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Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Why arrest of Ashoka University's Prof Mahmudabad raises many questions
Why arrest of Ashoka University's Prof Mahmudabad raises many questions Team TOI Plus May 20, 2025, 20:36 IST A Facebook post criticising warmongering, not the military, has landed a professor in jail — raising serious questions about free speech, police overreach and use of new laws to suppress dissenting viewpoint On May 19, Haryana police arrested Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist at Ashoka University, from his home in Delhi. The arrest came 10 days after he wrote a Facebook post that praised the presence of women in the Indian military's Operation Sindoor briefings, but criticised the way public discourse around war often ignores domestic injustices. It was anything but seditious.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
How did the 4-day 'near-war' go – let's ask some tough questions
How did the 4-day 'near-war' go – let's ask some tough questions Team TOI Plus Updated: May 12, 2025, 12:24 IST IST Pakistan is claiming victory despite India pummeling targets as deep into its territory as Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi. India has not said a definitive 'yes' or 'no' to reports of losing fighter jets to Pakistani fire. This is what is called 'the fog of war' A war, even a near-war, leaves more questions than answers in its aftermath. A war, or a near-war, that does not have a clear winner, more so. It will be months, even years or decades, before we will get clearer answers to who won what and who lost how much in the latest confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Did Pakistan lie about shooting down Indian jets and did it lose its own JF-17s?
Did Pakistan lie about shooting down Indian jets and did it lose its own JF-17s? Team TOI Plus May 11, 2025, 16:16 IST IST The hostilities have ceased after a ceasefire. But we still don't know if Pakistan was lying about shooting down five Indian fighter jets. Nor have Indian officials confirmed reports that Pakistan lost some JF-17s Even as the Indian government is silent on whether Pakistan shot down five Indian fighter jets on the night of May 7, international media channels have doubled down on their claims.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Is Pakistan lying about shooting down Indian fighter jets?
Is Pakistan lying about shooting down Indian fighter jets? Team TOI Plus Updated: May 8, 2025, 18:43 IST IST Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Asif and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claimed five Indian fighter jets were shot down. While Pakistan has not produced any evidence, India too has stayed mum except for the Press Information Bureau debunking some random pictures claiming to show debris of 'crashed' Indian jets The Pakistani military has claimed it shot down five Indian fighter jets in retaliation to India's Wednesday-night strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Mazood Azhar's mission is to 'destroy' India. With Operation Sindoor, he got a taste of his own medicine
Mazood Azhar's mission is to 'destroy' India. With Operation Sindoor, he got a taste of his own medicine Team TOI Plus Updated: May 8, 2025, 15:16 IST IST The strike on the Markaz Subhan Allah seminary in Bahawalpur, operational since 2015 and the main centre of the Jaish-e-Muhammed for training and indoctrination, resulted in the deaths of dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar's kin Maulana Masood Azhar , the notorious chief of terror group Jaish-e-Muhammed ( JeM ), on Wednesday (May 7 ) acknowledged the death of 10 of his family members and four aides in the Indian strike on Markaz Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur, a Deobandi seminary in Pakistan, in the early hours the same day.
