Operation Sindoor and the Politics of Misdirection

C Pradeep Kumar The horrific terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent civilians, including Indian tourists, was a grim reminder that cross-border terrorism remains an ever-present threat to India. In a swift and calibrated response, the Government of India launched Operation Sindoor, a precision military strike that…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Don’t Divide the Army by Caste or Creed

By no means should a nation that boasts of one of the world’s finest, most disciplined armed forces ever tolerate attempts to malign or divide it along lines of caste, religion, or gender. Yet, that is precisely what we are witnessing—statements from both the Left-liberal academic elite and certain right-wing political actors that shamefully drag…

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No nuclear signalling from Pakistan, US didn’t mediate truce: Foreign Secretary tells House panel

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told a parliamentary committee on Monday that the conflict between India and Pakistan was always in the conventional domain, and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, sources said. The sources said Misri reiterated the government’s stand that the decision to stop military actions was taken at…

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Madhya Pradesh Police sets up SIT to probe minister’s remarks against Col Qureshi

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Police constituted a three-member SIT late on Monday night to probe state minister Vijay Shah’s remarks against Col Sofiya Qureshi in compliance with a Supreme Court order, an official said. The Special Investigation Team comprises Inspector General of Police Pramod Verma, Deputy Inspector General Kalyan Chakravarty and Superintendent of Police Vahini Singh….

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If U.S can extradite terrorists to India, Pakistan can also give us Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi: Indian envoy

Jerusalem:  Calling upon to form an international coalition against terrorism, India’s Ambassador to Israel JP Singh, has stressed that India’s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan is “paused” and “not over”, demanding that Islamabad should handover key terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Sajid Mir and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi just like US did with one of the masterminds of 26/11…

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Trump’s Global Irrelevance Is Now Official

Putin, Netanyahu, and Modi expose the American President’s empty bluster In geopolitics, irrelevance is worse than defeat. And for U.S. President Donald Trump, that descent into diplomatic insignificance is no longer a matter of speculation—it is a hard, humiliating fact. Recent developments across global flashpoints make one thing abundantly clear: Trump has become a bystander,…

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