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

July 31, 2015 00:00 IST
There is a view that the post-Omar situation in the Taliban — especially if the divisions within grow sharper — might provide an opening that New Delhi could use to engage with independent-minded factions.
Fri, Jul 31, 2015
July 28, 2015 03:58 IST
Terror at Gurdaspur will test the political will for India-Pakistan dialogue. It must not win.
Tue, Jul 28, 2015
July 10, 2015 04:48 IST
Nirupama Subramanian recalls earlier meetings between Indian PMs and Pak heads of government since 2001 — the story of modest achievements and lost opportunities.
Fri, Jul 10, 2015
June 29, 2015 02:52 IST
From Pak, complaints of muscle flexing and possible harm to talks process; in India, they say it’s commemoration, not celebration.
Mon, Jun 29, 2015
June 20, 2015 00:00 IST
I won’t have the government dictate my fitness choices, especially if they are linked to religion, nationalism and patriotism
Sat, Jun 20, 2015
June 13, 2015 03:14 IST
Nine months later, Nayeem is still waiting to be rescued.
Sat, Jun 13, 2015
June 09, 2015 01:23 IST
Though Pakistan, like India, has linked G-B’s fate to that of the Kashmir issue, it treats the region differently from “Azad” Kashmir.
Tue, Jun 09, 2015
June 03, 2015 00:00 IST
As Myanmar’s persecuted minority flees the country, Aung San Suu Kyi is surprisingly silent.
Wed, Jun 03, 2015
May 18, 2015 03:47 IST
Sayeed said as chief minister, his mission was to make a real difference by bringing about reconciliation — between India and Pakistan.
Mon, May 18, 2015
May 15, 2015 02:21 IST
Badal also denied that the Punjab government had bent any rules to favour Orbit.
Fri, May 15, 2015
April 25, 2015 00:37 IST
Post-conflict Sri Lanka needs to start talking of demilitarisation
Sat, Apr 25, 2015
April 19, 2015 04:18 IST
The theme of the run was Stop Bias Against Youth.
Sun, Apr 19, 2015
April 10, 2015 00:25 IST
For the first time, there is an open discussion on its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Fri, Apr 10, 2015
February 18, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Feb 17: After nearly two decades of armed conflict and a trail of broken negotiations, the unfamiliar syllables of a Norwegian na...
Fri, Feb 18, 2000
February 15, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, FEBRUARY 14: Former Indian prime minister I K Gujral has been strongly criticised in a pro-LTTE Tamil magazine published in Europ...
Tue, Feb 15, 2000
February 12, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, FEB 11: Norwegian foreign minister Knut Vollebaek is scheduled to arrive here next Wednesday to discuss the possibility of negoti...
Sat, Feb 12, 2000
February 08, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, FEBRUARY 7: Two more bus bombs went off on Monday in separate incidents in the southern Sri Lankan districts of Moneragala and Ba...
Tue, Feb 08, 2000
February 08, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, FEBRUARY 7: Two more bus bombs went off on Monday in separate incidents in the southern Sri Lankan districts of Moneragala and Ba...
Tue, Feb 08, 2000
January 28, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JAN 27: A powerful blast in a post office in the northern town of Vavuniya killed eight people Thursday morning, wounding more th...
Fri, Jan 28, 2000
January 28, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 27: A powerful blast in a post office in the northern town of Vavuniya killed eight people Thursday morning, wounding mor...
Fri, Jan 28, 2000
January 21, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 20: The ruling People's Alliance (PA) said on Thursday it would invite the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to dis...
Fri, Jan 21, 2000
January 21, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 20: In a desperate gamble to keep the United National Party (UNP) and his leadership of it intact, Opposition leader Rani...
Fri, Jan 21, 2000
January 21, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 20: The ruling People's Alliance (PA) said on Thursday it would invite the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to dis...
Fri, Jan 21, 2000
January 19, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 18: A parcel bomb addressed to President Chandrika Kumaratunga is reported to have been detected at her office on Monday ...
Wed, Jan 19, 2000
January 19, 2000 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, JANUARY 18: A parcel bomb addressed to President Chandrika Kumaratunga is reported to have been detected at her office on Monday ...
Wed, Jan 19, 2000


