The newly declared ceasefire along the LoC benefits both countries, stops needless bloodletting. Yet no one bets on a further thaw.

All pre-election talk of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah being cut down to size evaporated after the Lok Sabha elections were declared. But BJP's confidence to win majority on its own was backed by genius of a strategy, writes Anirban Ganguly

Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of Congress' data analytics department, speaks to Outlook on Balakot, party's' NYAY scheme and alliances.

Motives behind Pulwama show that India must focus on dividing its adversaries’ unholy alliance, and on Kashmir’s ‘integration’, not ‘special status’

Trans-border ops may have more optic value, but internal security needs a revamp

For now, India seems to have concentrated its focus on increased diplo­ma­tic pressure—something that reportedly bore down heavily on Pakistan after both the Pulwama attack and the Balakot airstrike.

Opposition is floundering in their bid to find a viable way to deny BJP the glory and halo of a ‘heroic’ cross-LoC strike.

The IAF’s surprise strikes were thoroughly planned, leaving nothing to chance

When a conflict dares not declare its common name, the fracas between India and Pakistan can assume many shades

From ‘all-out war’ to ‘controlled war’, India has changed gear in its military response to Pakistan-sponsored terrorism

‘The only reason why the PM has not ordered an enquiry (into Arnabgate) is because he is the person through which that message (Balakot airstrikes) went to this journalist,’ Rahul Gandhi claimed.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh also sought to know from the Centre how Goswami got access to sensitive information.

There is nothing patriotic about taking political advantage over the strikes, the Congress leader said at a press conference

Arnabgate: Imran Khan also said that Pakistan 'averted a larger crisis by a responsible, measured response' to the Balakot airstrike carried out by India.

Pakistan alleged that the BJP government launched the Balakot strike to manipulate public sentiment in order to win elections.

A determined government had responded fiercely to the terror attacks in Uri and Pulwama in Kashmir between 2014 and 2019, the Home Minister said.

News platforms on January 9 claimed that the former Pakistani diplomat Zafar Hilaly admitted to the speculation that the Indian airstrike on February 26, 2019, killed 300 people on the Pakistani side in Balakot.

Pakistan Army chief said that year 2019 witnessed two significant events which will have lasting imprint on the geopolitics of this region: Balakot airstrike and abrogation of Article 370

A look back at the important events of 2019 as the year comes to an end and marks the beginning of a new decade.

Just ahead of the World Cup match between India and Pakistan, an advertisement on a Pakistan channel featured a spoof on Abhinandan.