Pakistan rules out war with India on Kashmir

Pakistan has ruled out war with India on the Kashmir issue but it is not to say that it would sit on its back on the matter. It has secured a pledge from China, an...

Now Jammu, and not Kashmir Valley, would call the shots

The game and set are already with the Bharatiya Janata Party vis-à-vis Jammu and Kashmir but the match would be truly over when the delimitation exercise kicks in....

Liberalism is dead: World leans on a new order

Last week’s G20 gathering in Osaka was a signal event: it signaled how much the world has changed. The centerpieces of the new configuration are China, Russia and...

India has moved away from US orbit for good

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, finishes his three-day visit to India today and a beaming him has made it to the front pages of all the dailies. Don’t be fooled...

Who is Donald Trump fooling on Iran?

I am not a stockbroker but if I was I would bet big against Donald Trump unleashing a war against Iran.

Delimitation: Amit Shah set to make early move in Kashmir Valley

Delhi has little control in Kashmir Valley. Out of 87 seats in the assembly, 46 are reserved for Kashmir region and 37 for Jammu (Ladakh has the other four seats). No...

Importance of being Jaishankar: Only behind Modi-Shah duo

Not Rajnath Singh. No Nitin Gadkari. India’s third most powerful minister in the present dispensation—besides the obvious duo of Modi-Shah—is...