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Former Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been a dominant figure in the country’s politics for decades. Even after his surprise defeat in the January 2015 Presidential elections, he continues to be in the news creating ripples in the Island nation’s public life and in the polity. In what is…

        Latest figures figures available from the Ministry of Defence (MoD): DETAILS OF HUMAN RIGHTS  ALLEGATIONS IN J&K FROM 1994 TO 31 OCT 2014 Nomenclature Offrs JCOs OR Total Remarks 1. HR Allegations – – – 1013 Number of unverified allegations recd 2. Punished by Army Auth…

The martyrdom of Colonel M N Rai, who died in Kashmir in terrorist firing, has once again opened the old debate on how the Indian Army should conduct its counter-insurgency, counter-terrorist operations under the changed circumstances in the border state. Colonel Rai, a highly effective commanding officer, heading the 42…

Did the Indian Coast Guard goof up in treating a mere fishing boat that had strayed from Pakistan off the Gujarat Coast on New Year’s Eve as a rogue boat carrying terrorists or at least explosives and guns? Was the Indian Coast Guard guilty of using excessive force against some…