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People before ideology
31 Dec 2014 4:13 AM ISTAlthough a democratic franchise is not necessarily the only measure of popular mood, the shift in political discourse reflected by the recently...
Raj to mark 43 anniv of Nagi Sand Dune battle
27 Dec 2014 5:44 AM ISTThis was yet another ludicrous foray of the Pakistan army. That too, soon after a decisive victory notched up by the Indian army, which not only...
Centre tied to RSS’ apron strings
19 Dec 2014 3:30 AM ISTA long time ago, the communists used to call Parliament a ‘pigsty.’ For decades the ruling BJP has made the country’s highest legislature a talking...
DRDO dumps three-decade old Kaveri aero engine
11 Dec 2014 4:55 AM ISTThe file is doing the rounds of DRDO Bhavan and South Block – defence ministry headquarters at the moment, even as the agency tasked to build the...
Navy chief Dhowan declares INS Vikramaditya operational
4 Dec 2014 6:40 AM ISTWhile replying to a question on an apparent delay in operationalising the fully refurbished Soviet era aircraft ‘cruiser’ now called a Carrier, Dhowan...
Holding Army to task for Machhil, Chattergam may offer ray of hope
1 Dec 2014 3:52 AM ISTBut many in the army feel that there has not been any new attitudinal change that has caused these juridical exercises. They say that the process of...
Shortfall of fighter aircraft threat to deterrence: Experts
26 Nov 2014 5:43 AM ISTThe IAF officially, of course, say that they need the government’s help in procuring medium, multirole combat aircrafts (MMRCA) and the light combat...
Plot thickens, the colour deepens
25 Nov 2014 4:25 AM ISTSeven months on, Narendra Modi’s politics in governance has begun to reveal itself. The umbilical chord that normally connects the BJP to the...
Govt clears plan to acquire 814 artillery guns for `15,570 crore
24 Nov 2014 4:35 AM ISTThe artillery guns would be procured as per the ‘Buy and Make’ procedure introduced last year under which 100 such guns would be bought off the shelf...
Like UPA’s NAC, is RSS becoming Modi government’s policy thinktank?
18 Nov 2014 5:39 AM ISTConsidering the flak laid by the BJP, early during the regime of the Congress and its UPA for having an ‘extra-constitutional’ body like the National...
‘Withdrawal of nuke umbrellas likely to lead to more wars’
12 Nov 2014 7:03 AM ISTWithdrawal of nuclear umbrellas by great powers may result in the formation of more countries and thus give rise to more wars in the future. This was...
Let there be a call to arms
11 Nov 2014 2:21 AM ISTThere is a notion amongst the intellectual circles in India that Leftist politics is nothing if not liberal. That liberalism has to be exhibited in a...