Bharat Rakshak

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Folks in Delhi, there is an interesting cultural festival organized by nationalist minded folks (primarily Sangam Talks, Garuda publications and Infinity Foundation). It's happening this weekend (April 3-5) at the India Habitat Centre. Entry/registration is free (only food needs to be paid for) and ...

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Meanwhile the Ramayan trailer starring Ranbir Kapoor was so underwhelming. They claim they have a huge budget but it isnt apparent anywhere, even the graphics were meh. I hope it doesnt go the way of Adipurush… I hope it actually does. I don't want to see a "big beef guy" in playing Ramar...

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We lost both pilots :( . Om Shanti. My condolences to the families. IAF acknowledges the loss of Sqn Ldr Anuj and Flt Lt Purvesh Duragkar, who sustained fatal injuries in the Su-30 crash. All personnel of the IAF express sincere condolences, and stand firmly with the bereaved family in this time of ...

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Sorry to hear this, he was a strong voice on Times Now for such a long time all things military, especially on Arnab's shows. I remember being disappointed when he didn't move to Republic when it was started. Any idea what happened? He was not that old, and this news came all of a sudden. RIP. Maro...

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A distinguished soldier and strategic voice falls silent In sad news - Today, 26 February 2026, India lost one of its most respected soldier-scholars, Major Maroof Raza (Retd) whose life was a testament to service, insight and the spirit of inquiry. Our deepest condolences to the family. Sorry to h...

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SRajesh wrote: ↑12 Feb 2026 17:37 A question to all forum members:
Does the Government of India bear the expenses of the education of children of Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister.

No. IIRC, PVNR had to borrow money to fund his children's education.

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Our own Dr Shiv's take:

OPERATION SINDOOR - HOW PAKISTAN WAS BROUGHT TO ITS KNEES IN 88 HOURS by Shiv Sastry

There is a Kannada translated version as well [link]. Please support and share with people you know. Good sales will motivate the publishers as well to support more such works.

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“He said that he had spoken to the PM and that it was purely a military decision. ‘Jo ucchit samjho woh karo’ (Do whatever you deem is appropriate). I had been handed a hot potato. With this carte blanche, the onus was now totally on me. I took a deep breath and sat silently for a few minutes. All ...

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Lots of infrastructure in focus. Outlay increased to ₹12.2L crore (an earlier allocation, don't recall if it was for last year, was ₹11,11,111 crore). New east-west DFC between Gujarat and WB, which will really help heavy (mineral and ore) freight movement in the JH-CG-OD area. Long overdue, I never...

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Rakesh wrote: ↑20 Jan 2026 06:15 Apologies to all BRFites for the forum being down. The forum has now been restored thanks to Seetal Bhai.

Thank you, Rakesh and admins. Will this also address the Cloudflare 522 issues reported above? I have also been seeing that repeatedly over the past week or two.

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28th day of Dhurandar Afternoon show Bangalore occupancy about > 80% Madras occupancy about > 82% This is a hindi film running in the south, which makes it all the more remarkable I can vouch for the Madras occupancy - I tried to get a ticket on the weekend after Christmas, but didn't get any excep...

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Folks, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. That Sajid guy left India 27 years ago, way back in 1998 and is presumably an Oz citizen by now (?). So whatever radical nonsense he got into had nothing to do with India. Second, his son, the other attacker, was born in Australia and is an Oz citizen...

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I would say lack of high efficiency, operational knowledge (not capacity per se). Given below the things I have noticed. Chennai - Bangalore, Chennai - Coimbatore, Chennai - Madurai are all upgraded to 130 KMPH but they are still running @ less than 100 KMPH, What do you mean by this? Most trains b...

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I have a dumb question. Why cant we have 2 or 3 engines and longer trains? platform length , no of bogies available? That can be solved. First half gets unloaded/loaded, train moves forward and the second half gets unloaded/loaded. Adds some extra time to the stop. That would have an effect on the ...

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....but must one also be subjected to the minutiae of gleaming every little detail that goes on in there, .... yet for all that, i still do not believe that such discourse should be under the mandate of this thread Well said, especially ... are there compulsory exams on popular american political v...

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There is no strategic partnership for India with the US possible for the next few decades; everything will be transactional. Actually, this should be rephrased a bit: There is not, and never has been, any strategic partnership between India and the US, everything has been, and will be, transactiona...

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This seems to have been the foundational part of his speech: Independence Of Those Dependent On Others Always Tenuous: PM Modi From Red Fort - Swarajya Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the nation for the 12th consecutive time from the Red Fort on the 79th Independence Day, said that true fre...

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Happy 78th!

The PM's speech was unusually long today, looks like he used the opportunity to set the roadmap in light of recent external challenges, without explicitly naming those challenges (re: Trump).

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Just a request about the war-gaming sub-discussion: it deserves its own thread. Can we create a new one and move it there?

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We should also release these numbers for Tibet, classifying it under Ladakh (Gosthana) or Arunachal (northern Arunachal). Or just publish those official numbers under the allotted "8" or "9" series for Lhasa, Shigatse, and other major towns in Tibet, with our/Tibetan names. Get s...

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[Venting] The hell BR is referring to the loser bunker-baby by the military rank he awarded himself. It would suffice to address the Munir coward as COAS or something equivalent. That BR is indirectly honoring the abject loser with that "FM" title is beyond ridiculous. I personally liked ...

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Out of question. India will "leave it". 100% guaranteed. Yeah no compromise on agriculture, dairy or Pharma. We have a huge domestic market, if they want to use tariffs to kill themselves we should say GOH. Other things we can do but with reciprocity. India's position on Agri, Dairy and P...

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Tragic accident. B787 AI flight bound for LGW with 242 pax. Looks like the plane declared mayday soon after take-off and was trying to land again (no smoke from the engines, landing gear was down, looks like a normal landing approach) but crashed near the airport. Sourced from TV news and some video...

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The only remaining change compared to earlier is that the forum requires me to log in every 2 or so days. Is the refresh token expiry value changed? I see this behaviour across devices and browsers (my primary usage is via Firefox on Windows11). While not a major issue, just wanted to bring it to y...

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@Bala Vignesh, @Vayutuvan, @arshyam - The Cloudflare rules have been updated you should be getting the verfication messages less frequently. Thanks for fixing the issue, @webmaster, circling back on this after a week or regular usage: 1. The Cloudflare issue is gone now. The forum loads quickly and...

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We didn't reveal own and enemy losses beyond a point so as to keep a tight control on the escalation ladder. Official confirmation about the extent of downed PAF assets would make them do stupid things, and we didn't want to spend further cycles once we achieved our objectives, which was to give a s...

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WAP-7HS was deemed too heavy and damaging to the tracks due to its nose-suspended traction motors. Normal WAP-7 itself has the issue, but is manageable, but the HS variant at a higher speed would make it worse. So as of now, only WAP-5 (which has fully-suspended traction motors) is cleared for speed...

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^^

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Same here. It's not loading on some of my older devices, which have old browsers.

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Hriday, I thought he said thanks for telling us it's a storage facility. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/operation-sindoor-briefing-india-pakistan-ceasefire-we-have-not-hit-kirana-hills-in-pakistan-indian-air-force-trashes-rumours-8396035 "We have not hit Kirana hills, whatever is there,"...

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Link: 'Dummy' aircraft, Brahmos, Crystal Maze: The night the IAF destroyed Pakistan's air defence and targeted its air bases https://aninews.in/news/world/asia/dummy-aircraft-brahmos-crystal-maze-the-night-the-iaf-destroyed-pakistans-air-defence-and-targeted-its-air-bases20250515194708/?s=35 15 May...

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Tom Cooper though is as far as I remember was a neutral guy and had a long collab with our late Harry B (PBUH). I had quoted Christine Fair only because her book detailed the modus operandi of how PA moves its nukes around otherwise wouldn't have. My post wasn't aimed at anyone in particular saar, ...

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Interesting to find if they have any usable atami taakat left Also how many awacs left I miss how we lost the opportunity to sink paki subs..it was ripe for picking Rumored to be parked in Oman. I doubt it saar. Oman has friendly relations with us and wouldn't want to get involved, especially when ...

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I find it quite surprising that a western blogger has published a ball-by-ball commentary of how Op Sindoor transpired that multiple BRF folks are buying into without a second thought. May I know where this conviction comes from, considering most of the claims around our response, supposed losses, e...

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- Because they were given ample time to ready for India’s punitive counter-strike, the Pakistani armed forces – and especially the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) – were ready. At least one Saab 2000 AWACS was on station (apparently, somewhere in the Peshawar area), and about 20 fighters airborne at the t...

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I think this ceasefire was expected by GoI at some point. Our objective was to inflict a strong and sustained punishment without getting dragged into a war and putting at risk our role in the China+1 supply chain realignment (which China would have loved). Our position from the beginning was clear a...

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nishant.gupta wrote: ↑09 May 2025 00:13 My serious thanks to someone who is not present to see this today: Shri Manohar Parrikar ji. He made us this capable today.

This.

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A PAF fighter shot down by our AD near Pathankot - Republic TV.

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Republic TV reporting that the India gate area in Delhi is being evacuated.

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They have threatened to withdraw from Simla. Did not do it. I think there are two reasons for it. They are subscribers to the Vienna Convention of a treaty, while Bharat is not. If they can legally back off from Simla, then there would be no LOC. Additionally, IWT abeyance by India will be justifie...

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