BJP is missing the plot in Ladakh; It could be too late, too soon

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked Ladakh on Friday afternoon. The tremors were felt in Leh. A short message in a WhatsApp group announced, around 6...

Okay, Pak wants Gilgit-Baltistan as its 5th province; But what is India doing about it?

Maharaja Hari Singh acceded whole of his princely state to India on October 26, 1947, as Pakistan attacked his territories. The state was then spread over 2,22,236 square...

A marginalized Farooq is whistling in the dark; Anti-India rant won’t take him anywhere

Fast becoming irrelevant in the Jammu and Kashmir polity, Farooq Abdullah has now started giving outlandish statements. When Mehbooba Mufti's government fell in June...

The Last Maharaja: Jammu & Kashmir is only now waking up to his greatness

Amar Mahal, located in Jammu city on the west bank of Tawi river, once a palace, is now a well-known museum, frequented by tourists. The locals too throng the beautiful...

MEA’s presence in LAC border parleys is a payback to CCP in good, olden times

BPMs (Border Personnel Meetings) were a regular occurrence between Indian and Chinese military personnel on Line of Actual Control (LAC) before the stand-off started in...

India has been exemplary to a fault against Pakistan in Indus Water Treaty

Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) completed 60 years of successful operations two days ago on September 19. Except minor hiccups regarding run of river (RoR) hydropower projects,...

Why Srinagar dreads this day; and why it could recur again, and again

Some Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorists fired in air, vandalised machinery at the site and beat up some labourers at Adipora on August 27, 2012. They announced that the...