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Articles 3121 through 3220 of 5550:
- A Neighbour In Danger (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 14, 2001)
It is six months since Nepal suffered the trauma of regicide. The king, Gyanendra, is still to stabilize his authority and credibility.
- Peace Process In Nagaland (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE BRIEF MEETING that the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, had with Mr. Isaac Swu and Mr. Thiungaleng Muivah - the two leaders of the NSCN(I-M) - during his official visit to Japan.
- Point Of Order (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 14, 2001)
It is not a question of how many terrorists were killed and how many got away, if any at all. Because dead or alive, the terrorists who struck at Parliament in broad daylight on a day of business were enormously successful.
- Peace Process In Nagaland (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2001)
THE BRIEF MEETING that the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, had with Mr. Isaac Swu and Mr. Thiungaleng Muivah - the two leaders of the NSCN(I-M) - during his official visit to Japan.
- Flex-Ible Manoeuvres (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2001)
There was a time when the Vajpayee government talked loudly about zero tolerance of corruption.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- A Severe Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
ALREADY UNDER A murky cloud following the Tehelka exposure, Mr. George Fernandes and his Defence Ministry have been virtually drowned by evidence, which strongly suggests that emergency purchases.
- Strengthen Indo-Japan Co-Operation In The Agro-Rural Sector (The Financial Express, Ashok B Sharma, Dec 13, 2001)
Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s recent visit to Japan indicates a warming up of relations between the two countries. There is a need to carry this relationship forward for mutual economic and diplomatic gains.
- Opening Up International Long-Distance Telephony -- For Vsnl, The Party Is Over (Business Line, T. H. Chowdary , Dec 13, 2001)
In AUGUST 2000, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had declared that both basic telecom (within the country) and international long distance (ILD) services would be thrown open to competition from April 1, 2001 and 2002 respectively.
- A Rewarding Visit (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 13, 2001)
THE Prime Minister’s visit to any country is planned well in advance and meticulously scripted.
- Opposition Denied Space (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 13, 2001)
It is rowdy, ugly. It offends good taste. The scenes in Parliament these days are exasperating even to its members.
- A Severe Indictment (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 13, 2001)
ALREADY UNDER A murky cloud following the Tehelka exposure, Mr. George Fernandes and his Defence Ministry have been virtually drowned by evidence, which strongly suggests that emergency purchases made for the Kargil.
- Is Japan's Interest In India Waning? (Business Line, Smita Banerjee, Dec 12, 2001)
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is in Japan to hopefully bury the major irritant between the two countries - the nuclear issue. For India, Japan is an important economic ally.
- Dividing The Booty (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Dec 12, 2001)
Amidst the euphoria over Hamid Karzai’s Himachal connections and the visits by the interior and foreign ministers-designate, Yunis Qanuni and Abdullah Abdullah, to New Delhi, Indians have overlooked one major development in Afghanistan:
- Clueless In Japan (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Dec 12, 2001)
The varied ethnic facial features of the Indian delegation amazed the Japanese.
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- Occasional Splashes In The Placid Pool Of Politics Do Not Last Long (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 12, 2001)
Making a splash is not difficult. Benazir Bhutto did that at New Delhi.
- An Indo-Japan Core Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
INDIA AND JAPAN seem inclined to evolve a core agenda of cooperation in the specific context of their search for a ``global partnership''.
- Elections In Sri Lanka -- Mandate For Peace And Economic Revival (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 12, 2001)
THE real victory in Sri Lanka's recent polls seems to be for the voters.
- An Indo-Japan Core Agenda (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 12, 2001)
INDIA AND JAPAN seem inclined to evolve a core agenda of cooperation in the specific context of their search for a ``global partnership''.
- Need To Worry, Think And Speak About Other Issues (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 12, 2001)
What an ironic coincidence it is that Osama bin Laden's last, desperate hideout, being bombed incessantly by the United States-led coalition, should be called Tora Bora.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- Deepening Crisis In Nepal (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 12, 2001)
Nepal is in serious crisis, and it had been in the making for a long time. There seems to be no immediate remedy for the problems facing the Himalayan kingdom.
- From Ayodhya To Dandi (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 12, 2001)
When Mr. Advani invokes the Dandi March symbolism for his rath yatra he is seeking moral acceptability and historic endorsement for a blatantly divisive political ploy.
- Vajpayee-Muivah Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 11, 2001)
The meeting that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had with NSCN leaders T. Muivah and Isak Swu in Osaka on Saturday is an unusual development and has suddenly given a much higher profile to the Nagaland issue.
- Enron Educates India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
WHEN the new US Ambassador arrived in Delhi a few months ago, his first public statement was that the future of Indo-US economic relations could be summed up in five little letters: Enron.
- So Far So Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THE Naga peace talks have entered a decisive stage with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holding discussions with the leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland at Osaka in Japan.
- A Steely Silence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 11, 2001)
IT IS HIGH time New Delhi broke its silence on The Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd, the ailing wholly-owned subsidiary of Steel Authority of India Ltd.
- Russian Renascence (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Dec 11, 2001)
Most Indians see our close ties with Russia as a simple extension of our “traditional” relations with the former Soviet Union.
- Will The Japanese Bite? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 11, 2001)
THOUGH there is no meeting scheduled with Suzuki Motor Company chief Osamu Suzuki during Prime Minister Vajpayee’s Japan visit, the sad saga of the best-known Indo-Japanese joint venture.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Under A Cloud (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2001)
Ministries have been like the clouds that come and go in Meghalaya. The People’s Forum of Meghalaya (PFM) government, sworn in on Saturday, is the sixth since the 1998 elections.
- What Is History? (Hindu, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Dec 10, 2001)
What the NCERT did was to replace one history with another. This goes far beyond changing `one-sided' history to one that is many sided.
- Shift Focus On Trouble Brewing In Neighbouring Countries (The Financial Express, Inder Malhotra, Dec 10, 2001)
In Afghanistan, things seem to be falling into place sooner than even the most optimistic leaders of the war on Al-Qaida and the Taliban had envisaged. Strategists and pundits who had talked of the war lasting years have fallen silent.
- Pm’s Economic Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2001)
ECONOMIC diplomacy is a tricky business. It requires a keen appreciation of mutual needs and capabilities and forging a system that benefits both countries.
- Calibrating A Conflagration (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Dec 09, 2001)
The VHP's various programmes ensure that the communal fire is stoked for electoral gains while the BJP can keep the Ram temple issue out of its election manifesto.
- Same Place, Same People, Same Words (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2001)
It was a rare occasion. A college function attended by the PM.
- Calibrating A Conflagration (Hindu, J. P. SHUKLA, Dec 09, 2001)
The VHP's various programmes ensure that the communal fire is stoked for electoral gains while the BJP can keep the Ram temple issue out of its election manifesto.
- Miffed Minister (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2001)
Vijay Goel is miffed. The man who not too long back was inducted into Vajpayee’s Council of Ministers and was given the much-hyped portfolio of Minister of State in the PMO, today is a minister without any substantial work as no files are being put to him
- Tight Ropewalk (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2001)
As tension escalates in West Asia, India's foreign policy vis-a-vis that region seems to be going through a phase of walking a tight-rope. In his speech at the Libyan function, read in absentia, Prime Minister Vajpayee did condemn the ongoing actrocities.
- Of Monarchs And Maoists (Telegraph, Sundara K. Datta-Ray, Dec 08, 2001)
The Nepalese cannot be blamed for jumping to the conclusion that only the Maoist insurrection has saved them from being browbeaten by India into accepting rigorous trade terms.
- The Fashion Conscious (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 08, 2001)
Among other things, the AB Vajpayee regime is also likely to be remembered for being a patron of the world of glitz.
- Japan Needs To Remodel Its Investment Outlook (The Financial Express, Smita Banerjee, Dec 08, 2001)
Japan has been a significant partner of India in terms of economic benefits. It was given overriding importance as an engine for the growth of India’s market-driven economy in the post-liberalisation period.
- The Wima Windfall (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Dec 07, 2001)
If you are a Delhi journalist and write a sort of political column, the question most frequently put to you, even by perfect strangers, is, ‘‘So will the Vajpayee government last?’’
- Emerging Economic Challenges To Diplomacy (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 07, 2001)
EVEN as the entire nation remained glued to television sets watching the Taliban collapse under sustained American bombings and onslaughts of the Northern Alliance.
- Rituals Of December 6 (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 07, 2001)
That 60-point charter of dos and don’ts our legislators pledged themselves to only days ago should, most definitely, have included one more: Don’t force the House to adjourn amid pandemonium on December 6.
- Maoists Deserve Taliban Fate (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Dec 07, 2001)
Yesterday, it was the Taliban. Today, it is the Maoists of Nepal. There is no difference between the two.
- Big Birthday Bash For Pawar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2001)
Such is the strength and resilience of our political system that birthdays of political leaders are always regarded as memorable events by themselves.
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Malini Parthasarathy, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- Politics And Terrorism Issues (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
IF THE ALL-PARTY meeting called in the hope of converting the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) into an Act yielded no results, it is because neither side - the Government and the Opposition - was prepared to shift from already staked out positions
- Self-Defeating Strategies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 06, 2001)
As a consequence of the American military campaign in Afghanistan, a host of giddy and self-deluding notions have surfaced... India, Sri Lanka or Israel now have the temptation to solve problems militarily.
- Poto Is A Time Bomb (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2001)
Four days starting with December 18 are reserved for the mother of all parliamentary controversies, pitting the BJP-led alliance government in an irreconcilable conflict with the opposition.
- Let Us Make India Resourceful (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Dec 06, 2001)
ATAL Bihari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, is regarded with esteem for his leadership, perseverance, the courage to stand up to adversity, and the determination to express protest boldly when confronted with the outrageous actions of others.
- India’s Pointman In Afghanistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 06, 2001)
The alacrity and speed the Vajpayee government showed in identifying former Ambassador to Russia S.K. Lambah for an assignment in Afghanistan speak volumes for both the man and those who engaged him for the task.
- Sorrow And Power (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 05, 2001)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, ever since it came to power at the head of the National Democratic Alliance, has had a very uneasy relationship with the extremist wings of the sangh parivar.
- Maoists On The Rampage In Nepal (Tribune, Vijay Oberoi, Dec 05, 2001)
The recent events in Nepal, where militancy and terrorism unleashed by Maoists have forced the Government of Nepal to declare a state of emergency in the kingdom.
- Trade With Nepal -- India's Achilles Heel (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 05, 2001)
NEPAL'S Maoist uprising diverted attention from another danger averted for the time being by India's decision to extend the bilateral trade treaty that lapses today by three months.
- Is Mr Joshi Parochialising History A La Pakistan? (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 05, 2001)
It all began with a question on the Policy for Writing Text-books in the Rajya Sabha.
- Dinner Diplomacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 05, 2001)
Believers in the adage that the leaders who sup together come together are in for a disappointment.
- Up Politics -- Yet Another Act In Theatre Of Absurd? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 05, 2001)
The Congress(I) President, Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the Samajwadi Party Chief, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav There are no permanent friends or foes in politics.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Vajpayee’s Fairy Tales (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 04, 2001)
No, Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has not gone delusional.
- Time Ripe For Opening Defence Industry To Private Players (The Financial Express, Ranjit B Rai and P K Jain, Dec 04, 2001)
The Indian Navy knows it has a friend in George Fernandes, who is back as defence minister.
- Anything To Win Up (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 04, 2001)
THE Bharatiya Janata Party is literally leaving no stone unturned for winning the assembly elections due in Uttar Pradesh in February next year.
- From Agra To Kathmandu (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 04, 2001)
PROVIDED THE Maoists' revolt in Nepal does not come in the way of the SAARC Summit, a meeting between the Prime Minister, Mr. A. B. Vajpayee, and the Pakistani ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, on its sidelines in Kathmandu is a certainty.
- Northeast Muddle (Telegraph, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dec 04, 2001)
G eorge Fernandes’ re-induction into the cabinet have implications beyond the Tehelka tapes, extending to the future of the Northeast.
- A Bigger Challenge For Pm (Tribune, P. Raman , Dec 04, 2001)
NO one can any more ignore the strong political undercurrents taking shape in the past few weeks.
- Prawns And Other Similarities (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Dec 03, 2001)
Apart from innumerable mouth-watering varieties of his favourite fish delicacies, when he visits Japan later this week, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will have several other reasons to feel completely at home.
- The Politics Of Food -- Keeping The Other Half Hungry (Business Line, Devinder Sharma , Dec 03, 2001)
SOME months ago, a few hundred people in the US mostly agricultural scientists signed an AgBioWorld Foundation petition appealing to the seed multinational giant Aventis CropScience to donate some 3,000 tonnes of genetically-engineered experimental rice.
- ‘Engage Early And Vigourously, And Seek Market Access’ (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Dec 03, 2001)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) expert seems to be in love with India’s forts.
- Point Of Return (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 30, 2001)
As a tactic, the Opposition’s refusal to ask questions of Defence Minister George Fernandes during Question Hour in Parliament is spectacular.
- Textbooks And Communalism (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 30, 2001)
Manipulating textbooks for children is unacceptable. India has suffered enough communalism. Leave textbooks alone.
- Pm And Parivar’s Agenda (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 29, 2001)
There is nothing secret about the “secret” of the survival, over the last 44 months, of the fractious and depressingly ineffectual 24-party ruling coalition, grandiosely called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
- Some Clarity, Please (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 29, 2001)
The most accomplished foreign minister/diplomatist in contemporary history was Charles Maurice Tallyrand (1754-1838).
- Move In Step (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2001)
Uncertain futures prompt uncertain noises of friendliness.
- ‘Musharraf Weaker After Kabul’s Fall’ (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 29, 2001)
Benazir Bhutto makes no secret of the fact that she wants to return to Pakistan. And wants desperately to fill the political vacuum there, particularly since General Pervez Musharraf seems to be on a weak wicket.
- Will The Benazir Charm Work? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 28, 2001)
IT IS not going to endear her to Islamabad, but Ms Benazir Bhutto, the ousted and discredited former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is doing a creditable job in New Delhi of walking the tightrope on Indo-Pak relations.
- Hilsa And Gulab Jamun (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2001)
But the Opposition must beware of the fishbones.
- Sonia’s Comfort (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 28, 2001)
Sonia Gandhi’s comfort level with CPI(M) leader Somnath Chatterjee is growing with every Parliament session. And she’s not shy of showing it.
- How To Overcome The Unending Recession (Tribune, R. N. Malik, Nov 27, 2001)
DESPITE the media concentration on the war in Afghanistan, the unending recession in India continues to hog the headlines. A recent World Bank report said the last thing on this issue:
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