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War brings misery and deaths. ‘War is neither romantic nor a Bollywood film’ said former Army Chief Manoj Narvane while addressing at an event organised by the Cost Accountants of India at Pune. Diplomacy would be his first choice he added, ‘there is trauma among people living in the border areas, including children, who have seen shelling and have to run to shelters at night. For those who have lost their loved ones, that trauma will be carried through generations’ he said. The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among the people who have seen gruesome scenes wakeup sweating after 20 years and need psychiatric care he further added. War should be the last option, diplomacy should take the lead.

Though the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (PS&W) Sarbananda Sonowal has boasted about the achievements of India’s Major Ports in FY 2024-25, the ministry under him performed very badly, reveals the Annual Report. Actual Expenditure of the Ministry was totally unsatisfactory being it is much below the level of Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) and Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources (IEBR) outlays, both in the Budget Estimate and the Revised Estimate level.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala is all set to blaze a new trail in the tourism sector with the State Government giving in-principle approval to the heli-tourism policy.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been quite careful in expressing its support and appreciation for Operation Sindoor as it has enhanced nation’s self respect and morale. Four days back before announcement of ceasefire ,the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had condemned “the attacks being carried out by the Pakistani army on religious places and civilian settlement areas on the border of Bharat” he had lauded Operation Sindoor and said the attacks inside Pakistan were inevitable for India’s security.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed India in a very advantageous position vis a vis Pakistan in the limited war that lasted for four days beginning early hours of May 7. The ceasefire that took effect from 5 PM of May 10 was more engineered by desperate Pakistan which hoodwinked the US through misleading information circulated in diplomatic circles on May 8 and 9 that the National Security Group on nuclear weapons would be having an emergency meeting to decide on retaliation after India’s attacks on some army bases causing big losses to Pakistan.

The last week saw an unprecedented escalation of tension between two nuclear powers, i.e. Indian and Pakistan. The situation was exacerbated after the launch of Operation Sindoor by India to retaliate against Pakistan-backed terrorist groups, after the Pahalgam attack of 22 April, in which 26 civilians were killed by the operatives of The Resistance Force (TRF) a largely unknown entity.

The caste census in India has sparked a lengthy debate. People have different opinions about whether it will have good or bad effects. It could lead to both. Supporters believe the census will help disadvantaged groups and be a game changer. However, opponents argue that it gives false hope to these same groups. The term "caste" comes from the Spanish word "caste," which means "race" or "hereditary group."

Full details of the conditions on which India agreed to Ceasefire in Indo-Pak confrontation from 5PM on May 10, 2025 are yet to come in public domain. However, the way the agreement of ceasefire in the Indo-Pak confrontation was reached and announced have created a great controversy regarding actual loss and gain for the country, and the opposition is trying to politically corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi, taking political advantage of dissatisfaction of both the war mongers and the peace-loving self-respecting common people.

The cagey Modi regime wouldn’t have let any of us, the people of India, know what was happening in the conflict with Pakistan after the Pahalgam massacre but for United States President Donald Trump reminding everybody, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of the Big White Whale lurking in the salty warm waters of the Arabian Sea.

KOLKATA: Strife-torn Manipur, which remains under heightened security, has in recent times been witness to a political drama of sorts when 21 MLAs of the ruling NDA side led by the Bharatiya Janata Party sent a memorandum to Union home minister Amit Shah urging him to facilitate restoration of a popular ministry in the state which is under President’s rule since February 13 with the Assembly under suspended animation.