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Articles 26721 through 26820 of 27135:
- Not Tired, Or Retired (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 03, 2003)
Ever since he snubbed Venkaiah Naidu promising that he was neither tired nor retired, Prime Minister Vajpayee seems to be re-invigorated. The latest evidence of the PM’s toughness was the way the normally-pugnacious Mayawati hastily backed down on her
- Respected Raksha Mantriji... (Indian Express, KAVITA GADGIL, Aug 02, 2003)
In spite of our logical objections already communicated to you directly, you went ahead with your much advertised but completely frivolous exercise of a joy-ride in a MiG-21 at Ambala. It is distressing to see that nobody objected to this programme,
- Migs: President Sends A Rocket (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 02, 2003)
Defence Minister George Fernandes may have dispelled apprehensions over MiG-21 fighters by flying in the Russian plane today but Supreme Commander of the armed forces, President A P J Abdul Kalam, is apparently not convinced.
- The China Syndrome (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2003)
An early resolution of the boundary dispute may not happen but both sides must ensure peace
- Cbi And Deja Vu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2003)
WITH THE HEARINGS on in the Rae Bareli court on the Ayodhya case, a controversy has broken out over the Central Bureau of Investigation's admission that it has no taped evidence of the allegedly inflammatory speeches made by high-ranking ...
- In Praise Of Terror Futures (Indian Express, Justin Wolfers, Aug 02, 2003)
Financial markets are powerful aggregators of information, and are often better predictors than traditional methods. They could have done a better job in predicting future terror attacks too
- The Vajpayee Peace Process: Directions And Prospects (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 01, 2003)
The Prime Minister's peace initiative is moving in a measured manner. There is no need to get hustled by Pakistan to move faster. Mr A. B. Vajpayee has acknowledged the mistake made at Agra of staging a summit without proper groundwork. Now, Foreign ...
- Towards More Neighbourly Ties (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 31, 2003)
Karzai needs Pak to fight terrorism while Musharraf cannot allow Pak to be sucked into a new Afghan quagmire
- Trading With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jul 31, 2003)
The new debate in Pakistan on trade with India is a welcome one... Instead of waiting to see the outcome, India must seek to actively influence it.
- Detested Abroad, Unpopular At Home (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 31, 2003)
Amid growing disillusionment in Britain with the new Tony Blair, and mounting criticism by the Americans of their President pushing them into an unnecessary war, Washington think-tanks are suggesting the involvement of Iraqi people in the clean up, while
- Rae Bareli Court Back In Ayodhya’s Limelight (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 30, 2003)
For the first time since the controversy in Parliament over the absence of conspiracy charge in the Ayodhya case, hearings resume against L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and six others in Rae Bareli tomorrow.
- On Army Run, Jet Flies To Forward Airfield Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jul 30, 2003)
The Government’s open skies policy may still be a dream but on the home front, it’s time for private airlines to wing to areas hitherto reserved for the national carrier. On Wednesday morning, there will be a new first when Jet Airways operates for the
- Time For Pm To Put His Foot Down? (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 30, 2003)
For more than two years, this country has been remonstrating with the United States that it is not doing enough to persuade or pressure Pakistan to end cross-border terrorism directed against India even though India and the U.S. are "partners" in the
- Firestorm Rising (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2003)
South Korea commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the end of Korean War last Sunday. But the North Koreans were not participating, probably busying themselves in reprocessing plutonium for nuclear bombs.
- Parting Thoughts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
US Ambassador Robert Blackwill has his disappointments. We understand them.
- No Sacred Cows In Democracy (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 29, 2003)
The defence minister says the media should not exaggerate the Akhnoor incident. But even a straight report makes dismal reading. A brigadier is killed in the attack. A lieutenant general, leading the Northern Command, is injured. Another lieutenant ...
- Some Cause For Cheer (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Jul 29, 2003)
The immediate task before India and Pakistan now is to revert to the position that existed before the attack on Parliament — that is, to restore the links that were severed.
- Towards Safer Skies (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Jul 29, 2003)
Once the GPS and Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system is operational, It is likely to improve air safety over India.
- Raga Kedar (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jul 28, 2003)
Shiva as Kedar Nath is Lord of the deep silence, of serious contemplation. Raga Kedar, named after him, is among our oldest ragas sung between 9 pm and midnight. Whoever created it was clearly blessed with a superior musical intelligence and a receptive
- Yashwant Tribute To Jp Gets Laloo’s Hackles Up (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 28, 2003)
The common legacy of Jayaprakash Narayan has failed to bridge the political divide — even for a moment — between Minister for External Affairs Yashwant Sinha and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Prasad Yadav.
- Manipur Cm Survives Rebel Attack, 2 Dead (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2003)
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh today survived an attempt on his life by suspected members of the outlawed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) when powerful IEDs exploded on the road while his convoy was travelling from Thoubal to Imphal.
- Your Q, His A: Defence & Security Affairs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, Editorial Advisor (Defence and Strategic affairs) to The Indian Express, answers your questions on strategic issues. Singh, a former director of the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
- Where Life Is Cheap (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Jul 27, 2003)
It was an obituary advertisement in the Hindu. It bore the smiling face of a young, handsome man. Head tilted to one side, happy and on top of the world. He was 27 when he died. Below the picture was the family that remembered him. Father, mother, wife.
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
WHAT it took just a few hours to ground is costing the nation its age-old patience. After protracted debates over the hows and whys of building a Ram temple on the land where the Babri Masjid was brought down on December 6, 1992, the Parliament gets
- Chugging Along The Samata Track (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Jul 27, 2003)
The following resolutions were passed at a ‘‘secret’’ conclave to resolve the crisis in the Samata Party. • The party condemned the casteist politics of Laloo Prasad Yadav. It was decided that Nitish Kumar would head a panel that would look at discrim
- End Game (Indian Express, MATTHEW MCALLESTER, Jul 27, 2003)
Five or six days after US troops seized this city in April, Saddam and his sons, Uday and Qusay, gathered secretly with a handful of aides at a house in Adhamiya. The men were shocked at their defeat. They had not planned for any kind of guerrilla ...
- Bleeding Heart, Jerking Knee (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 26, 2003)
In the normal course, the Supreme Court would make news if it came up with a radically new interpretation of the Constitution. This is an unusual occasion when it — in this case, the chief justice himself — has made headlines for merely re-stating one of
- No Rubbing Kargil Salt In Pak Wound (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 26, 2003)
For the second year in succession, the Government has decided not to take the lead in the Kargil Vijay Divas celebrations tomorrow. If it was the tense border stand-off last year which made the Government rethink, this year it’s the ongoing peace process
- Rebuilding Russia's Global Role (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 26, 2003)
Constructive engagement is the watchword of Mr. Putin's doctrine... He has skilfully used Russia's geopolitical and economic position to enhance its strategic value for the West.
- An Army, Media-Trained (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 25, 2003)
The militant attack on the army camp in Tanda, Akhnoor, the killing of a deputy superintendent of police in Rajauri, the attack on piligrims at the base of the climb to the Vaishno Devi shrine — all happened in the space of 12 hours. I climbed up Vaishno
- The General’s Global Obsession (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Jul 25, 2003)
One reason Pak is in such a mess today is that in the pursuit of an illusory international status, Pak Govts neglected domestic, regional affairs
- Sky Wars (Indian Express, J.C. Malik, Jul 25, 2003)
India has become the new battlefield for global aircraft firms
- The Edge In The Air (Indian Express, Vinod Patney, Jul 24, 2003)
On July 26 1999, the Pakistani intrusion into the Kargil area was finally vacated. Air power had made a significant contribution towards forcing the Pakistanis back across the Line of Control (LoC). As I reminisce about what transpired over four years ago
- Learning From Terror (Indian Express, Himmat Singh Gill, Jul 24, 2003)
The terrorist strikes at Tanda and a few more army facilities in the recent past in J&K, have raised pertinent questions concerning the security policy and the drills followed by security personnel in countering threats to their own establishments. Such
- Terror: Centre Holds Its Nerve, Looks Ahead (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 24, 2003)
Strongly reinforcing the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process, Defence Minister George Fernandes today made a distinction between Pakistan and infiltrating militants, saying the latter’s attempts to step up violence would not succeed in rolling back the peace
- Rebels Make A Comeback (Hindu, Juan Forero, Jul 24, 2003)
Shining Path is reappearing in new graffiti, campaigning in Peru's outback and launching attacks that have shaken the country and created fresh problems for the President, Alejandro Toledo, whose Government is increasingly unpopular.
- Rocky Road To Peace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
THE ROAD TO India-Pakistan peace is as full of hidden mines and booby-traps as any stretch of the Line of Control. Aside from killing eight Army personnel, including a brigadier, and injuring two three-star generals, a two-star general, a ...
- When Boundaries Cease To Matter (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 23, 2003)
INDIANS and Pakistanis who are susceptible to their respective governments' propaganda machinery develop an unexplained, unjustified antagonism, if not plain hatred and mistrust, for the people of the neighbouring country. This mistrust takes myriad forms
- ‘‘it Is In India’s Interest To Be Involved In Iraq’’ (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Jul 23, 2003)
Regarding transborder deployment, the history of our strategic culture is hesitant, unsure, timid. It should go far beyond our territorial limits
- A New Policy To Turn Iraq Around (Indian Express, K. P. Fabian, Jul 23, 2003)
It is time the international community, especially the United States and the Arab states, gave serious consideration to a paradigm shift in their policy on Iraq. It is painfully clear that the current policy is not working.
- India To Sign Deal For Six Submarines With France (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
India is all set to obtain six submarines from France, French Ambassador to India M. Dominique Girard said today. Addressing mediapersons here, the Ambassador said that India is soon going to firm up a deal with the French government to buy Scorpene ...
- Cbi Did Charge Advani & Co With Conspiracy, Hc Upheld It (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 23, 2003)
So far the CBI has remained silent on the Opposition charge that it was misused to let Advani & Co off the ‘‘conspiracy’’ charge in the Babri Masjid demolition matter. The CBI has reason to: a reminder of what it told the court would be severely embarrass
- Squandering All Our Capital (Indian Express, MADELEINE K ALBRIGHT, Jul 23, 2003)
Now would not be a bad time to start worrying. Tens of thousands of American troops will be in Iraq, perhaps for years, surrounded by Iraqis with guns. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says this is not a quagmire; I pray he is right. But the practical
- Attack On Panchayati Raj (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
A LITTLE OVER a decade after the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution were enacted, the dream of panchayati raj is turning sour. While in a few States — West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh are notable examples — elections have been ...
- Target: After Pilgrims, The Army (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jul 23, 2003)
Brigadier dead, chief of Northern Army injured as they inspect camp where 7 were killed
- New Masters, Old Spies? (Hindu, Neela Banerjee, Jul 23, 2003)
Has the U.S. moved to resurrect parts of the former Iraqi intelligence service, with the branch that monitors Iran among the top priorities
- Ajt: Single Or Twin-Engine? (Business Line, Prem Kumar , Jul 22, 2003)
Twin-engine trainers ensure lower peacetime attrition rate and desired safety especially when operating over densely populated areas. Consequently, the issue at stake for India would be to choose between giving its pilots the desired twin-engine trainer
- The Road To Friendship (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 22, 2003)
If travel broadens the mind, there’s nothing more worthwhile than a bus or train journey to readjust the centripetal lobes. Unlike aeroplanes which simply take you from place A to B, via dressed-up duty frees, the bus/train allows the traveller to discard
- Mind Your Language (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2003)
IN THE LAST few days the country has been subjected to an unedifying spectacle of the two major parties — the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress — making below-the-belt remarks about each other's leader. The BJP cast the first ...
- Ford Centenary: A Legacy Revisited (Business Line, Vinod Jacob, Jul 22, 2003)
THE automotive industry came into being in the 1880s and, over the decades, created a revolution of science, technology and people. Unlike the aerospace industry, the auto industry is of the masses and is, as Peter Drucker claims, "the industry of
- ‘there Is A Gap Now, But I’ll Always Remain Their (The Gandhis) Friend’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 22, 2003)
From his days as a budding actor to absolute stardom, to his failure in politics and his comeback as a star reborn — Amitabh Bachchan tells Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, how he has coped with it all. Excerpts from the tete-a-tete at
- India On Mind, Us To Relook At Un Option In Iraq: Bremer (Indian Express, T.V. Parasuram, Jul 21, 2003)
The United States is looking into the possibility of securing a UN resolution which will make it easier for India to send its troops to Iraq, the top US civilian official in Iraq, L Paul Bremer, said today. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is look
- Bitter Lessons Mar Dargah’s New Chapter (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Jul 21, 2003)
Religion has never come in the way of the throng that visits the Ajmer dargah daily. Not just the tourists but thousands of people come here to bow their heads in reverence and get their wishes fulfilled. But now those who look after the daily affairs of
- Isi Lying Low As Militants Fidget, Waiting For Signal (Indian Express, M ILYAS KHAN, Jul 21, 2003)
Once thought by local people to be the abode of a fairy named Shamsa, the 12,000-foot high Shamsbari mountain towers calmly over the often restive Lipa valley. There are no border incursions by militants and no retaliatory Indian fire to drive residents
- America's War Before The War (Hindu, Michael R. Gordon, Jul 21, 2003)
The U.S. carried out air strikes from mid-2002 into the first few months of 2003 as part of a comprehensive plan to disrupt Iraq's military command and control system before the actual war.
- Pm’s Age Vs Sonia’s Origin (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2003)
The Congress today countered the BJP’s attack on Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin by questioning the competence of ‘‘ageing’’ Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. ‘‘We don’t want to make a personal attack against anyone. But we are aware of Vajpayee’s
- Check That Booming Billion Now (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Jul 20, 2003)
It has been some time since this column had anything nice to say about our Deputy Prime Minister. For two reasons. I consider Hindutva a distraction we cannot afford and see him as its chief patron, and the fight against terrorism as top priority and hold
- Mig That Crashed, Killed 2, Was Bought Second-Hand (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 20, 2003)
IAF bought decommissioned aircraft from Ukraine; Air Chief says: ‘Not as if it’s junk’
- Tired Us Troops Ask When Will They Go Home (Indian Express, Kevin Sullivan, Jul 20, 2003)
One night in mid-March, three days before the Iraq war began, 30 Florida National Guardsmen swung picks and shovels in the Iraqi desert. Until they were called up on the day after Christmas, they’d been bartenders, salesmen, police officers and ...
- Blair’s Headache Grows: Bbc ‘deep Throat’ On Fudged Iraq File Found Dead (Indian Express, DOMINIC EVANS, Jul 19, 2003)
Police today found a body matching the description of a former UN weapons inspector who was dragged into the heart of a row over whether Britain’s government ‘‘sexed up’’, or warped, intelligence to justify war in Iraq. The news swiftly snowballed into
- Post-Heroic War: Why Us Wants Our Troops (Indian Express, EJAZ HAIDER, Jul 19, 2003)
The Indian Government has finally refused to send its troops to Iraq and formally notified the Bush administration of its decision. But the issue is still open in Pakistan. The question of why the United States would want Pakistani and Indian troops in
- Amarnath Yatra Is Samata’s Penance (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 19, 2003)
Their in-house skirmishes leaving them scarred, warring Samata Party leaders today set out from New Delhi for the holy shrine of Amarnath in the hope Shiva would set their house in order and make them ‘‘one happy family’’ again. The five Samata leader
- After 40 Yrs In Ranchi, Chinese Pows Walk Free (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Jul 18, 2003)
Room No 1 of the Central Institute of Psychiatry’s Kreplin ward is today empty. Its occupants, Yung Chialung (61) and M.A.Siblong (65), two Chinese Prisoners of War who have been languishing there for over 40 years — as reported by The Indian Express on
- A New Big Game In Central Asia (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Jul 18, 2003)
The U.S. has moved to put a bigger foot in the South Caucasus and Central Asia... Russia has responded by boosting its military and economic presence, and building multilateral security structures in the region.
- Be Bold, Us Said, Show ‘1998 (Pokharan) Guts’ (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 18, 2003)
Yours is a BJP government, you took the risk in 1998 (Pokharan II), take the initiative now as well. We know you may ask for UN cover or cite domestic concerns. We can get a UN cover but if you send troops right now, that will strengthen our friendship.
- More Lies, Usual Suspects (Indian Express, MICHAEL KINSLEY, Jul 18, 2003)
Once again a mysterious criminal stalks the nation’s capital. First there was the mystery sniper. Then there was the mystery arsonist. Now there is the mystery ventriloquist. The media are in a frenzy of speculation and leakage. Senators are calling for
- Ominous Signs In Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
WAR CLOUDS APPEAR to be gathering over Sri Lanka, with the recent actions and behaviour of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) portending no good for anyone. While the Ranil Wickremesinghe Government is trying its best to keep the ...
- Indo-Pak Story, Happy Ending (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
I hope our relations get better and better. Why must mothers like me and babies like Noor suffer?’’ That’s what a tired and worried mother Tayyuba Sajjad said when she reached New Delhi on the evening of July 11 on board the first Lahore bus. Well, as for
- Fear Of Collateral Damage Tilted Balance (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 15, 2003)
In the end, it whittled down to two concerns: the absence of a political consensus and the ground situation in Iraq which continues to be volatile. Tempted to sit at the global high table by sending combat troops to Northern Iraq, the Cabinet Committe
- Troops May Not Go To Baghdad But Gi Joe Is Learning Hindi (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jul 15, 2003)
New interest in region prompts US Defence to set up system to translate Hindi to English, search databases
- Nitish ‘quits,’ Over Samata Derailment (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 15, 2003)
Tension between Defence Minister George Fernandes and Railways Minister Nitish Kumar over the control of the Samata Party boiled over today with Nitish sending his resignation to the Prime Minister who rejected it. Nitish took this dramatic step at
- Millennium Development Goals - Concrete Targets Needed (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 15, 2003)
The Millennium Development Goals, endorsed by all members of the UN, set out a raft of time-bound and quantifiable targets ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015.
- After Shimla (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 14, 2003)
The Congress has sought to do away with a self-imposed handicap and deny the BJP the advantage of the exclusive use of the coalition strategy.
- Not Our War (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Jul 14, 2003)
If India had sent troops to Iraq, the soldiers would have lost their lives in vain -- they would have died not defending their own country's freedom but in place of U.S. soldiers as targets of desperate Iraqis.
- 43 Children Die As Encephalitis Revisits Vidarbha (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jul 14, 2003)
With the killer encephalitis beginning to get the better of him, five-year-old Swapnil Patil clings to his worried grandmother at Satona village near Bhandara. His mother sits expressionless at the door of the hut, yet to recover from the death of her ...
- No The Truth About Elitism (Business Line, G. Ramachandran, Jul 14, 2003)
IT IS quite incorrect to hold the view that the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and other services that enable administration and tax-collection constitute the Indian bureaucracy in its entirety. The bureaucracy and the public sector together ...
- ‘pak Nuke Isn’t Islamic Bomb’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2003)
Stressing that nuclear proliferation must be seen in terms of ‘‘regional realities’’, a key Saudi military strategist has said Saudi Arabia does not accept the notion that ‘‘Pakistan’s nuclear bomb is an Islamic bomb’’. ‘‘(Nuclear) proliferation must
- Demographic Demonology (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jul 10, 2003)
Spectres of demographic pollution and inundation inhabit all modern right-wing ideologies. They kindle fears of conversion, miscegenation, the blurring of identities and, above all, in a democratic age where numbers matter in politics, the swamping of ...
- Beyond Memories And Complexes (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Jul 10, 2003)
J.N. Dixit argues that India should distinguish between being suspicious and being alert with regard to China
- On A New Note (Telegraph, S. Venkitaramanan , Jul 07, 2003)
June 3, 2003 marked the end of an era of India’s dependence on aid. The government of India issued a press note on June 3, 2003, which announced that not only will India discontinue receiving grants aid from many countries, but also all outstanding
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