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Articles 10621 through 10720 of 12768:
- Looking Beyond Saarc (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 15, 2003)
The Government will soon make up its mind on whether the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should travel to Islamabad in January. India will shortly receive a formal invitation from Pakistan to join the delayed summit of the seven South Asian nation
- Combating Spectre Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 15, 2003)
India should co-operate with all international coalitions that promote counter-terrorism
- Combating Spectre Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Ambrose Pinto , Sep 15, 2003)
India should co-operate with all international coalitions that promote counter-terrorism
- Streetfighting Fears (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Sep 14, 2003)
On a perfect morning in Srinagar last week as I sat on the roof of a houseboat on the Dal Lake listening to happy, hopeful tales of the Valley’s first real tourist season in a decade, news came of the explosion in Sabzi Mandi. Six people were killed and a
- News Reel 07.09.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
LAW takes its famed course and reins in the ghosts of the post-Godhra riots. In a special leave petition filed by the National Human Rights Commission seeking retrial of all riot-related cases, specifically the Best Bakery, outside Godhra, the Supreme ...
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 14, 2003)
In Stem this Alien Nation, P Chidambaram has cited the Punjab precedent. In my view there is no comparison between the Sikh situation in the 80’s and the Muslim situation now. The Sikh militancy did not arise from despair or alienation but from the ...
- Boosting The Religious Right (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT, PERVEZ Musharraf, might not have given in to the demands of the hard-Right religious forces as yet. But he has treated the religious parties as if they were the foremost representatives of the political class. His approach ...
- The Error In Terror (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 13, 2003)
Speak with any New Yorker this week and his favourite line seems to be, “it was a day just like this”. We sit looking out of the 18th floor at the World Financial Centre and my host, a Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal honcho, looking at the silver ...
- Axing The Axis (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 13, 2003)
Indo-Israeli sweet-somethings, timed to rhyme with 9/11 commemorations, were abruptly cut off by the suicide bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. But the US and British media had drawn their conclusions.
- Musharraf On Osama, Sectarian Violence In Pakistan And His Worries Over The India-Israel-Us Military Axis (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2003)
Excerpts from Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s question-answer session with BBC’s Robin Lustig in special series Talking Point on Islam and the West.
- Ink Barely Dry On Israel Story, Delhi Calls Arab Envoys For Little Edit (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 13, 2003)
The sense of disquiet in the Arab world over the official bond of brotherhood forged on the banks of the Yamuna between India and Israel this week brought all 18 Arab ambassadors accredited to New Delhi for a briefing to the MEA early this morning.
- Sharon’s Roaring Goodbye (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Sep 12, 2003)
It is, of course, only a coincidence that the Israeli premier and an important US state department official were both in New Delhi on the second anniversary of 9/11. If observing 9/11 was a purpose, there could not have been a more appropriate guest than
- India And The War On Terror (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 12, 2003)
Rather than bank on international cooperation, India will have to develop its own means to vacate the threat of terrorism.
- Terror Infrastructure In Pakistan (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2003)
Candlelight vigils at the Wagah border, and sentimental reminiscing about common culture and values cannot dilute the fact that the military establishment in Pakistan and the ISI are using the fundamentalist organisations and the terror infrastructure to
- Tough One For India: How To Vote On Friend Iran’s Nuclear Programme (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 12, 2003)
India was tonight debating a response to an extremely toughly worded draft resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) this afternoon, demanding that Iran give it full access to its nuclear sites, suspend all nuclear activity until all ...
- Dawood, Henchmen, Isi: 82 In All Caught In Gujarat Pota Net (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 11, 2003)
The Gujarat Police today filed a chargesheet in a POTA court against 82 people alleging that as revenge for the atrocities on Muslims in the riots, they were ‘‘waging war against the state’’ and obtaining terrorist training in Pakistan from the ISI.
- Now Science Is Behind Us On Ayodhya, Says The Deputy Pm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Sep 11, 2003)
: Joining the debate over the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) report on the Ayodhya excavations,
- So Who’S Winning This War? (Indian Express, Mahir Ali, Sep 11, 2003)
In the immediate aftermath of the extraordinary terrorist attacks on New York and Washington two years ago, some commentators outside the United States were sceptical of the claim that the world had changed forever.
- This War On Terror Is Bogus (Deccan Herald, Michael Meacher, Sep 11, 2003)
The 9/11 attacks gave America an ideal pretext to use force to
secure its global domination
- Indo-Pak. Rivalry In Afghanistan (Hindu, Aunohita Mojumdar, Sep 11, 2003)
Without the problems of a contiguous border, India has been able to reap the rewards of being a neighbourhood friend.
- At Cancun, India Emerges As Lobbyist No. 1 For South (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 10, 2003)
Two days before formal negotiations are to begin at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference here, India is looking for friends to help withstand pressure from developed countries like the US and those in the EU.
- Wto And Agriculture - Make Fair Costs The Basis Of Trade (Business Line, Ruddar Datt , Sep 10, 2003)
While the developed countries want unhindered access to the markets of developing countries, they go to great lengths to support their farmers. To share the benefits of globalisation equitably, developed countries must effect reductions in tariffs and sub
- Credibility Lost (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 10, 2003)
TOMORROW will mark the completion of two years since the US had first-hand experience of the horrors of terrorism on its homeland, its national capital and the Pentagon. Many countries have been victims of this blight before, notable among them being ...
- Atrocity Video Motivated Killers: Cbi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2003)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday wrapped up investigations in the Haren Pandya murder and also the attempt on the life of a local VHP leader, filing a single chargesheet and seeking in-camera trial to protect witnesses.
- Making New Friends (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 09, 2003)
By identifying with Israel as a victim of terrorism, India may damage its own cause.
- National Consensus (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Sep 08, 2003)
Has it occurred to the politicians on the two sides of the political fence that they owe it to the country to work unitedly in matters related to the safety and security of the people?
- Sharon Charts A New Road Map Today (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 08, 2003)
With the Israeli attempt to liquidate Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza threatening to rip apart the US-backed road map, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon prepared to leave for India on a first-ever visit which will focus on the menace of ...
- Blossoming Of India-Asean Ties (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2003)
THE INDIA-ASEAN Business Summit was perhaps the right forum for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to articulate his views on forging closer ties with the Southeast Asian nations. Relations with the regional grouping have been cemented and ...
- ‘terrorists Are Recruiting Youth Deeply Hurt By Gujarat’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2003)
As a politician who has changed colours from the Shiv Sena to the NCP, what makes you think you are secular? If Bal Thackeray had made you the chief minister, would you have still been Secular? Aslam Khan
- Pandya’s Role In Riots My Motive: Murder Suspect (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 07, 2003)
‘‘He was a leader who during the riots went to the police control room and removed security from Muslim areas so that Hindus could attack the Muslims. On his orders, the security was withdrawn from the Muslim areas so that Hindus could enter into those
- Up, Up To The Upper House (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Sep 07, 2003)
“I am a journalist who always opposed any kind of emergency whether in India or at home imposed by my dictatorial wife,’’ I wailed.
‘‘That’s not good enough,’’ said my ‘‘connected’’ friend taking a second look at my application for a nomination to
- Measuring Up Special Forces (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Sep 07, 2003)
A small town 12,000 ft above sea level, with the Line of Control on the west and the Line of Actual Control on the east is backdrop for the latest chapter in the Indo-US military relationship.
- Homecoming (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Sep 06, 2003)
Past brings nostalgia. But it haunts the displaced. When I visited Pakistan recently, I met Islamabad billionaire Md Alvi. Now in his 70s, Alvi, left Karol Bagh when he was just 14. But he remembers every detail of the Delhi neighbourhood that constituted
- A Ravine, A River, Hills And Forests: Terrain Helps Terror (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Sep 06, 2003)
Encounter still on, forces hope militants will run out of supplies and turn themselves in
- From Mumbra, With Fear (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Sep 06, 2003)
Last week, they agonised about subcontinental peace. Will the Mumbai blasts rock the frail India-Pakistan truce? This week, the section of the British and US media that usually keeps an eye on South Asia sounded more concerned about what the deadly strike
- Our Son, The Fanatic (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 06, 2003)
Is it already time for us to revisit our favourite post-9/11 boast? If you are an optimist, you might say it is still early days, or that these are mere straws in the wind. Truth to tell, straws in the wind these are and while there is still time to do...
- No Order In Pervez’s House (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Sep 05, 2003)
Musharraf rides roughshod over Parliament and manipulates the political process. Should this man be trusted with Pakistan
- Asean And Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2003)
Look at this relationship with a more nuanced understanding
- Nuclear Escalation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2003)
THE FIRST MEETING of the Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) has decided to develop India's weapons programme further. This will take the country another step down the dangerous path of acquiring and assembling weapons of mass destruction that will ...
- Changing Internal Security Dynamics (Business Line, Upendra Choudhury, Sep 04, 2003)
THE blasts in Mumbai and the busting of a terror network in New Delhi present, among other things, the issue of internal factors that can erode national security as much as any external danger.
- Internal Accountability (Hindu, Harish Khare , Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan's involvement and its intractable hostility to our safety and security is an old song. But we cannot keep on wringing our hands in despair, petitioning the "international community" to do something about Islamabad.
- Bsf Foils Bid To Storm Camp Next To A Dal Lake Tourist Hangout (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
Within 48 hours of the encounter that finally led to the killing of Jaish commander Gazi Baba, security agencies were back on their toes.
- The World Alleges And Pak Denies It (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Sep 03, 2003)
Pakistan faces, once again, a barrage of allegations ranging from charges of covert support of terrorists to accusations about illegally exporting components for other nations’ nuclear and missile programmes.
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Us To General: Open A Line With Benazir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2003)
Reports of contacts between the Pakistan government and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto are being given increasing credence here by well-informed sources who name two very important personalities, one from the United States and...
- Here, Shrines Don’t Belong To Religion But To People (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 01, 2003)
20 km from Pak border, Hindus pray, celebrate and look after dargahs which they didn’t build
- Mumbai Spirit (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Aug 31, 2003)
Mumbai again has been the target of terrorism. Blood-thirsty murderers in the recent bomb blasts have killed over fifty innocent civilians and injured many more. But they dismally failed to kill the spirit of Mumbai.
- On The Trail (Hindu, Anupama Katakam, Aug 31, 2003)
The use of RDX shows that the twin blasts in Mumbai are not the handiwork of small time militants but could involve SIMI or LeT
- The Spreading Tentacles Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 31, 2003)
Kashmir is just a bridgehead for a larger war on the whole of India. On the jehadis' gameplan.
- Dec 13 Brain: Bsf Says It’s Got The Body (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 31, 2003)
After 8-hour fierce battle in Srinagar, security forces parade prize catch: Jaish Boss in the Valley. Who is this man, a father of a three-month-old and Kashmir’s Terrorist No 1
- Walking That Tightrope On Arab Street (Indian Express, Raghav Gupta, Aug 30, 2003)
In its eagerness to befriend Israel, India risks sending wrong signals to the Arab world. A more nuanced approach would work fine
- Mumbai On The Map (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Aug 30, 2003)
Mumbai has been to this tragic place before. But this time was different in at least one sense. This time, echoes of the twin blasts in the city travelled farther abroad than ever before. Instant empathy poured in from foreign shores. Comparisons were
- Patriotism Added Paes To The Game (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Aug 30, 2003)
Today, sportsmen do it all the time. Waving the Tricolour, singing the National Anthem, even putting hand over heart, American style, as the band plays on. Long before patriotism became hip, though, much before Nationalism entered the Lexicon of Suspect
- September 11, August 25 (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 30, 2003)
As we walk into the lobby of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde looks to his left, at the front office. We have no intention of checking in. We are merely strolling in for breakfast and Shinde somehow looks more
- Akshardham: 5 Held, Lashkar, Jaish ‘role’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Almost a year after terrorists stormed Akshardham and one day after the investigation was transferred to another police agency, Commissioner of Police K R Kaushik announced today that the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) had arrested five people from the
- Borders Of The Mind (Indian Express, S. RAMAKRISHNA, Aug 29, 2003)
The return of the 13-year-old adolescent, Munir Mohammad Bilal to Pakistan is full of a philosophical profundity, something we do not recognise at first glance.
- Not Much To Write Home About On This Valley Visit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Hurriyat: Advani says he and PM willing to talk but adds: we prefer talks with Vohra
- Non-Proliferation Problems (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Aug 29, 2003)
Given the policies the U.S. is pursuing unilaterally, the world will have to prepare itself to face a highly unstable nuclear future.
- Thinking Big With Sri Lanka (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 28, 2003)
When he calls on us to "think regionally rather than nationally," Ranil Wickremesinghe is bucking the trend in a region that has become a prisoner of debilitating ultra-nationalism.
- Seeds Of Trouble (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 28, 2003)
What can only be called the blackest of Black Days proves the point that it doesn't rain but pours. On Monday, besides the most horrific and dastardly bomb blasts in Mumbai that made the citizens of that metropolis relive, albeit on a smaller scale, the
- Deploying Troops (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Aug 28, 2003)
Any country acting even under a U.N. resolution will, in effect, be assisting the occupying authority in Iraq.
- Message In A Bottle, To A Man Who Just Flew Into Wilderness (Indian Express, S G INAMDAR , Aug 27, 2003)
In February 1968, I was a flight lieutenant on the 21st Pilot Attack Instructor (PAI) course in Jamnagar (then known as the ‘‘Armament Training Wing’’ or ATW, with Group Captain Jacky Powar as station commander).
- Better Security? Better Politics (Indian Express, Keki N. Daruwalla , Aug 27, 2003)
The debris may have been cleared from the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazar, but they will continue to litter the dreams of the people of this metropolis. The blame game is on already and politicians will reach out over the 50-odd corpses to grab vote
- Pak, Give Us Our Most Wanted, Says Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
: The morning after, the death toll at 53, the crumpled metal of a taxi at Mumbadevi and the Gateway of India hosted two very important visitors.
- Mumbai, Shaken But Not Broken (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 27, 2003)
By targeting Mumbai, the country's financial capital, the terrorists hoped to strike at the heart of the nation. But the megapolis' resilience and vibrancy saw it back in action the very next day. The Maharashtra Government owes it to the Mumbaikars to
- Black Mumbai Monday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
Blasts bring back ghosts of 1993 and its memory of quick recovery
- Nukes, Missiles And Rogue States — China's Tools For Global Influence (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Aug 26, 2003)
China uses missile and nuclear transfers to Pakistan and North Korea, both widely regarded as rogue states, to keep countries that it sees as adversaries, such as Japan and India, on their toes. Given the ambivalence of the US Administrations to the ...
- Give Iraq Politics, Rest Will Follow (Indian Express, Benazir Bhutto, Aug 26, 2003)
Iraq needs a regular party system. It’s only getting NGOs which can’t channel political urges
- Lonely Paper Chase (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 26, 2003)
During my six-year stint in the Rajya Sabha, I requested the government many times to publish the Henderson-Brooks report on the 1962 India-China war. The refusal was firm and consistent. Once, in a reply to my question in Parliament, Defence Minister
- Pardesi In Search Of His Roots (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 26, 2003)
Its such a long journey from the South American capital of Georgetown to the backward village of Thakurain ka Purwa in the renamed Amethi constituency, but Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo hour-long sojourn in search of his roots on Sunday was not only ...
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Meets Pm Vajpayee And Sinha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2003)
Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi today called on Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and discussed a host of issues, including bilateral relations, developments in Iraq, situation in Afghanistan and the West Asia peace process.
- Negotiating With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Aug 25, 2003)
This week's talks between India and Pakistan on resuming air links between the two countries are likely to reflect the enduring complexity of Indo-Pakistan relations and the impossibility of progress even on small issues.
- Your Q, His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 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
- Panchayati Raj, Pakistani Style (Indian Express, George Mathew, Aug 23, 2003)
Bhurban near Murree, a beautiful hill station near Islamabad, was recently the venue of a path-breaking conference on local government. Pakistan’s National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), established in 2000, organised it. Its mandate is to provide clean ...
- Cricket And The Faithful (Indian Express, HASAN MANSOOR, Aug 23, 2003)
As Saeed Anwar begins preaching at a mosque, his former team-mates rethink religion too
- Tracks To Diplomacy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 22, 2003)
I enjoy meeting my Indian friends,” says the suave young businessman as he takes the turn towards a huge, palatial mansion in Lahore’s Gulberg. “It is the idea of India we are uncomfortable with.” Inside, the decor shimmers with opulence. Rugs on the wall
- Waiting For Prem Nath (Indian Express, V. MOHINI GIRI, Aug 22, 2003)
Some 32 years ago, the newspaper had headlines screaming, ‘Plane Missing’. A young girl named Shammi Malhotra, beautiful and intelligent, holding two small children, came to see me at the office of the War Widows’ Association. An IAF plane, AN-12-BL-534,
- Let Them Go (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
The apex court is right in allowing Pak prisoners who’ve served their terms to go home
- Pm Opening Hurriyat Door: Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 21, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Independence Day announcement that he will be in Srinagar later this month acquires a new significance with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed saying that the Centre will soon initiate a serious dialogue process at the ‘‘highest ...
- Laloo Show: Paswan Sore Loser (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 21, 2003)
Rivalries in Bihar are almost as intense as the clash of the Tamil titans. The Laloo Prasad Yadav-Ram Vilas Paswan tussle shadowed the recent visit of parliamentarians to Pakistan from the time they left Delhi.
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