Former Pakistan Army chief Javed Bajwa blames politicians for 1971 war debacleIn one of the several farewells meetups, he categorically said "1971 was not a military, but a political failure. Our army fought courageou...
30 Nov, 2022, 01.00 AM IST
Bangladesh urges international community to declare Pak Army brutalities as genocideBangladesh’s ruling Awami League has yet again urged the international community to recognize the brutal massacres by the Pakistani army on...
25 Mar, 2022, 10.52 PM IST
Thinking to separate East Pakistan began after 1965 war to stop ISI support to N-E insurgencies: Vice-AdmiralSpeaking at the Indian Air Force Conclave on 1971 Indo-Pak war, here, he said the principal reason was the interference of Pakistani ISI (I...
23 Oct, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
1971 war veteran Squadron Leader Anil Bhalla (Retd) deadSqn Ldr Bhalla, who joined the National Defence Academy's 32nd course after studying at Sainik School Satara in western Maharashtra, was co...
11 May, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Pakistan to oppose any OIC bid to grant observer status to IndiaShah Mehmood Qureshi said he had written two letters to the OIC protesting against the decision to invite his Indian counterpart Sushma Swa...
02 Mar, 2019, 11.03 AM IST
Balance of influence shifting in favour of India in the Muslim world: Ex-Indian Ambassador to UAE"I see it as a shift in the balance of influence in favour of India, and away from Pakistan in the Muslim world," he told PTI.
01 Mar, 2019, 06.24 PM IST
Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khruschev, Slobodan Milosevic, Yahya Khan enter ParliamentFor many MPs, the larger worry wasn’t autocracy but the throw back to Soviet Union and Yugoslavia during a budget session meant to debate r...
04 Mar, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Not good for Pakistan to try former rulers: Husain Haqqani"I think it is not good for Pakistan to be the country that always puts its former leaders on trial," Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistan Amb...
19 Nov, 2013, 12.33 PM IST
Ahead of 1971 war, Richard Nixon branded his envoy to India as traitorThe then US President Richard Nixon branded his own envoy to India as a "traitor" and an "Indian mouthpiece", says a new book based on decl...
18 Oct, 2013, 03.12 PM IST
India seems almost as excited by Pakistan’s election results as Nawaz SharifThe BJP has also joined the general consensus that the strengthening of democracy in Pakistan would improve India-Pakistan relations.
14 May, 2013, 08.11 AM IST
- Don't think you're supporting Pakistan: Indira Gandhi told Richard Nixon in 1971
The cable on October 19, 1973 is based on a conversation between then US Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Gandhi.
14 Apr, 2013, 02.02 PM IST
- When Yahya Khan gave inkling of his intention to attack India
Around 10 days before war broke out between India and Pakistan in 1971, Yahya Khan had given an inkling of his intentions to attack this co...
15 Jan, 2012, 02.49 PM IST
40th anniversary of Pakistan break-up: When the two-nation theory was tornTomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the break-up of Pakistan, the independence of East Pakistan as Bangladesh and Pakistan's capitulatio...
15 Dec, 2011, 09.38 AM IST
- Why US held back on Pak surrender offer?
Declassified documents reveal how US govt held back surrender offer made by the Pak forces in Bangladesh during the 1971 war for almost a d...
06 Nov, 2011, 05.19 AM IST
- Ban has not stopped Simi from spreading network
Even as the government is relieved at the reinstatement of the ban on Simi, its half-hearted enforcement over the past years has only aided...
07 Aug, 2008, 04.54 AM IST
- Karnataka hotbed of SIMI26 Jul, 2008, 03.49 AM IST
- 'CIA, ISI encouraged Sikh terrorism'
The Richard Nixon administration in the US had initiated a "covert action plan" in collusion with Gen Yahya Khan's government in Pakistan i...
26 Jul, 2007, 01.25 PM IST