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Articles 11421 through 11520 of 13380:
- Pak’s New India Policy? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
India’s prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has formally confirmed to Islamabad that he will attend the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation scheduled to be held in Islamabad January 4-6. This is a good beginning...
- Two Shot Dead In South Delhi Encounter, Cops Say They Were Hizb Men (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
The Delhi police special cell shot dead two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants outside the Bahai temple in South Delhi tonight.
- After The Vote (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2003)
Is the country ready for a new grammar of political contestation in which the political parties are judged by the voters for their record/promise of delivering on basic issues.
- For J&k Talks To Move, Please Say No To Leaks, Whisper Campaigns (Indian Express, Sajad Lone, Dec 07, 2003)
Writes Sajad Lone, son of Abdul Gani Lone who was killed for standing up to jehadis in Kashmir. As the stage is set for first-ever Hurriyat-New Delhi talks, Sajad drafts the To-Do and Not-to-Do lists—for both sides
- War Risk Very High Till 2015 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
The risk of war between India and Pakistan will remain fairly high over the next 15 years and both countries will continue to build up their nuclear and missile forces, a US National Intelligence Council projection for 2015 has claimed. The threat of a...
- Army Man Arrested For Attempt To Rape (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Dec 07, 2003)
An army havaldar has been arrested on charges of molestation and attempt to rape a passenger on Tata-Jammu Tavi.
- Indo-Pak Peace Initiative: The Flies In The Ointment (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Dec 05, 2003)
Pakistan may have agreed to the resumption of over-flights, but the litmus test for Islamabad would be determined on whether it, especially the ISI and its favourite jehadi outfits, continues using terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere as an ...
- Hurriyat Doves Fly In To Bounce Roadmap Off Top Us Experts (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 04, 2003)
As the Hurriyat doves led by Maulvi Abbas Ansari wait for the start of the dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, they are also preparing to bounce off their ‘‘roadmap’’with influential US foreign policy thinktanks.
- Vajpayee's Experiment With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 04, 2003)
The best way for India to take the peace process forward is to focus on unilateral actions.
- ‘satyendra’s Murderers Are Like Terrorists’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. Readers’ e mails just keep pouring in
- ‘i’d Like To Nominate Vajpayee For The Nishan-E-Pakistan’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On December 2, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf appeared on an interview cum phone-in show on a special radio broadcast under the auspices of the BBC Hindi and Urdu services.
- Coping With Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
IT is scary. At least 40 million people are reportedly infected with the HIV virus today —most of them in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Some 4.5 million AIDS patients live in India alone; China’s figures are equally disturbing. Anti-AIDS programmes have
- Peace Initiative Is Fine (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 04, 2003)
THE resumption of overflights is merely a small step in a long journey for peace and good neighbourly relations. The litmus test of General Musharraf’s sincerity would be determined on whether he, the ISI and their favourite jihadi outfits continue using
- Do Guns Speak A New Language? (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Dec 03, 2003)
The earlier distinction made between militant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir and those active in the Northeast, the former being termed as terrorists and the latter as insurgents, does not hold any longer. While the “tanzeems” in Jammu and Kashmir
- Drugs, Liquor, Opium Everywhere (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Dec 03, 2003)
ADDRESSING the annual convention of the Punjab IPS Officers Association at the CII in Chandigarh recently, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh challenged the police brass to name a single village where drug and addiction problem had not attained frightening...
- Surprising Turnaround (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN India and Pakistan to revive direct air links and overflights from January 1 on a reciprocal basis is significant not only for the effect it will have on the process of normalisation of relations but also for the manner in ...
- Learning To Care For Their World (Telegraph, Shobita Punja, Dec 03, 2003)
In 1991, the Supreme Court, in response to a writ petition by our most eminent environment lawyer, M.C. Mehta, directed every state in India to make environment education a compulsory subject in all schools and colleges, and demanded compliance to this...
- The Status Of Children In India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Welcome, On Board (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
WITH India and Pakistan agreeing to resume bilateral civil aviation links from January 1 next year, yet another step has been taken towards normalisation of relations between the two countries. The aviation links were snapped following the December 13...
- Cultural Diplomacy By Iccr (Tribune, Satish Misra, Dec 03, 2003)
AS the 4th Indo-European Union Summit was approaching, the Ministry of External Affairs received reports that some members of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference, at the behest of Islamabad, were thinking of meeting European Ambassadors for focussing on the
- Cross-Border Flights From New Year, Train Next On Line (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 02, 2003)
Ending a two-year-old impasse, Pakistan threw open its airspace from January 1 to allow Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to fly directly to the SAARC summit a couple of days later, even as both sides began to prepare the ground for additional communication ...
- Specify Fibres Used In Winter Garments (Tribune, Pushpa Girimaji, Dec 01, 2003)
WITH consumers in the icy grip of winter, what can be a better subject to discuss than warm clothes? Today Indian markets offer winter wear that is far more trendier and attractive than before. There is a wider choice too in western wear for women.
- But On The Ground, Militants Won’t Quit: 3 Killed Near Jammu (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Dec 01, 2003)
Gunbattle rages in forest, IAS official among eight injured
- Who Are His Countrymen? (Telegraph, Ajoy Roy, Dec 01, 2003)
Geetha Krishnan has asked in her letter if it is Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani’s fault if many of his countrymen have sold their souls to fascists (“Fascism comes calling”, Nov 2). Certainly not, but who are Geelani’s countrymen? Geelani has said, J&K is a..
- Gujarat Family Finds Other Half In Pok (Indian Express, Himanshu Kaushik, Nov 29, 2003)
Kids from Muzaffarabad contact their Sikh mother
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- 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.
- 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.
- 56 Years After Birth, Mha Hands Over Jakli To Mod (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is finally coming home. An order signed and stamped recently has finally brought the regiment to the Ministry of Defence nearly 56 years after it was hastily raised to save Srinagar and other parts of the state.
- 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
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Pay And Play (Deccan Herald, Suresh Menon, Nov 26, 2003)
In the movie All The President’s Men, a source advises journalist Bob Woodward: Follow the money. If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (that ‘control’ is a dead giveaway – this is what the officials think their job amounts to) is serious about cle
- Melting Ice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Another welcome step forward in the slow Indo-Pak peace process
- 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
- Talking With Shah Rukh Khan (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 25, 2003)
‘I am Islamic, I am a Muslim... but also a true blue Indian. And nobody can take that right away from me’
- 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
- Breaking The Kadam Taal In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
OVER THE YEARS, efforts to bring about a negotiated end to carnage in Jammu and Kashmir have resembled what soldiers call the Kadam Taal: the parade-ground art of marching briskly on one spot without actually moving forward. But even hardened sceptics con
- How Can You Say There Was Progress In J&k In One Year Of Mufti Rule? (Indian Express, Hari Om, Nov 24, 2003)
I am in full accord when you say in your editorial, ‘Mufti’s long year’ (IE, November 7) that “there is no doubt that the violence directed from across the borders in still a major handicap in turning the situation around to sustainable peace and prosperi
- Pak Bid To Lower The Chill: We’Ll Hold Fire Along Loc (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Nov 24, 2003)
Jamali’s offer:Says Pak Army told to stop firing, silent on UN supervision for bus to Muzaffarabad; New Delhi to react today
- 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.
- The Hurriyat Says Yes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
Both the Centre and Hurriyat need statesmanship to respond to this historic opportunity
- Hurriyat Ends Friday Prayers: Yes To Talks (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 22, 2003)
Using the platform of the historic Jamia mosque on the last Friday of Ramzan, the Hurriyat Conference today approached thousands of worshippers to seek ratification of its decision to talk to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
- Air Pirates And Pakistan (Indian Express, Amir Mir, Nov 21, 2003)
The war-torn, impoverished landscape of Afghanistan is fast proving to be a new point-scoring arena for India and Pakistan. After expanding its presence and influence in post-Taliban Kabul, India has made considerable progress in convincing the internatio
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- For Talks, Hurriyat Walks First Step (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 20, 2003)
Geelani, Malik stay away but 22 of 27 groups show up for key meet
- That Slow Dance With The Jihadis (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 20, 2003)
Pakistan’s generals expend energy muzzling popular politicians, while pretending to fight Islamists. It’s bound to backfire
- Saarc In India's Strategic Vision (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 20, 2003)
At a time when much of South Asia is in foment, the SAARC summit is scheduled for January first week in Islamabad. Lest the meeting is reduced to an India-Pakistan soap opera, New Delhi has to go with a positive agenda. Top priority must be the signing of
- Talking The Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 19, 2003)
The Simla and Lahore agreements are a good foundation to build the Indo-Pak peace initiative
- A Desire As Big As A Subcontinent (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Nov 18, 2003)
When it comes to Indo-Pak peace, it’s people versus the establishment
- Towards The Near West (Indian Express, J. N. Dixit , Nov 17, 2003)
Central Asia is once again on India’s diplomatic map
- Reaffirming A Partnership (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2003)
INDIA AND RUSSIA took a step towards re-establishing multipolarity in international politics by reaffirming their longstanding strategic partnership during the visit of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Meeting Of Minds (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2003)
There is greater potential for co-operation and joint action between India and Russia
- The Indo-Pak Impasse (Deccan Herald, Kushwant Singh, Nov 15, 2003)
When two parties to a dispute are determined not to see the adversary’s point of view, the chances of their resolving it are bleak. The recent overtures made by India and the response to them by Pakistan are ample proof that neither party is serious in se
- Dare We Hope Once Again? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 14, 2003)
If Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee does actually attend the SAARC Summit in Islamabad in early January, it will have been nine months since he launched the latest peace initiative in Srinagar on April 18.
- Russia Asks Pak To End Cross-Border Infiltration In J-K (Indian Express, Dadan Upadhyay, Nov 14, 2003)
No troops for Iraq, but UN, US must solve the crisis: Vajpayee
- Why No One’S Checking In At This Five-Star Hotel (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Nov 14, 2003)
Why no one’s checking in at this five-star hotel
- The Never Never Land Of Democracy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 13, 2003)
The alternative to Musharraf is not religious dictatorship, it is the people’s will. The West must wake up to this
- Kin Rule Out Ultra Hand In Pdp Leader’S Death (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 13, 2003)
Four days ago when 66-year-old Zulfikar Ahmad Jan was shot dead in Anantnag, it was seen as an assassination by militants to silence a leader of the ruling PDP. The real story’s now started unfolding - exposing a new phenomenon of Kashmir’s tragedy.
- Terror In Osama Land (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 12, 2003)
When violence strikes Riyadh, it affects us deeply right here
- India's `Pamir Knot' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 11, 2003)
Although India moved quickly after the collapse of the Soviet Union to engage the newly independent republics, it was Tajikistan that drew real close to India and became New Delhi's natural ally in Central Asia.
- India’s Bridge To Mongolia (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Nov 11, 2003)
In the late eighties, Mongolia was at the crossroads of history. It was the presence of Indian monk Lama Kushok Bakula Rimpoche that really helped at that crucial stage.
- Good News From Usa (Indian Express, T.V. Parasuram, Nov 09, 2003)
LeT jehadis wanting to fight India in Kashmir get prison terms
- 'Guns No Solution, Flexibility Is Key' (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2003)
Neither you nor any of your present crop of Hurriyat leaders were part of the 1989 movement. Now, how can you claim to legitimately represent the Kashmiri struggle in talks with the Centre
- This Mrs G And That Mrs G (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 09, 2003)
Indira Gandhi’s death anniversary went by almost unnoticed. There was that little fracas over grandson, Feroze Varun, being denied entry (or so he said) to her samadhi and there were the usual pictures of Sonia, family and flunkeys seated in mournful reme
- Peace Through The Looking Glass (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2003)
"THE RULE IS," the Queen told Alice in Lewis Carroll's classic, Through the Looking Glass, "jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday — but never jam today." To anyone who has been following the peace process in Jammu and Kashmir since ...
- Shrug Off The Cold War, This Is A New World (Indian Express, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Nov 07, 2003)
Pragmatism on the China front, infotech companies as a force multiplier. On security, think out of the box
- War On Terror: The Us Dilemmas (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Nov 07, 2003)
Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan... all represent the difficult challenges facing the US diplomacy in the world today, according to a recent report by a Task Force co-sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Asia Society in New York. G. P arthasar
- Mufti’S Long Year (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2003)
Kashmir’s progress towards normalcy is a force multiplier in the war against terrorism
- Hurriyat Is Dressed Up But Not For Mufti Party (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Nov 06, 2003)
No Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has done it in the past 14 years of militancy in the Valley. But when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed sent invitations to top leaders of both factions of the Hurriyat Conference to join him at an Iftar party this evening, none
- India And Sino-Pak. Ties (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 06, 2003)
In the past India had tried, without much success, to keep China out of the subcontinent. If India can now think out of the box, leveraging Chinese power to restrain Pakistan becomes an interesting option.
- India's Bleeding Head Wound (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Nov 05, 2003)
A workable solution to the Kashmir dispute must begin with an ambience for peace and the two countries cutting down rhetoric, and increasing normal diplomatic and political relations.
- Diplomacy As Verbal Gymnastics (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 04, 2003)
India makes proposals it knows Pakistan can’t entirely accept. Pakistan responds similarly. How silly it all is
- Spoilers In The Peace Process (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 04, 2003)
Indians and Pakistanis have got caught between provocation and arrogance
- Maturity Begins At Home (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 01, 2003)
Is India’s foreign policy being managed brilliantly, or poorly? You can also pose that question differently. How well is India’s leadership looking after her interests and position in a world that has changed faster than you would have imagined even after
- Hot Destination: Central Asia (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 01, 2003)
After successful diplomacy in Southeast Asia, India is now primed to replay its historical role in Central Asia after a gap. A series of initiatives are on the anvil. These visits underline India’s new policy towards Central Asia.
- Retain The Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 01, 2003)
INDIA HAS WISELY decided to persist with the latest peace initiative, taking in its stride the less than wholesome response from Pakistan to the proposals made on October 22. It is in India's strategic interest to promote normalisation of ...
- Sugarcoating Pota (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Oct 31, 2003)
What has been proposed is an embarrassing gimmick to counter the mounting criticism of gross abuse of POTA by empowering powerless committees to prescribe ineffective remedies.
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