2009 was yet another year when Meitei terrorist groups of Manipur were very active despite the Army and Assam Rifles busting some of their major hideouts. That is so mainly owing to a reportedly long standing nexus between them a number of members

  

Agrarian economy with the population of approx 32 lakhs people. It has 62 percent literacy rate with Bengali, Kakborak and Manipuri as the major spoken languages.  60% percent of the total area is hilly and forested and literally being farthe

  

Parallels are being drawn between events in Iraq and Afghanistan and the rising tide of terrorist attacks in Pakistan many of which appear to be copycat acts in the methods adopted and the choice of targets. Actually it is a case of the biter bein

  

Army Day 2010 was marked by an impressive parade at the Army Parade Ground at Delhi Cantonment, followed by the ‘At Home’ at the Army Chief’s residence, which was well attended by The President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patil

  

President Barack Obama must have found to his consternation the disastrous consequences of neglecting Afghanistan by concentrating wholly on Iraq (and its elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction) by predecessor George Bush. What a dazzling victory ove

  

To say that the Supreme Court order striking down the National Reconciliation Ordinance has opened a Pandora’s Box would be a cliché. But then the very existence of Pakistan is a series of such nauseating clichés. The people are wondering that hav

  

The Maoists are once again on the rampage, killing innocent people and targeting security personnel and national infrastructure. Over the years the number of security personnel and civilians killed by the insurgents has gone up substantially. So m