Nitin A Gokhale

Sirisena comes calling: An opportunity for India

by Nitin A Gokhale

15 Feb/15

General

More than a month after the unexpected turn of political events that witnessed the ouster of a seemingly invincible Mahinda Rajapaksa in Sri Lanka, the new Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will be in India starting 15 February. As he makes the first overseas trip, the question uppermost in those…

I do not fear any retribution: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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09 Feb/15

Rediff

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Defence Secretary of Sri Lanka, former Army officer and brother of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, was largely seen as the driving force behind Sri Lanka’s Eelam War IV that decimated the Tamil Tigers and ended an intense, quarter century long civil war in the island…

Opinion: For China, Army Has New Troops. But No Funds.

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05 Feb/15

NDTV

India’s Mountain Strike Corps, announced with much fanfare in late 2013 to augment the army’s strength along the border with China, is in trouble, thanks to a ‘sanction’ that was not really a sanction under the UPA II government. According to sequence of events pieced together by this writer after…

Op Sadbhavna has outlived its utility

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01 Feb/15

General

For over 16 years, the Indian Army has conducted Operation Sadbhavna–as part of its WHAM (winning hearts and mind) doctrine–across Jammu and Kashmir spending something close to Rs 300 crore sanctioned by the Defence Ministry on running schools and orphanages, improving the living standard of the locals by constructing roads…

The Agni-V canister launch video

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31 Jan/15

General

Video Courtesy: DRDO