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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 5550:
- Looking Beyond The Taliban (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2001)
BUILDING A VIABLE alternative political arrangement for Afghanistan is proving to be as frustrating and elusive a goal as defeating the Taliban and its benefactor, Osama bin Laden.
- Labour Reforms: Time They Happened (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 10, 2001)
THOUGH the reforming of India's labour laws and regulations is still the much-talked about component of the comprehensive economic reforms of the last decade, there has been scarcely any matching action.
- The Rss And The Bjp (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 10, 2001)
THE latest `slanging match' between the RSS and its `political outfit', the BJP, is important not so much because of the impact it could have on the future of the Government at the Centre.
- Is Bjp Really Going The Congress Way? (Pioneer, C P Bhambhri, Nov 10, 2001)
A very important public meeting was held at Jaipur on October 14, 2001 to celebrate 75 years of the RSS.
- ‘Moca And Poto Are As Alike As Apples And Potatoes’ (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 09, 2001)
While the BJP has been on the offensive from the beginning to accuse the Congress of double standards on POTO, the Congress has been strangely slow in reacting to the charges.
- Indo-Russian Security Relations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 09, 2001)
QUITE CLEARLY, THE Prime Minister's visit to Russia went far beyond the generalities of the Moscow Declaration on international terrorism and the joint statement on globally relevant strategic issues.
- Reject Poto In Toto (The Kashmir Times, Praful Bidwai, Nov 09, 2001)
Nothing has recently caused as much disquiet in India’s political and journalistic communities as the promulgation of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance. At stake is the citizen’s freedom and the fairness of the judicial system.
- Standard Of Political Debate (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 09, 2001)
NOBODY expects India’s present rulers to play by the Queensberry Rules but the recent exchanges with Pakistan indulged in by Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
- Voice The Right Farm Concerns At Doha (Business Line, K. P. Prabhakaran Nair, Nov 09, 2001)
THAT this is no more a bipolar world is now a reality to live with. Indeed, it seems to be emerging as a `rich man's world'.
- Vajpayee On Crucial Foreign Visits (The Kashmir Times, O. N. Mehrotra, Nov 09, 2001)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee began on November 4, his ten-day crucial visit to three major world capitals--Moscow, Washington and London--and New York.
- Triumphant Return Of Khaleda Zia (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, National Security Adviser Brajesh Misra paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from Prime Minister Vajpayee to his newly elected Bangladesh counterpart Begum Khaleda Zia.
- Relocating Indo-Russian Ties (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 08, 2001)
AS THE PRIME Minister concluded the Moscow leg of a marathon mission abroad and headed for Washington, it was clear that a treaty partner of Cold War vintage was in the process of readjusting and retuning its own world vision.
- India And The U.S.-Russian Alliance (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 08, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, begins his engagements in Washington today on the eve of a historic breakthrough in U.S.-Russian relations.
- Travel Advisory For Pervez (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
Lock up the house with care before taking that flight.
- Friends: A Rerun (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
Putin’ in place the pieces of the Afghan puzzle.
- Back To Moscow Ties (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2001)
THERE are several plus and two minus points in the revived Indo-Soviet relations. The Russian Federation has declined to describe the Kashmir killings as a result of cross-border terrorism, as India wanted.
- Bush Is No Honest Broker (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 08, 2001)
Talk to Musharraf, but not because US says so
- In Real India, There Is No Place For Religious Fundamentalism (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 08, 2001)
After a miserable performance by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Lok Sabha polls in 1980, Atal Bihari Vajpayee observed that they could not consider any state safe like the communists who had West Bengal as their preserve.
- Return Of Khaleda Zia -- Prospects For India-Bangladesh Relations (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 08, 2001)
JUST over a week ago, the National Security Adviser, Mr Brajesh Misra, paid a brief and low-key visit to Bangladesh carrying a message of greetings from the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to his newly elected Bangladeshi counterpart.
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2001)
‘‘I will assign responsibility to every nation in this global fight against terrorism.
- Punjab, Pm’s Newest Headache (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 07, 2001)
IT’S not only Uttar Pradesh that’s on Vajpayee’s mind these days. The upcoming assembly polls in Punjab are worrying him as much.
- Reality Check For Us (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2001)
IN MOSCOW today, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, will no doubt reflect that four weeks into the undeclared war on Afghanistan.
- Siren Call From Amritsar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2001)
The BJP should not trivialise the issue of terrorism.
- Foreign Affairs (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 06, 2001)
Prime Minister’s Vajpayee’s visit to Russia, the US and Great Britain, all in the same breath, indicates just how much the world has changed.
- Taxed Tourism (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 06, 2001)
LAST WEEK WHEN the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, spoke to Chief Ministers on a new national tourism policy, he did so more like a critic than as leader of a Government making the policy.
- Bjp: Quest For Survival Strategy (Tribune, P. Raman , Nov 06, 2001)
A series of incidents in the past few weeks in the ruling BJP and the RSS parivar have led to different kinds of interpretations about the nature and extent of the increased rumblings.
- Our Role In Their War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 06, 2001)
South Asia can teach the world to deal with the crisis.
- A Poto Start (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2001)
INDIA has been forced to sit on the bench (where non-players sit in a football match) in the ongoing global battle against terrorism, and the BJP does not like it at all.
- Lashkar, Jaish In Dragnet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2001)
IF a demand is not accepted for long, it becomes almost an obsession. The clamour for US action against the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was one such plea of India.
- Rumsfeld: At The Right Place And Right Time (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Nov 05, 2001)
THERE are going to be very few senior leaders in the country when US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld comes calling on Monday.
- On The List (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 05, 2001)
Expansion of the anti-terrorist programme is the only way to tackle the hydra-headed phenomenon.
- India & Pakistan: Doing The Impossible (Hindu, Shirin Tahir Kheli, Nov 05, 2001)
SEPTEMBER 11 changed the world. Sadly, nothing is different in the India-Pakistan relationship.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics.
- Fraught Times (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NEW Khaleda Zia Government in Bangladesh has set itself 25 targets to achieve in the first 100 days in office.
- Change Of Vocation (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Probably it’s time to hop jobs. The chief minister of Chhattisgarh, who has already taken to writing in a big way, might ultimately find his pen the only weapon he can wield against commissions and other demons.
- Waiting For A Wave (Hindu, Javed M. Ansari , Nov 04, 2001)
WHAT A difference a year makes in Indian politics. Almost to the month, last year, the Congress was a house divided.
- Vajpayee’s Visit Will Boost Indo-Russian Ties (Tribune, M. L. Madhu, Nov 04, 2001)
AS Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is visiting Russia today, it would be worthwhile to take stock of the Indo-Russian relations which are age old.
- A Legacy Denied: All That Nehru Stood For Is Now Under Attack (Tribune, Abu Abraham, Nov 04, 2001)
IN October, we remember Gandhiji. In November, thoughts of Nehru come to mind.
- Festival Offer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Our fathers on earth. The BJP seems to be taking cultural nationalism a bit too seriously.
- Fraught Times (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 04, 2001)
THE NEW Khaleda Zia Government in Bangladesh has set itself 25 targets to achieve in the first 100 days in office.
- Double Standards (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 04, 2001)
Surprising as it may sound, law and order has become a source of tension between the state and the Centre.
- Restraint On Border Tension (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2001)
VIPs from the USA, Europe, Russia and Japan are making a beeline to New Delhi. It will appear as though India is becoming a new centre of international diplomacy as Geneva was at one time.
- Give Musharraf His 15 Minutes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Don't grudge him his red carpet, they'll keep pulling at it from under his feet.
- Air-Y Diplomacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
The jury is still out on this war’s frequent fliers.
- Abdullah’s Angst (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2001)
Beating one’s breast is no substitute for good governance.
- After Tehelka, Repression (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Nov 03, 2001)
OUR politicians were, and still are, quite unprepared for television.
- Stand Up, Be Counted (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
In this war, India must not be a passive camp follower.
- India, U.S. Debate 'Deliverables' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 02, 2001)
NEW DELHI, NOV. 1. India may be in danger of losing the sense of the critical moment in world affairs and the opportunity to restructure the bilateral relations with the United States.
- Assault On Ayodhya (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Nov 02, 2001)
THE VISHWA Hindu Parishad's (VHP) storming the makeshift temple on October 17 was not a stray incident. It has a context, a past and an ominous future.
- A Terrorism-Infested Paradise (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Nov 02, 2001)
THE Afghan trauma continues to intensify. So does the agony in Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Nip Of Irritation In The Air (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2001)
My guess is that Jaswant Singh will meet Abdul Sattar and pave the way for a summit after some reasonable homework has been done.
- Losing Game (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Nov 02, 2001)
As the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, embarks on his visits to Russia, the United States of America and the United Nations, nearly a month after the world’s most high profile terrorist action.
- Think Up Security Anew (Tribune, M.S.N. Menon, Nov 02, 2001)
INDIA is unfortunate in its neighbours. More because of encouragement from two sources: America and China.
- Americans Are Ruthless, Say Kashmiris (Tribune, Binoo Joshi, Nov 01, 2001)
AS images of Afghan children being extricated from the rubble of bombed buildings and of the injured lying in hospitals are stirring passions in Kashmir.
- Don't Take Russia For Granted (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 01, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 31. As the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, heads for Moscow, Washington and London at a critical moment in world affairs, India needs to consolidate the diplomatic gains in the last three years.
- Balking At Talking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Don’t allow Pakistan to win the PR exercise over talks.
- Afghan War’s South Asian Sideshow (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 01, 2001)
NEARLY a month after it began, the Afghan war isn’t progressing the way it was expected to do. No knowledgeable person had anticipated it to be a “short, swift affair”, of course.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 01, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- ‘Changing Cms Is Like Passing The Baton In A Relay Race. It Can Be For The Pm As Well’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 01, 2001)
Jana Krishnamurthy became the BJP president by default, thanks to the Tehelka tapes. But the unassuming Tamil lawyer was quick to find his feet.
- Peace Moves At Panchvati (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Nov 01, 2001)
WHAT’S in a name, one could ask. But Panchvati, the newly constructed auditorium complex at Race Course Road named after Ram’s home-in-exile, seems to have changed the atmospherics between Vajpayee and his estranged Sangh parivar members.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Dialogue Helps, But... (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 31, 2001)
SHOULD India and Pakistan hold talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session to begin soon in New York? The question is being discussed again after President Pervez Musharraf has expressed his desire “to pick up the threads left at Agra”.
- Pointless Talk (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 31, 2001)
The call of the Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, for the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue cannot be taken very seriously.
- Remembering Indira Gandhi (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Oct 31, 2001)
On Indira Gandhi's Seventeenth death anniversary, there are intimations of a perceptible change for the better in the public opinion about her.
- Kashmir: Why Is Delhi Becoming Shrill? (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 31, 2001)
OBVIOUSLY inspired by the Americans flexing their muscles in Afghanistan, both the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and surprisingly, the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, are speaking the language of war vis-a-vis Kashmir.
- Bjp’s ‘Congressisation’ Problem (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 31, 2001)
HOME Minister L.K. Advani’s recent warning to his partymen that they should guard against being “Congressised” comes rather late in the day.
- The Long Journey From Joi Bangla To Zia’s Bangla (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 31, 2001)
Even if history repeats itself, it is nowhere so true as in Bangladesh. One of the two women, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed, alternately come to head the country and indulge in the same rhetoric, make the same promises and weave the same dreams.
- Highly Retrograde (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2001)
THE UNION CABINET'S decision to initiate a statute change to dispense with the `domicile' qualification for election to the Rajya Sabha is a highly retrogressive one and, worse, it seeks to undermine its Constitution-endowed distinctive character.
- Death Of An It Project (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2001)
THE DEATH OF Sankhya Vahini, which is what the withdrawal of the U.S.-based IUNet implies whatever the Department of Telecom Services may claim about reviving it in another form.
- Indian Textile Industry Fears Ec-Type Us Trade Package For Pak (The Financial Express, Ajit Kumar V, Oct 30, 2001)
The Indian textile industry is apprehensive about the United States extending an European Commission (EC)-like trade package to Pakistan. Going by all available indications, their fear does not seem unfounded.
- Relevance Of Pm’s Russian Visit (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 30, 2001)
MR Atal Behari Vajpayee will be on a four-day visit to Russia beginning Sunday next. From Moscow, he will go to the USA for talks with President George Bush.
- Where It Now Stands (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 30, 2001)
The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was a time to celebrate the ascendancy of the Hindutva movement in the polity.
- Who Wants Charity? (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Oct 29, 2001)
Demand markets, attract investment, forget aid.
- Vajpayee's Us Trip Best Shelved (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 29, 2001)
ALL INDICATIONS are that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayees projected meeting with the US President, Mr George W. Bush, in Washington, on November 9 will end up in a big letdown for India.
- Pm's Travels: Focus On Missile Defence (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 29, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 28. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee's travels to Moscow and Washington next week is likely to put India back in the middle of the international politics of missile defence.
- One Party, Two Paths (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 29, 2001)
The problem of “communication gap” between the government and the BJP seems to have been sorted out and it now transpires that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s aides did not tell him about the invitation to hoist the flag at the party’s golden jubilee celebrations.
- Two Years Of Nda Rule (Hindu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Oct 29, 2001)
IT IS two years since this edition of the Vajpayee Government came into office. The CPI(M) had warned that the formation of a BJP-led Government poses a threat to national unity and to the secular fabric of our country.
- How Jp Movement Helped Bjp (Tribune, M. G. Devasahayam , Oct 29, 2001)
ADDRESSING the BJP’s golden jubilee celebrations the other day, Mr L.K. Advani indulged in a bit of hyperbole when he drew a parallel between the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the birth of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980;
- Unknown Dynasty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
Mediapersons were looking with askance at each other when names of a six-member delegation to China were announced at the BJP headquarters the other day.
- Info Gap Leaves Many Red Faces In Bjp (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 28, 2001)
NEVER has a comment made in jest provoked so many red faces. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who is in his elements these days, took a dig at top managers of the BJP for poor handling of the golden jubilee celebration of the party.
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