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Articles 3521 through 3620 of 5550:
- Will It Be An American Blitzkrieg? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 09, 2001)
THE air strikes on Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad in Afghanistan launched on October 7 by the US are the long-expected culmination of a series of tragic events set in motion by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington a month earlier.
- Fine-Tuning The Anti-Terror Chorus (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 08, 2001)
THE GLOBAL `CAMPAIGN' against terrorism seems to be gradually acquiring some clarity as a possible broad mission, but the signs are still far from being definitive.
- Blair’s Blank Words (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 08, 2001)
MR Tony Blair did not come to New Delhi as the British Prime Minister but as a special representative of US President Bush to drum up support for the super power’s plans on Osama bin Laden and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
- The Blair Project (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2001)
OPINIONS may vary about British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role in the grand coalition the US has built against global terrorism.
- What Should Have Been The Indian Response To Black Tuesday (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 08, 2001)
THE terms of reference for assessing the Indian response to the terrorist attack on America should be based on the following criteria: first, the ground realities; second, the motivations and objectives of the counter-measures planned by the US.
- Hounded And Harassed (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2001)
BEHIND THE historical Red Fort, a weekly bazaar had come up from the days of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Moghul ruler, more than 150 years ago.
- Different Rules? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 07, 2001)
THREE DAYS ago when the hijack drama of an Alliance Air plane took place - which turned out to be a false alarm due to a miscommunication.
- Cutting Through The Short Cut (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2001)
Fit to size? For several decades, successive heads of the intelligence bureau of the country have enjoyed unrestricted access to the PM.
- Different Rules? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Oct 07, 2001)
THREE DAYS ago when the hijack drama of an Alliance Air plane took place - which turned out to be a false alarm due to a miscommunication.
- The War On Television (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 07, 2001)
"Tony Blair, in a reassuringly positive stance, told Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee that the world understood the pain that has been caused to India by terrorists, and that it was this kind of terrorism that the world was united against...
- Go With The Wind (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 07, 2001)
The ill wind blowing over the Congress kingdom swept an unlikely visitor to the party’s doorsteps.
- Hot Seat (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 07, 2001)
This is a Cabinet position where the incumbent is not very comfortable.
- Hasty Offer Of Help To Usa (Tribune, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2001)
TO repeat what the majority leader in the German parliament said recently, adapting John F. Kennedy’s famous words in Berlin, Wir sind Amerikaner, We are all Americans.
- Prepare An Iron-Clad Case Against Pak. Terrorists (Hindu, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2001)
I seldom watch Pakistan TV news. It is more biased than Doordarshan's. The other day, I was horrified to listen to Pakistan's reaction to the Jaish-e-Mohammed's attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly building in Srinagar.
- Good Morning, America? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2001)
YOU live an entire half century cowering under the fear of ‘‘third party intervention’’.
- He Never Forgot Obligations Of Nobility (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Oct 06, 2001)
THERE are tragedies that go beyond words. The terrible, untimely death of Madhavrao Scindia is one of them.
- Hit Back (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 06, 2001)
There is a time to write and a time to act. The prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should recognize that the time to write polite, if pointed, letters to the president of the United States of America or the head of any other country is long past.
- Privy Purse To Politics (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2001)
Summoning one of Gwalior’s sirdars, Madhavrao Scindia once showed me the swathe of cloth that hung from a peak of the man’s tilted Maratha turban.
- Sense And Senescence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 06, 2001)
Indian politicians should come with a ‘best before’ date.
- Hijack Drama (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 06, 2001)
AFTER the September 11 World Trade Centre calamity, panic is in the air - literally. Every straying plane appears to be a ticking bomb.
- Thus Far And No Farther (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 05, 2001)
AMIDST new-found global determination to fight terrorism the official Indian voice tends to be marginalised, notwithstanding the fact that this country, as pointed out in my last column.
- War Drums In The West, Peace Pipe In North-East (Indian Express, Sanjoy Hazarika, Oct 05, 2001)
AS war clouds gather to our North West, and hostile armies, terrorists and anti-terrorist forces confront each other, India’s eastern borders sound strangely subdued, even peaceful.
- Look How Osama Builds His Brand; Time We Hired An Ad Agency Spin Doctors, Dead Or Alive (Indian Express, Ratna Rajiah, Oct 04, 2001)
Pachaas pachaas kos door gaun mein jab bachcha rota hai toh ma kehti hai ke soja...soja nahin to Gabbar aajayega.
- Will Terrorists Have The Last Laugh? (Business Line, B. Raman , Oct 04, 2001)
WILL the world's terrorists have the last laugh?
- Shadow On The Palace (Telegraph, Tapas Chakraborty, Oct 04, 2001)
It was a balmy morning in the early summer of 1996. But the political temperature had already begun soaring in Gwalior’s palace.
- Letter From The Edge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2001)
Dear Prime Minister...have we completely lost it?
- Allies In The Anti-Terrorism War? (Hindu, Sudhanshu Ranade , Oct 04, 2001)
India's External Affairs Minister visited Washington earlier this week to hold discussions with the American National Security Adviser, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, State Department officials, Senators and Congressmen.
- Can U.S. Restrain Pakistan? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 2. As the Government reacts strongly against the escalation of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Indo-Pak. tensions pose an important test to the international coalition against terror that the Bush Administration has assembled.
- Killing Spree Unabated (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2001)
THE suicidal car bomb attack on the Assembly complex in Srinagar on Monday should force the security agencies to not only revise their strategy.
- Political Tremors In Gujarat (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Oct 03, 2001)
GUJARAT has long been considered the political laboratory for the Sangh Parivar.
- A Government That Has Gone To Sleep At The Most Crucial Juncture (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 03, 2001)
New Delhi once again gives you the feeling of disarray. The war has come closer to India.
- ‘Russia Prefers Un-Sanctioned Action Against Terrorism’ (The Financial Express, Rashmi Das, Oct 03, 2001)
The growing problem of terrorism, which has been tearing at the fabric of many a country for decades, moved to the global centrestage after the terrible attacks in the US on September 11.
- ‘Foreign Policy Isn’t Sacred, It Changes To Suit National Interest’ (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 03, 2001)
FORMER prime minister I.K. Gujral’s foreign policy initiatives, whether in government or out of it, has always been driven by the conviction that stability in South Asia should be the desired end of any move India makes.
- Can U.S. Restrain Pakistan? (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Oct 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, OCT. 2. As the Government reacts strongly against the escalation of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Indo-Pak. tensions pose an important test to the international coalition against terror that the Bush Administration has assembled.
- The Citizen And The Faithful (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 03, 2001)
SPARE A thought, if you will, for Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.
- Don’t Ignore Warning Signals (Tribune, P. Raman , Oct 02, 2001)
WITH everyone remaining glued to George Bush’s war against Bin Laden, Delhi’s political establishment finds it convenient to ignore all the unpleasant warning signals on the home front.
- Now To Make It Work (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 02, 2001)
THE FORMAL LAUNCH of the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana, the new Rs. 10,000-crore food-for-work programme.
- Madhavrao Scindia, 1945-2001 (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 02, 2001)
TO SAY THAT the death of Madhavrao Scindia is a loss to the Congress is to understate the overwhelming tragedy of his sudden unforeseen departure.
- Economy Is The Key (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 02, 2001)
THE RECENT ban on the Students' Islamic Movement of India was necessitated by allegations (probably backed by concrete evidence) of links between the organisation and outfits and individuals answering to the description of terrorist.
- Advani Can Learn From Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 01, 2001)
It may seem ironical but it is not surprising that the day Prime Minister Vajpayee was cautioning Opposition leaders that the battle against terrorism should not acquire communal overtones.
- Cyber Challenges & Priorities (Tribune, Satya Prakash Singh , Oct 01, 2001)
STEPHEN Hawking recently recommended in an interview to German magazine Focus “that humans change their DNA through genetic modification in order to keep ahead of advances in computer technology and stop intelligent machines from taking over the world”.
- Boosters Engaged (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2001)
In times of crises, it appears, emerge creative thinking.
- Did Govt Learn Any Lesson From Agra? (Tribune, Sumer Kaul, Sep 10, 2001)
The Vajpayee government appears to be keenly looking forward to another meeting between the Prime Minister and the Pakistani President later this month in New York.
- Strong Winds In Tamil Nadu (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Sep 10, 2001)
In the battle to cleanse Indian politics of corruption, few cases have been as sensational as that of J Jayalalitha.
- Back To Our Abcs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2001)
Astrological prediction: without literacy we are nothing.
- Running On Empty Ideas (Indian Express, Anil Agrawal, Sep 10, 2001)
THE ministry of petroleum has shown extreme sagacity in reducing air pollution control to a high school debate: CNG vs Diesel.
- Recipe For Economic Revival (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 10, 2001)
AT THE END of a flurry of meetings last week on how to deal with the present slump in the economy.
- It Isn’t Just Agnihotri. Ifs Is Losing It On Many Battlefronts (The Financial Express, Rohit Bansal, Sep 10, 2001)
Incredible, but true. RSS chief KS Sudarshan has done a great favour to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). Unwittingly though.
- Crank It Up (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 10, 2001)
WHEN THE PRIME Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, brought in McKinsey for a second opinion on the economy, he probably found that the consultant had precious little to add to what has already been said before.
- Rural Infrastructure Holds The Key (The Economic Times, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Sep 10, 2001)
FROM denial to acceptance to promises of concrete action. That‘s a long way for a government to travel in less than two months, but the Vajpayee government has done that.
- Just Do It (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 10, 2001)
PRIME Minister Vajpayee says the government is willing to sell surplus land to raise productive capital. This is a good idea.
- Recipe For Economic Upturns Stumps All (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
THE economic turnaround recipe outlined by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) not only took Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by surprise but also some of the ministers handling core economic ministries.
- Time To Tackle Starvation Deaths (Tribune, V. Eashwar Anand, Sep 09, 2001)
REPORTS of 21 starvation deaths in Kashipur block of Rayagada district in Orissa are a matter of serious concern.
- Farooq’s Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 09, 2001)
There is apprehension in the corridors of power that a sulking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah might once again throw a tantrum at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for impressing upon the law and order machinery.
- The Golden Cage Syndrome (Indian Express, Sunil Jain, Sep 08, 2001)
APART from a few celebrated BJP MPs such as ex-chief ministers Madan Lal Khurana and Sahib Singh Verma, and of course the residents of illegal encroachments like Sainik Farms.
- ‘If It Weren’t For Tehelka, We Wouldn’t Have Left Nda’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
Mamata Banerjee has truly come full circle in just six months. She’s back in the NDA after walking out of the coalition just before the West Bengal Assembly elections.
- Why Sacrificing Jagmohan To Bjp’s Unholy Trinity Is A Sin Against The Nation (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 08, 2001)
THERE has to be something frightfully wrong with our capital city if its most prominent losers continue to so dominate our front pages.
- Ten Per Cent Dream (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2001)
Ideas alone will not pull the economy out of its stupor.
- Frozen At The Core (Telegraph, Chandrashekar Dasgupta, Sep 07, 2001)
When the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee meets General Pervez Musharraf at the United Nations later this month, the Pakistan president will once again insist that Kashmir is the “core issue” in India-Pakistan relations.
- A Janus-Like Government (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Sep 07, 2001)
AFTER riding high on popular support, the BJP-led NDA government headed by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee appears to have betrayed the people.
- Convenor’s Con (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 07, 2001)
By George, this is no way to re-enter the Cabinet.
- Down-Sizing A Summit? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 07, 2001)
THE WILD FLUCTUATIONS of the diplomatic mood in both India and Pakistan about the prospects of a constructive meeting between their leaders in New York later this month seem to suggest a disturbing trend on the bilateral front.
- Clueless On Economy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 06, 2001)
IT would sound cynical, even needlessly critical, to say that the BJP-led alliance government is out of its depth to arrest and reverse the economic slowdown.
- Project North-East (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 06, 2001)
IT IS PERTINENT to ask if the Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, realised the implications of what he said at the 45th meeting of the North-Eastern Council (NEC) in New Delhi on September 3.
- Round-Ii With Musharraf May Not Yield Much (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Sep 06, 2001)
Now that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the United Nations session in New York this month, and later at the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) meeting.
- Partners In Spite Of Themselves (Hindu, Teresita C. Schaffer, Sep 06, 2001)
AFTER SOME confusing signals, it now appears that Prime Minister Vajpayee and President Musharraf will meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- Truth Must Be Out (The Economic Times, R. S. Raghavan, Sep 06, 2001)
THE charge levelled against Mr Vajpayee by Mr D B Ray, a former BJP MP, is that the PM had been fully privy to the plot to demolish the Babri Masjid on December 5, 1992.
- ‘We Are Not Opposed To Agnihotri. Nor Are We For Him’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 06, 2001)
Late last year, the government finally woke up to the huge potential locked in non-resident Indians (NRIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) across the length and breadth of the globe.
- The Gentleman `Kingmaker' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, hit the nail on the head when she described G. K. Moopanar as a ``gentleman politician''.
- Deed And Speech (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 05, 2001)
The seriousness of the proposals mooted by the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at the National Development Council meeting is evident from one simple fact.
- Package For Kashmir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 05, 2001)
SOCIAL peace, political stability and economic development always go together. Remove any of the three, the rest will be automatically in serious trouble.
- End Of Compact Between Govt & People (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Sep 05, 2001)
THE compact between the rulers and those they govern in a democracy even as chaotic as in its Indian variation is that beyond the rules and regulations and the instruments of enforcing authority, there is an almost intangible moral force that prevails.
- Watch This Space! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Sep 05, 2001)
TEASER ads are my “bete noire”. There is something in them which isn’t quite playing cricket with a straight bat and I take particular exception to the tantalising and dangling the carrot in the whole scheme of things.
- Policy Paralysis (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 05, 2001)
A fresh thrust to reforms and investments alone will work.
- Moan Of The Mos (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 05, 2001)
The ministers of state who were dropped in Saturday’s reshuffle are as puzzled as they are angry. Non-performance?
- The Hindu Rate Of Governance (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 05, 2001)
THE PRIME Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has just effected a kind of reshuffle in his Cabinet.
- ‘What Turf War? See Me And Mansingh As Two Service Centres’ (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 05, 2001)
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee travelled to Louisiana way back in 1983, Bhishma Kumar Agnihotri made sure he addressed the state’s legislature.
- An Informal Chat With The Prime Minister (The Financial Express, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 05, 2001)
Summits have a devastating effect when they collapse. They evoke acrimony, recrimination, bitterness and all that.
- Delicate Balance (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 05, 2001)
Predictably, there has been elation in New Delhi over the Bush administration’s decision during the last weekend to impose sanctions on China and Pakistan for their bilateral cooperation in missile development.
- The Gentleman `Kingmaker' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 05, 2001)
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, hit the nail on the head when she described G. K. Moopanar as a ``gentleman politician''.
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