Modi needs to calm down India's north east urgently

'If the nub of India's sensitivity over the Chinese presence in Doklam is the enhanced threat to the Siliguri Corridor, a vital link to the northeast, does it serve the national purpose to have the......

Hill parties, barring TMC, adopt resolution for separate Gorkhaland state

The crisis in the Darjeeling hills on Tuesday deepened after several parties, including the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha and Gorkha National Liberation Front, decided to push for a separate state and......

Why peace with Pakistan is difficult, if not impossible

  'For a long time Pakistan dreamt that India would break up and that it would be the predominant power in the region,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). The Indian and Pakistani prime......

Darjeeling: GJM not to use force to enforce indefinite bandh

In a climbdown, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, spearheading an indefinite bandh in Darjeeling hills for the last 10 days to demand Gorkhaland state, on Mondy said it would not use force to enforce the......