News for 'Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism'

Gulf War: Hormuz Is Becoming The Central Battlefield

Gulf War: Hormuz Is Becoming The Central Battlefield

Rediff.com23 Mar 2026

The question is no longer whether the war will expand. It has. The next few days will tell us whether the war stabilises around Hormuz or whether the Strait itself becomes the trigger for a far larger rupture. What to watch for over the next 48 hours is simple: Any move by the US toward direct naval control of the Strait; any credible Iranian attempt to disrupt or mine shipping lanes and, critically, whether energy infrastructure in the Gulf continues to be targeted.If those lines are crossed in tandem, the war will no longer be containable within the region.

'Full-Scale War Would Be Catastrophic'

'Full-Scale War Would Be Catastrophic'

Rediff.com9 May 2025

'India enjoys conventional superiority, but nuclear deterrence imposes clear boundaries.'

'End incitements to terror':

'End incitements to terror':

Rediff.com14 Sep 2005

'If India Thinks It Has Deterred Pakistan, It Is Very, Very Mistaken'

'If India Thinks It Has Deterred Pakistan, It Is Very, Very Mistaken'

Rediff.com23 May 2025

'There's a lot of sense in what Prime Minister Modi did, but the Indian government has to be really prepared for a really sharp escalation spiral.'

India signs agreement against N-terror

India signs agreement against N-terror

Rediff.com25 Jul 2006

The agreement requires States to make punishable as serious offence under their domestic law, terrorist acts involving the use of nuclear material.

'Gorbachev let the Soviet empire die'

'Gorbachev let the Soviet empire die'

Rediff.com12 Sep 2022

'It would be a huge mistake to think that Gorbachev's reforms did not achieve anything.' 'We all live in the world, which is in many respects a result of Glasnost and Perestroika.'

Pakistan is 'terrorist state', carries out war crimes: India to UN

Pakistan is 'terrorist state', carries out war crimes: India to UN

Rediff.com22 Sep 2016

India said Pakistan was a democracy deficit country and practises terrorism on its own people.

Critics not convinced by Modi's 'image makeover' interviews

Critics not convinced by Modi's 'image makeover' interviews

Rediff.com18 Apr 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's belated attempt to project himself as a statesman and a man of reason in his interviews to ANI and TV9 is being viewed with dollops of scepticism by his critics and political opponents. Anita Katyal reports.