLA ran a hawala racket worth Rs 1,000 crores; Delhi Police makes plot public

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has found a hawala racket being run by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) with the help of Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services...

What does China really gain by fighting its neighbours? A lot it seems

No country has more land or maritime borders than China has. It has 14 neighbours around its’ 22,000 km land borders. In South China Sea, there are six (Vietnam,...