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OROP must for a young Indian Army
9 Sept 2015 4:14 AM ISTAn unusual casualty of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) saga has been the Pre-Mature-Retirement (PMR) system, which exists in the armed forces. While,...
OROP: No country for the soldier
19 Aug 2015 4:50 AM ISTIt has been a politically surcharged week. Has India got its leader yet? No, is the blunt answer. The emphasis of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who...
Sustaining unity beyond OROP
29 July 2015 4:16 AM ISTThe rallies at Dehradun and the hugely successful ongoing agitation in the national capital on Kargil divas shows that support to one rank one pension...
In the fragile quest for rule of law
23 July 2015 3:52 AM ISTThe Second Constituent Assembly (CA) of Nepal finally submitted a draft constitution. A draft was held up earlier for a vast variety of reasons, the...
Don’t they deserve more?
22 Jun 2015 2:15 AM ISTUpping their ante against the Central government, retired veterans of the forces started a countrywide relay hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in New...
Nepal Army plays a sterling role
10 Jun 2015 4:11 AM ISTOne of the immediately visible outcomes of the unfortunate earthquake in Nepal is the performance of its Army and the sliver of respect that it has...
One step forward, two steps back
26 May 2015 6:50 AM ISTAs the Narendra Modi led government completes one year in office, what is its track record regarding defence and how has it fared so far? Has it sowed...
Social costs of the Nepal earthquake
13 May 2015 3:20 AM ISTThe Nepal earthquake on April 25 has all but shattered the already fragile and poverty-stricken economy of Nepal. A natural catastrophe of this...
Dehradun’s Gorkha community anxiously wait for news on relatives
2 May 2015 5:20 AM ISTFour lakh-strong Gorkha community in the city is abuzz with news from Nepal and is eagerly waiting to hear from their relatives and friends living in...
Army’s Gorkha soldiers hope India will stand by Nepal in their moment of grief
27 April 2015 10:08 PM ISTWhereas, the serving soldiers would be naturally worried about their kith and kin, the veterans who are living in the affected area of Nepal would...
The Rafale deal and its aftermath
18 April 2015 5:04 AM ISTThe Rafale deal, which involves the outright purchase of 36 fighters from the French government, has proved that arms procurement in India is a...
Weapons ban and their side effects
27 March 2015 4:12 AM ISTThis fact is fairly well known: Asia is the biggest importer of arms and India leads the world in weapons imports. Arms procurement in India follows a...