The Argument Against ISIL
The recent upsurge of terror by ISIL can’t be viewed as detached from the on-going Syrian crisis, which has been providing it ample momentum, ammunition and a base
ISIL
The Argument Against ISIL
Lack of concrete facts, externally-driven speculation, menacing underlying agendas, and a multitude of stakeholders with competing interests sum up the pr
India has a long experience in dealing with Terrorism: Peter Varghese
Hardnews met with Secretary Varghese to hear his views on Islamic State, gangster Chhota Rajan and the Adani Group’s investments in Australia. Excerpts
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Palestine helping India secure release of 39 abducted workers from ISIS
A Palestinian diplomatic source contradicts earlier claims of a survivor that all the 39 workers were killed
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
THE ESCALATION BEFORE WAR
By a rough estimate, more than 32,000 books and treatises have been written on the First World War—or the Great War, as it is known—since it erupted 100 years ago.
Shockwave Reaches India
Editorial: July 2014
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Iraq’s Inferno and How It Could Singe You
The ISIL scheme for a sectarian Islamic Caliphate can prove to be a thorn in India’s side with its threat to the latter’s oil dependence and its manifesto of Sunni-Shia hatred
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi