Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy was caught on camera lashing out at district collector of Karimnagar, Pamela Satpathy during an inauguration programme attended by Union Urban Development Minister Manoharlal Khattar.
The top echelons of these institutions rarely stay in Pakistan, having invested their income in purchasing property and businesses abroad.
The Indian armed forces have, when necessary, displayed the ability to operate jointly.
The longer the period of turmoil, the greater the instability in the region.
The nation can only emerge victorious when forces operate jointly. Success on land flows from joint army-air force operations.
Currently, the Hurriyat is incapable of playing any disruptive role in valley politics.
Post Kargil there were multiple committees established to study causes, shortcomings and suggest remedial measures.
India, grabbing heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso gained the much-needed confidence that it could hold the Chinese PLA at bay.
They would seek to draw in other nations in the region as a larger security blanket intending to box in China.
It was also irked by Indian political comments on regaining Aksai Chin and Gilgit Baltistan, which remain its weakest links in the Himalayas. The creation of Ladakh into a UT directly under the Centre enables enhancement of military deployment in the region. No nation that invests 60 plus billion dollars in developing a trade route (CPEC) would seek to place its very source at risk of intervention by hostile forces.
In a counter press release, the OFB stated, “for the accidents which occurred between Jan 2015 to Dec 2019, where defect investigation has been completed, only 19 per cent of cases are attributable to the OFB.”
Chinese actions and words even on the global stage are vastly contradictory.
All future talks, including at the diplomatic level, must include elements of the army thus presenting a diplomatic military interface.
The next concern for China is withdrawing to status quo ante. If it does so early, it would signal a Chinese defeat as at Doklam. If it delays, then it would face the tough Ladakh winter.
The writer is a retired Major-General of the Indian Army.
