· Over 100 dead, thousands displaced, crores in losses as century’s heaviest rains batter J&K. · Floods, landslides, cloudbursts leave trail of death & despair · Highways cut off, rail lines suspended, bridges collapsed— a UT brought to a standstill · Electric grids down, water systems destroyed, & losses running into hundreds of crores. · Army, IAF, and locals…
Dr Madhulika Singh Sardar Chabeel Singh was a resident of the village Patusa, in Choora, located in the Baramulla district of Kashmir. On 22nd October 1947, the barbaric Trans-Indus Pashtun tribal raiders, aided and abetted by the Pakistani Army, entered Indian territory and unleashed a reign of terror in the frontier regions of Jammu and Kashmir. Organised into lashkars (armed legions), these raiders advanced rapidly,…
ANUJA KHUSHU Nestled in the serene village of Tulmulla, in the Ganderbal district of Kashmir, about 25 kilometres from Srinagar, the shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani has for centuries held an unshakable place in the hearts of Kashmiri devotees. Beneath the shade of towering chinar trees, the sacred spring ripples gently, encircling the sanctum of…
In a world often divided between science and the arts, few individuals bridge the two with the grace, intellect, and cultural commitment of Padma Shri Prof Lalit Magotra. A distinguished physicist with over 300 scientific publications and a revered figure in Dogri literature, he is not just a literary icon or a scientist, he is…
CHALLENGE IN THE HIMALAYAS ANUJA KHUSHU As tensions rise in India’s northernmost Union Territory, the Centre calls for peace while protesters demand constitutional guarantees and statehood. Is this the beginning of a political awakening or a crisis spiralling out of control? The mountain air of Leh, usually carrying the scent of juniper and prayer, was…
With Nepal undergoing violence on the streets, one thing is clear that South Asia is undergoing an unprecedented socio-political crisis that must concern India keeping in view the pattern of destabilization in the neighborhood. Earlier it was Bangladesh, where the violence led by the students and the youth led to the dethronement of the elected…
The violence that brought turbulence on the streets of Ladakh was not spontaneous. The political simmering that has gripped Ladakh after the neutralization of Article 370 and 35A must be carefully analyzed to internalize the destabilization that has brought the life to standstill in India’s Northern Frontiers. The fundamental question that comes to mind while…
DR. MADHULIKA SINGH In the annals of India’s military history, few names stand out with such tragic heroism as that of Lieutenant Colonel Narain Singh, whose courage, conviction, and ultimate sacrifice during the Pakistani tribal invasion of 1947 remain etched in the nation’s collective memory. Born on March 11, 1907, in a proud military family…
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