Conflict  

 Without the assent of its kin to join Pakistan in 1948, Balochistan was just integrated into Pakistan through an Instrument of Accession. Baloch leaders reprimanded Pakistan for their social, economic and cultural misuse. Deep Dive with Abhinav Khare also explores how India and Balochistan share some cultural and spiritual ties.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh was addressing Parliament on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil conflict. The House paid tribute to Indian soldiers who drove out enemy forces and reclaimed Kargil district.

The release of the state department volume on the 1971 conflict is a posthumous homage to the courage of the Indian Army which despite heavy odds and the might of the United States freed Bangladesh from Pakistani clutches. Abhinav Khare deep dives into the past to explain why New Delhi must consider whether steps to appease the US—will not disconcert Moscow.

Deep Dive with Abhinav Khare explores the issues plaguing India and presents to you a 360 degree view covering the present scenario, the history, its impact and the way forward.

Speaking at an event on '20 Years after Kargil Conflict', Rawat said Pakistan Army, time and again, resorts to misadventure, either through state-sponsored terrorism or intrusions in India

The Committee of Administrators (CoA) asked Dravid to relinquish his post as vice-president of India Cements or be on leave until he completes his tenure. India Cements then sent him on leave to avoid conflict of interest.
 

A wild elephant attacked and killed a villager in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district

A mother beat her five-year-old daughter to death because she hadn’t studied. The child died on the way to hospital, police investigating the matter.
 

Sarath and Kripesh, the two Youth Congress workers, were hacked to death while in conflict with CPM members at Periya near Kasaragod, Kerala, on February 17. The charge sheet says that many politicians are involved in the crime. 
 

In the past few years, there has been a tangible transition from full-scale militancy to unrest and disturbances in different forms which have become a matter of concern for general masses of Kashmir. The repercussions of continued unrest and conflicts are quite evident. 

 

According to reports, the man, identified as Niranjan Sahish, was relieving himself on a field when the elephant came out from nowhere and picked him up on its trunk

Professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University Ashok Swain took to Twitter to call Parrikar, who was also the defence minister of the country, a bigot. He also said, “If anybody expects me to be nice to a bigot, just forget it.”

After undergoing a gruelling training in badminton for months, actor Shraddha Kapoor has reportedly opted out of Saina Nehwal biopic over scheduling conflicts.

Over a thousand students gathered in front of the Pollachi Municipality office on Palakkad road in Tamil Nadu, and raised slogans demanding the arrest of the accused

According to the Geneva Convention, any conflict arising between two or more countries which involves the armed forces is an armed conflict and the personnel captured during such an event has to be treated as a POW