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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 5550:
- The Great Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
AS EXPECTED, THE SAARC summit in Islamabad became a show of India-Pakistan entente. Such concrete steps as the progress on the SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) treaty were overshadowed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's words and
- Alliance Arithmetic (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Jan 07, 2004)
Electoral arithmetic, more than political chemistry, is the decisive factor in the realignment of political forces in Tamil Nadu.
- Friendship Vista (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2004)
A new phase of India’s engagement with Pakistan has begun. The decision by India’s prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to meet Pakistan’s president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, and its prime minister, Mr Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, has, as expected, ...
- Indo-Pak Peace Dialogue In Feb (Times of India, MANOJ JOSHI, Jan 06, 2004)
India and Pakistan have agreed "to commence" the process of resuming their stalled composite dialogue from February 2004.
- Musharraf And Vajpayee Pledge Peaceful Links (Guardian (UK), RANDEEP RAMESH, Jan 06, 2004)
The leaders of Pakistan and India, meeting yesterday for the first time since their countries almost went to war two years ago, promised to restore normal relations.
- Congress In Catch-22 Situation (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 06, 2004)
NEVER before in its long history has the once venerable Congress party faced the crisis it is undergoing today. Because it is, in national terms, in danger of becoming the perennial second party. There are many reasons for the Congress predicament, but
- Don’t Need Strategy For Friendship: Pm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In a rare interview given a few hours before his departure for Islamabad, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee told Nasim Zehra of The News: ‘‘I think we can have a dialogue with President Musharraf and the dialogue will take us to some results.’’ A confident
- Moscow Welcomes Meeting (Indian Express, Dadan Upadhyay, Jan 06, 2004)
Russia today welcomed the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Islamabad and expressed hope that it would lead to the resumption of a full-scale dialogue between New
- Movement Towards Peace: Parties Hoping For Results (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The BJP promptly described the meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad today as a ‘‘positive step’’ in the right direction. Party chief Venkaiah Naidu said: ‘‘It is a positive step in the right...
- Back Home: Valley Pins Hope On Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The thaw in relations between India and Pakistan during Prime Minister A. B. Vajpayee’s visit to Islamabad, has raised a sense of optimism among separatist leaders who hope that this could lead to resolution of Kashmir issue. Hurriyat Conference chair
- Mistrust Brushed Under Huge, Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 06, 2004)
If ever Prime Minister A B Vajpayee wanted to contest elections from Islamabad rather than his beloved Lucknow, remarked a wag here, winning wouldn’t be difficult. ‘‘Welcome Ataljee,’’ said the headline of an editorial article in the mass-circulated
- Rashid Can’t Forget The K-Word (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The Pakistani leadership kept its promise of not raking up Kashmir at the SAARC summit here, but the country’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad harped on the issue on Monday. ‘‘The way leading to normalcy in Indo-Pak relations is passing through
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- On A Home Run (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Jan 06, 2004)
The new year, 2004, will witness the fourth consecutive general elections in which Atal Bihari Vajpayee will lead the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies into battle. No former Indian prime minister, save for Indira, the original Mrs Gandhi, has done
- Sweet Nothings (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
Populism is the password to elections in India. All governments gearing up for elections announce policy packages and decisions that are thinly-veiled attempts to buy votes. No government has been free from this vice so it may seem a trifle unfair to ...
- Bjp Plans Stir, May Snap Inld Ties (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 06, 2004)
After Tamil Nadu, trouble is brewing for the NDA in Haryana. But unlike Tamil Nadu, where the DMK and the MDMK abandoned the BJP, it is the state BJP which has resolved to end its uneasy alliance with INLD leader and Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- A Jamali Show All The Way (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 05, 2004)
The suspense has ended and the drama has begun. With the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali meeting soon after the SAARC inaugural session, the focus has shifted completely to India-Pakistan ...
- It’s Time To Make New Friends (Telegraph, M.R. Venkatesh, Jan 05, 2004)
The BJP’s refusal to rein in Jayalalithaa as also contradictions inherent in their coalition drove the DMK and MDMK out of the NDA
- India, Pakistan Leaders Meet (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The leaders of India and Pakistan have met formally for the first time since the two nuclear powers came close to war over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
- Vajpayee’s Trip To Islamabad Generates Goodwill All Around (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 04, 2004)
There is new hope around as the curtain goes up on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Islamabad. I am reminded of the Colombo summit in July ’98. No other summit attracted foreign mediapersons by the hundred. They were waiting
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- A Prodigal Son All Set To Return (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Jan 04, 2004)
POLITICS is a weird game. A few years back former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh had turned into a bete noire of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and called him “a tired and retired leader”. Now he stands in the front row at a BJP workers
- Misplaced Honour (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
By refusing an honorary doctorate, possibly bestowed for political reasons rather than academic, Mr Vajpayee has behaved as a prime minister should. Honorary doctorates are double-edged instruments. They can be used to bestow genuine honour and to show
- Anti-Incumbency Will Help Cong In (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 04, 2004)
Whether it was the National Front, the Janata Dal, the United Front and now the Congress, every political party or formation that Lok Sabha MP S. Jaipal Reddy has been associated with, he has always been its most visible face. He is also known for his ...
- Ideological Roadblocks On The Road (Tribune, Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Jan 04, 2004)
THE Hot Peace among different communities of the world, in the beginning of the 21st century, marked by its advent by the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre towers in New York, is, in a sense, more explosive than the earlier Cold War between nation
- Join Nda, Lead The Front In Tn: Bjp To Admk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The BJP came out today for the first time with an appeal to the AIADMK to join the NDA and lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. BJP state president C.P. Radhakrishnan said his party had no other option but to revive its
- Sikhs In France Seek Help On Turbans (Indian Express, TOM HENEGHAN, Jan 03, 2004)
France's tiny Sikh community is seeking help from India’s Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee to have their traditional turbans exempted from a planned French law to ban Muslim headscarves and other religious symbols from schools. Chain Singh, spokesman for
- Indo-Pak Game Continues (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2004)
ONCE more, the ante has been upped regarding efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan, the hope of course being that, this time, the effort will succeed.
There is nothing unrealistic about such a hope if for no other reason than the
- Peace Common Desire In India, Says Vajpayee (Indian Express, M. ZIAUDDIN, Jan 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said the entire spectrum of mainstream political opinion in India is for peace, cooperation and friendship with Pakistan. In an exclusive interview with Dawn at his residence here on Thursday, the PM made it
- Economics And Emotion (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
JUST AHEAD OF the second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Centre has got the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, passed in Parliament. This enables People of Indian Origin (PIOs) in selected countries to have a dual nationality status. In doing so, ...
- Polls Near, Govt May Hold Short House Session (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
With elections round the corner, speculation is rife about the Government’s intention to convene a short Parliamentary session to pass a vote-on-account to help it conduct its business beyond March 31. While BJP president Venkaiah Naidu called it
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- Engines Of Growth (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
THE Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are regarded as the modern engines of growth. Their alumni are well placed both within the country and abroad. However, the movement to enlist their cooperation for raising funds to serve their alma mater better
- Musharraf Wins House Trust (Indian Express, Amir Zia, Jan 02, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf won a vote of confidence in both houses of Pakistan’s Parliament and four provincial assemblies on Thursday, keeping him in power until late 2007. The vote means Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, will remain ...
- Ready To Face Polls: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
With the air ringing with the talk of early Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee has said that he is ‘‘fit and ready’’ to face elections and confident that the people ‘‘are in a mood to give us another five years’’. The PM’s remarks, made in
- Mulayam Cold, Kalyan Fans Fire Under Tea Pot (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
If silence speaks louder than words, Mulayam Singh Yadav’s is deafening. Despite all the noises by allies and rivals, the Uttar Pradesh CM has pointedly shied away from talking to partner Kalyan Singh since his open dalliance with the BJP. Now even Kalyan
- A Watershed Year For Indian Diplomacy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
WHAT seemed to be a Sisyphean labour till a couple of years ago in the context of Indo-Pakistan relations, now looks possible. The two countries were on the road to detente in the year just ended.
During the past 56 years of turbulent Indo-Pakistan ...
- Indo-Pakistan Talks: Ten Issues (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2004)
India and Pakistan have been trapped for too long in arguing about procedural issues and defending past political postures.
- Disgruntled Diaspora (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Ministry of External Affairs and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry are jointly organising the second Pravasi Bharathiya Divas on January 9-11 at New Delhi with the usual pomp and circumstance. The significance of January 9
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- Patch-Up For A Return To The Past (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 02, 2004)
The wheel has come full circle. The Congress, which last aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1980, is now preparing to align with the party again. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which formed an alliance with the All-India Anna
- Roadblocks For Congress (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
TWO grand alliances contesting against each other in the coming Lok Sabha elections is the stuff electoral dreams are made of. It was Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s announcement about her party’s readiness to forge an alliance against the National ...
- Statutory Minimum Price: Bitter News For Sugar Industry (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jan 02, 2004)
THE Vajpayee Government has again yielded to populist pressure at the cost of an industry which tried its best to reason otherwise with the administration. But the sugar industry stands isolated in the face of combined pressure exerted by the Agriculture
- Advancing Ls Polls (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2004)
WITH Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani giving ample indications of advancing the general elections because of the feel good factor for the BJP-led NDA, the stage is set for the party’s National Executive in Hyderabad on January 11 and 12. Andhra Pradesh
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- New Year Pronouncements (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Jan 01, 2004)
While India will emerge stronger in 2004, it is only political will that can bring about a real change in the economy, society and politics.
- You Can’t Scoop The Future (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jan 01, 2004)
It’s that time of year again when every newspaper, every magazine, every television channel you turn to is awash with year-end remembrances and new-year predictions. Not because the year gone by is truly memorable (though some are arguing 2003 will make
- Engaging In Talk About Talks (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
New Delhi's thinking on the nature of contacts with Pakistan's leadership, at the time of next week's SAARC summit, is crystallising in the light of the flow of signals from Islamabad. The meaning and implications of each word is carefully examined. The
- India Offers Fresh Peace Pack To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 01, 2004)
As part of its new year gift to the sub-continent, India today proposed to hold talks with Pakistan on starting bus routes across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international boundary in Rajasthan, hiking the strength of their respective missions
- Pakistan: Chickens Coming Home To Roost (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
The recent assassination attempts on Gen Musharraf can best be described as the wages of sin that Pakistan's rulers have inevitably to pay for the policies they have followed for over a decade. The ISI's inducting and training of terrorists and the ...
- ‘inshallah Kashmir Will See Peace This Year’ (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 01, 2004)
Standing against the backdrop of the idyllic Dal Lake, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Maulvi Abbas Ansari points above—to the migratory birds who sail against the water currents. That’s who Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf have to
- Leading The Alliance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
IF SONIA GANDHI came tantalisingly close, last Sunday, to suggesting that the Congress party would not make her prime ministerial candidature a necessary condition for a pre-electoral alliance, a day later the party's spokesman came close to ...
- Congress Badly Bruised By Poll Defeat (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
POLITICS is like a game of cricket. A team could be cruising along comfortably but one fine bowling spell can prove devastating, converting a certain victory into defeat. Something similar appears to have happened to the Congress this year. It was riding
- Two-Child Norm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
THE Population Foundation of India’s concern in its annual report over spurt in female foeticide in 11 states including Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh is timely. Figures speak for themselves on the magnitude of the problem. From 945 per 1000 in 1991
- A Very Busy Year Ahead For The Ec (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jan 01, 2004)
If the Lok Sabha poll is advanced, as is being speculated, to late April or early May, then the Election Commission is bound to club it with the Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh. But if it is instead held in the second half of May, then the EC will have
- Dmk Gone, Bjp Opens Arms To Jaya (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 01, 2004)
Abandoned by the DMK, the BJP began courting the AIADMK today. ‘‘We are prepared to align with the AIADMK for the Lok Sabha polls,’’ BJP national secretary L. Ganesan said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has not yet revealed her mind,
- Mother Prayer (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 01, 2004)
There is not a day someone does not lose a loved one here: Far from Saarc arclights, a Kashmiri mother prays for peace
- Attempts On Musharraf’s Life (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
THE chickens are coming home to roost for Pakistan’s military ruler. Just after he seized power in October 1999, Gen Pervez Musharraf became the first ruler in Pakistan to justify the violence unleashed by his jihadis in Kashmir as being a noble jihad
- Straw Wishes Sinha Ahead Of Saarc Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today conveyed his best wishes to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on the eve of his departure for the SAARC summit in Islamabad.
In his telephonic conversation with the External Affairs Minister, Straw ...
- A Brutal Blow To Congress Ambitions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
WHILE CONFOUNDING MOST poll pundits, the Bharatiya Janata Party has surprised itself by wresting three out of the four Hindi-belt States decisively from its chief adversary. Contrary to popular expectation, the BJP scored an emphatic win in ...
- 12 Days, Still No Fir, If Only Cbi Lets The Law Take Its Course (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Nov 28, 2003)
Twelve days after The Sunday Express expose on Union Minister Dilip Singh Judeo, 10 full days after Prime Minister A B Vajpayee secured his resignation, a week after Judeo himself alluded to a money exchange—even invoking the Mahatma and Birla— the CBI ha
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Didi Kept On Hold So She Turns In Phones (Indian Express, Diptosh Majumdar, Nov 28, 2003)
PM reminder: no dial tone
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- At Last A Ceasefire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT between the armies of India and Pakistan to observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier and a segment of the international border is a positive development in itself.
- Vajpayee Is Confident: Pak Took Its Time But I’M Sure It’Ll Work (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
On Day One of the border ceasefire, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said Pakistan agreed to it after ‘‘long persuasion’’ and sounded confident that the truce would hold and cross-border terrorism would end.
- Truce Underway, Border Guns Begin To Fall Silent (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
Indian and Pakistani guns along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir were to fall silent Tuesday midnight as the two nations set out to lower the chill in relations and create conditions good enoug
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Silencing The Guns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
Now, perhaps, India and Pakistan will be able to hear each other better
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- India: Why Life Is Elsewhere (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 23, 2003)
Jet-lagged and bleary eyed I landed at Mumbai airport in the early hours of a morning last week to be accosted, while waiting for my bags to arrive, by a young man who wanted to know my views on the airport. He was doing a survey for the Airports Authorit
- Billed To Last (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 23, 2003)
Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D Srinivas who stayed at Andhra Bhavan in Delhi earlier this month was infuriated when he was presented with a bill of Rs 2,500. As an MLA, Srinivas is accustomed to being charged at the nominal rate of Rs 2 per day as room r
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Bjp Flags Self In, Steps On Gas (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 23, 2003)
Internal study puts party on No 1 slot
- Judeo Video, Govt Audio (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 22, 2003)
Why this spycamaraderie when none of the Govt’s Top Eleven will drink themselves silly, fondle cash in hotel rooms?
- Money For Minister (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Judeo episode again highlights the pervasiveness of corruption in the system
- Judeo’S Head Helps Pm, Dpm Put Their Foot Down On Cong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
Campaign: Look who’s talking, they say; in Bikaner, PM says sack Jogi
- The Government Has Acted With Commendable Swiftness On The Judeo Expose (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 18, 2003)
Dilip Singh Judeo is not likely to substitute his volleys of recrimination with expressions of remorse in a hurry. But Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has acted with admirable swiftness in banishing his tainted minister from his council and promising
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