Exclusive: Dirty war on LoC preceded deadly Poonch ambush

Exclusive: Dirty war on LoC preceded deadly Poonch ambush Early this month, five men disappeared from a village on the Pakistani side of the LoC â€" kidnapped, Pakistan alleges, by an Indian special forces unit fighting against a renewed wave of jihadist infiltration. The Poonch ambush, Indian intelligence believes, was retaliation. Read more What to expect from Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor Under Rajan the RBI won't try to defend the rupee all the time. Given this, the rupee might even be allowed to fall further. What Rajan does on this front will become clear in the months to come, but this will be his biggest immediate challenge. Read more Durga Nagpal: Cong's surrender to SP blackmail dangerous for India Mulayam has however â€" inadvertently perhaps â€" sowed the seeds of a dangerous idea in the Indian polity: As long as you have MP's that can determine the fate of a Government, the law of the land means little. Read more Amazon founder Jeff Bezos scoops up the Washington Post for $250 million Bezos is worth $25 billion, and is gaining control of the Post from the Graham family, which has led it for decades. Bezos, who is acquiring the paper in his personal capacity and not through Amazon.com, said that he understood "the critical role the Post plays in Washington, DC." Read more Sand mafia: Why Goa needs its own Durga Shakti Nagpal Despite a blanket ban, three of the state's major rivers - the Chapora, the Mandovi and the Terekhol - continue to be in the grip of illegal mining for sand. Read more From Modi to Omar Abdullah: Who said what on Pak LoC violation Five Indian soldiers have been killed along the Line of Control in Kashmir, in another violation of the ceasefire by Pakistan troops Read more Oak Creek gurdwara shootings: The silver lining one year later One year after the gurdwara shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, some unexpected good has been forged from the tragedy. That's because the community chose to reach out instead of shutting down. Read more F1's youngest: Sergey Sirotkin is rich. Will he be fast too? Thanks to the precarious financial position the Sauber Formula One team finds itself in, the 17-year-old Russian will next year become the youngest-ever driver to start a Formula One race. Read more Samsung's 4 Sept event: Galaxy Gear watch to launch as well? According to the latest rumour sources, Samsung could launch its smartwatch the Galaxy Gear at this event too. Read more SRK salutes Rajini: you can't miss the 'lungi dance' I may have to go swallow some Kafka and Faulkner after this column to feel smart again, but at least I know that I have done my Patient Zero duty in spreading the Lungi Dance virus. Read more