Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.

January 31, 2020 04:50 IST
An Indian Express series 'Homeless At Home' Part 2: But local residents do not see the Pandit colony as a solution, and believe it could become part of the problem.
Fri, Jan 31, 2020
January 30, 2020 04:30 IST
Homeless At Home An Express Series Part 1: On January 20, 1990, the first big batch of Pandits had to pack their belongings and leave after a night of public threats by militants — the exodus surging between March and May that year and continuing in a steady stream for the next few years.
Fri, Jan 31, 2020
January 24, 2020 05:03 IST
Thirty years ago, the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley began. A look at the events leading to and during the flight, the administration’s role, their plight since, and the dreams of return amid uncertainty.
Sat, Mar 12, 2022
January 18, 2020 03:29 IST
Javad Zarif reiterated that Iran was not interested in negotiating a new deal with the US, but wanted the Americans to honour the one inked after negotiations between 2013 and 2016.
Sat, Jan 18, 2020
January 16, 2020 04:11 IST
The treatment of Indian Tamils had cast a shadow on India-Sri Lanka relations even before independence; post-independence, the citizenship laws became a major irritant.
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
January 04, 2020 04:35 IST
Iran has vowed "harsh retaliation" for the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed Tehran's top general Qassem Soleimani and the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.
Sat, Jan 04, 2020
December 31, 2019 04:30 IST
Preliminary poll results have returned President Ghani to power but have been challenged by his rival. What questions does it raise over the next government’s stability, with or without US-Taliban talks?
Tue, Dec 31, 2019
December 08, 2019 00:13 IST
The Indian Express interviews the NCP chief on the art of making friends, his role, the Maharashtra alliance and what it means for the country.
Sun, Dec 08, 2019
November 29, 2019 00:22 IST
India has lost the moral high ground. But there are concrete steps it can take towards repairing the relationship with its southern neighbour.
Fri, Nov 29, 2019
November 24, 2019 04:10 IST
MQM could once bring Pakistan’s financial and business hub to a halt with just one dog whistle from London, it is now only fighting to stay relevant.
Sun, Nov 24, 2019
November 21, 2019 04:40 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express earlier this week, Bhat provided the first detailed account of the convention centre-turned sub-jail, where politicians, arrested following the government’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370, were lodged.
Thu, Nov 21, 2019
November 19, 2019 01:20 IST
Altaf Hussain’s appeal Sunday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give him and his colleagues asylum, makes him perhaps the first British citizen to seek refuge in India.
Fri, Nov 22, 2019
November 11, 2019 04:47 IST
The forum, which takes place every year in an Indian city, was scheduled to be held at a five-star hotel in the Capital on November 13 and 14.
Mon, Nov 11, 2019
November 04, 2019 01:06 IST
When in opposition, Prime Minister Imran Khan had led a long march to try and topple the then government. Now he faces a similar protest. What is different then and now for Imran and Pak Army?
Tue, Nov 05, 2019
October 31, 2019 03:01 IST
The organisation brings attention to a subset of NGOs called GONGOs, or Government Organised Non Government Organisations.
Thu, Oct 31, 2019
October 10, 2019 03:46 IST
The name Mamallapuram derives from Mamallan, or “great warrior”, a title by which the Pallava King Narasimhavarman I (630-668 AD) was known.
Fri, Oct 11, 2019
October 06, 2019 00:17 IST
Growing up Rohingya, an account of the horror that a narrow vision of nationhood and nationality can wreak on the people
Sun, Oct 06, 2019
October 04, 2019 04:41 IST
Hyderabad Funds Case, finally ruled on by UK court, was not as much about the money as it was about the state of the relationship between India and Pakistan over the 70 years that the case played out.
Fri, Oct 04, 2019
September 27, 2019 00:45 IST
This will be Afghanistan’s fourth presidential election since 2004, when the current Constitution came into force. President Ashraf Ghani, who was excluded from the US-Taliban talks on the latter’s say-so, has pushed forcefully for these election to be held.
Fri, Sep 27, 2019
September 19, 2019 01:14 IST
At this point — not unlike a 1971 moment for Pakistan — if India wishes to salvage something of its own credibility as the world’s largest democracy, it should first first roll back all the restrictions imposed in J&K, free all political prisoners, restore communications and other rights of people.
Thu, Sep 19, 2019
September 11, 2019 07:48 IST
Amrullah Saleh, a former chief of the Afghan intelligence service National Directorate of Security, tells The Indian Express "the key is for the Taliban to realise they can't subdue a nation by guns and bombs provided by the Pakistani ISI and the army".
Wed, Sep 11, 2019
September 11, 2019 04:58 IST
US President Donald Trump has said he has ‘called off peace negotiations’ with Taliban. But a resumption of talks cannot be ruled out; nor can a full US withdrawal without a deal. And could India have unexpectedly got a foot in the door?
Wed, Sep 11, 2019
September 05, 2019 04:15 IST
Drafted last week, the agreement sets out a timeline for withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. It is not a peace deal, the onus for which lies with the Afghan government. What are the challenges it faces?
Thu, Sep 05, 2019
September 02, 2019 04:50 IST
About the alliance with the Sena, Fadnavis said, “At least what I know, at the top in Delhi and Maharashtra, there is no confusion. We will fight in alliance, it will be a mandate for the alliance, and very soon the details will be made public.”
Mon, Sep 02, 2019
September 02, 2019 04:30 IST
BJP's alliance with Shiv Sena is not a need-based alliance. It is a broad-based alliance, based on common ideology, said Devendra Fadnavis.
Mon, Sep 02, 2019


