'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says, "There will be war with China in the next few years. The next full scale war will have the involvement of Pakistan and terror elements, insurgents and intelligence assets operating inside India",' warns Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
'The Chinese can't be trusted hence the need to verify and re-verify.'
'The last ten months show that India is not going to trust China.' 'Our military commanders are not going to believe that all is well till it actually is.'
While visiting the world's highest battlefield, Dr Singh said on Sunday that time has to make efforts to convert Siachen into a "peace mountain" but asserted there could be "no redrawing of boundaries".
Travel companies and agencies are offering early bird discounts going up to 40 per cent. Priyadarshini Maji reports
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