Profile of Nitin A. Gokhale
Manohar Parrikar has demonstrated a rare decisiveness in the defence ministry.
In early September, the former army chief spoke to NDTV, addressing questions on the TSD.
In the theatre of war, State neglect threatens to rub salt into sore wounds
The Northeast must not internalise victimhood even as it fights racism
The border trade point between India and China reopens soon, and the bonhomie at this border between troops on either side, currently witnessed twice a week when mail gets exchanged, will get tested when the traffic increases.
Troops to Iraq may have been in headlines, but other changes are afoot - Assam Rifles is poised to take over all CI operations in the northeastern states to relieve the Army and other forces for deployment elsewhere.
Tired of paying arbitrary 'tax' to extortionist ultras, the Naga public gives them a taste of their own medicine
Competition, rising costs, stagnant productivity, falling domestic consumption ...and now labour trouble. The companies say they can't even pay the statutory bonus, leave alone the 20% the workers expect.
They're not on terra firma. But life in these phumdis is coming to a standstill.
The search for that elusive bird of fairness has often led Manipuris to the doorstep of Yambem Laba
The police have been 'force-feeding' a young Manipur girl in custody since November 2000 who refuses to eat voluntarily, demanding withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, while recent charges of 'custodial-killing' hog the headlines in
New Delhi will have to shed its reluctance in displeasing its apparently 'friendly' eastern neighbours and talk tough with them, if it wants to prevent another Kashmir-like situation in India's east and the northeast.
If you thought the Northeast is full of primitive tribals in their traditional dresses, you need a reality check. When it comes to high fashion (not just in clothes) and high tech gadgetry, it could teach a thing or two to the rest of India.
Assam police and the kids in the state now have reasons to view each other in a more benign light
The state's tea industry, already under the shadow of recession, gets nastier bodyblows from its workers
The 'breaking news' on 24-hour news channels range from a model getting killed in a freak accident when she is hit by a glass pane falling from the 24th (or is it 48th?) floor of a luxury hotel to the first monsoon showers and the water-logging in th
The Assam tea industry is worried, desperately worried. If in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was under pressure from rising militancy in the state, it is now faced with trouble on the labour front.
In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Guwahati, the Assam Chief Minister gives his reasons for opposing the repeal of IM(DT) Act, while listing his government's successes in the past two years. Excerpts from the interview.
Why have the seven-sisters suffered from so much neglect and apathy and been out of the mainstream consciousness of heartland India? Who's to blame? Who's to do something about it?
The contrast between the Home ministry's treatment of the North-East and J&K is disturbingly striking. Why does New Delhi adopt a softer line towards terrorists from the east as compared to those from the west?