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Articles 11621 through 11720 of 12768:
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems. But they are in a minority.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- How Relevant Is Yasser Arafat In West Asia? (Tribune, V. Gangadhar, Dec 23, 2001)
SEVERAL months before the September 11 tragedy of the Twin towers, Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf was living dangerously.
- Shadow Over The Valley (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 23, 2001)
WAR. THAT is what the Kashmiris fear could follow December 13. There are some who hope it will throw up a solution to their problems.
- What They Say... (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 23, 2001)
Mehbooba Mufti, senior vice-president People's Democratic Party, says ``The gun is not the problem in Kashmir but it is the alienation which has increased manifold with the bad governance and wrong policies of the Government''.
- We May Not Be This Lucky Next Time (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Dec 23, 2001)
Most disturbing about December 13 was that it happened though intelligence agencies had got tip-offs.
- Time To Plug Loopholes In Security Apparatus (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Dec 23, 2001)
THE terrorist attack on our Parliament shocked all of us. It is a matter of pride that our policemen held the ground, beat back the attack and killed all the terrorists. The nation was practically face to face with a great national tragedy.
- Welcome Return Of The Pathan (Tribune, R. N. Prasher, Dec 23, 2001)
MY childhood Kabuliwala was not trapped in the pages of a book or rolls of a film. We lived in Old Delhi, in a small bylane of Chandni Chowk near the fabled Fountain. It was called Katra Lachhusingh.
- The Tough, Not The Rough, Road (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 23, 2001)
Fifty four years and four wars later, "war" and "peace" continue to dominate the verbal exchange between India and Pakistan, neither country's foreign policy ever exploring an eminently possible middle ground.
- Tactical Concerns (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 23, 2001)
India can take some comfort from the decision of the American president, Mr George W. Bush, to freeze the assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, one of the terrorist organizations believed to be responsible for the attack on Parliament on December 13.
- Time To Nail Pakistan's Lies (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Dec 23, 2001)
Gen Pervez Musharraf's principal spokesman Gen Rashid Qureshi has gone beyond hideous transformation of facts in characterising the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, as an "insider" job.
- Yassin: Hamas’ Spiritual Leader & Scholar-Activist (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 23, 2001)
IF Osama bin Laden created Al-Qaeda, the sprawling terror network through which he exploited the borderless globe, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded Hamas which raised a band of young men who blow themselves up for a cause.
- Pointless To Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 23, 2001)
India has done well to rule out a meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan at the fringes of the SAARC summit at Kathmandu next month.
- Some More Good News For India (Indian Express, Sonia Trikha, Dec 23, 2001)
There are no doubts in Washington on whose side the United States was acting when on the 100th day of the September 11 attacks President George W. Bush walked up to the Rose Garden to announce the freezing of assets of the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- Act For Parliament (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Dec 23, 2001)
Ever since he has arrived on the Capital's political scene, M Venkaiah Naidu has made a mark for himself.
- Time To Nail Pakistan's Lies (Pioneer, M L Kotru, Dec 22, 2001)
Gen Pervez Musharraf's principal spokesman Gen Rashid Qureshi has gone beyond hideous transformation of facts in characterising the terrorist attack on Parliament on December 13, as an "insider" job.
- War By Other Means (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 22, 2001)
India should send two unambiguous messages to Washington. First, if 9/11 (as Americans call it) determined the United States of America’s policing role in the new millennium, the Srinagar.
- Pointless To Talk (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 22, 2001)
India has done well to rule out a meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan at the fringes of the SAARC summit at Kathmandu next month.
- The Manwho Could Be King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 22, 2001)
As a savaged and brutalised Afgha-nistan gently rolled into the year 1992, glimpses of peace and hope were starting to peek through the gunpowder-drenched air of Kabul.
- A Man Who Would Be Famous (Telegraph, Khushwant Singh, Dec 22, 2001)
The man most talked about in the world today is Osama bin Laden.
- New Great Guessing Game: Where’s Osama? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
WHEN Osama bin Laden seemed to melt into the snow-capped mountains of in eastern Afghanistan more than a week ago, many speculated that he had made a simple escape, taking an obvious route.
- All Eyes On Govt Installation In Kabul Today (The Financial Express, HUMA SIDDQUI, Dec 22, 2001)
A new government in war-ravaged Afghanistan is going to be put in place today.
- Act With Restraint (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 22, 2001)
THERE can be no two views on the charge that the terrorists who struck at Parliament House on December 13 found their job easier than expected because of the slack security measures in force in and around the edifice.
- Removal Of Us Sanctions: Illusion And Reality (The Financial Express, G. Balachandran, Dec 22, 2001)
Magic, it is said, is done with mirrors and illusions. It has to do with the sleight of hand, twist of the wrist and the presence of a good-looking stage assistant.
- Act For Parliament (Pioneer, Rajeev Deshpande, Dec 22, 2001)
Ever since he has arrived on the Capital's political scene, M Venkaiah Naidu has made a mark for himself.
- On The Brink, Watch Your Step (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 22, 2001)
FORTY EIGHT hours from now, when Maulana Masood Azhar celebrates the second anniversary of the IC-814 hijack that made him a free man again, he would have a very special cause for satisfaction.
- Mr. Bush's Gesture Towards India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 22, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, has adopted a cautious yet proactive approach to exert political pressure on Islamabad to address India's spiralling security concerns about the activities of some of the Pakistan-encouraged terrorist organisations.
- Mr. Bush's Gesture Towards India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 22, 2001)
THE U.S. PRESIDENT, Mr. George W. Bush, has adopted a cautious yet proactive approach to exert political pressure on Islamabad to address India's spiralling security concerns about the activities of some of the Pakistan-encouraged terrorist organisations.
- The Tough, Not The Rough, Road (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Dec 22, 2001)
Fifty four years and four wars later, "war" and "peace" continue to dominate the verbal exchange between India and Pakistan, neither country's foreign policy ever exploring an eminently possible middle ground.
- Credulous Politics And Our Soft State (Pioneer, V. K. Grover, Dec 21, 2001)
The gruesome attack on the parliament building on December 13 showed what we have known all along.
- Of Pak-Linked Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 21, 2001)
PRIME MINISTER Atal Behari Vajpayee has rightly stated, "There can be no two definitions of terrorism. Terrorism cannot be divided in bits and pieces."
- Diplomacy In New World Order (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Dec 21, 2001)
In his article, 'Foreign policy without a framework' (December 7), CP Bhambhri laments that the Government's foreign policy is without an appropriate conceptual framework.
- Lukewarm Pursuit? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 21, 2001)
To pursue or not to pursue - that is the question. Prime Minister Vajpayee faces this Hamletian dilemma.
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 20, 2001)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- 2001: The Year In Retrospect (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 20, 2001)
Human beings invariably shed their innocence and grow up before they reach the age of 50.
- Double Standards (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 20, 2001)
Those unfamiliar with the history of contemporary diplomacy might have found the United States' rapidly shifting stand on India's response to the Pakistan-engineered attack on Parliament House on December 13, rather confusing.
- Make Haste Slowly (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
I was in Mumbai on Friday, March 12, 1993. In case you have forgotten, it was the day the Memons rocked the city with fifteen massive explosions.
- Shooting From The Lip (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
THE trouble with having a press secretary who doubles up as the official spokesman of the army; a press secretary who also happens to be a major general, is that routine media briefings turn almost instantaneously into exercises in sabre rattling.
- Mission Kabul (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 20, 2001)
A NEW chapter in the history of Afghanistan begins on December 22, when a new interim administration led by Hamid Karzai takes control of the old country.
- India Should Make Diplomacy, Not War (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2001)
The world seems to agree on one point in relation to South Asia: nuclear-armed India and Pakistan should not be allowed to go to war.
- Looking Beyond Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
IF THE WORRISOME sabre-rattling in some quarters is discounted, the country's twin response to December 13 has been largely appropriate - steps have been taken to upgrade security in Sansad Bhavan.
- Between War And Peace (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 20, 2001)
The international diplomatic dimension will be as important as the military moves that India and Pakistan may make in the next few days.
- Best Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2001)
Diplomacy, it has famously been said, is war carried on by other means. When the prime minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, announced in Parliament that efforts should be made to avert a war, he had in mind only the military aspect of it.
- Options And Hunches (Telegraph, SHAM LAL , Dec 20, 2001)
The shrill cries for a singing response to the terrorist assault on Parliament House in the form either of hot pursuit of militants in future or of bombing raids on bases of such jihadi outfits as Jaish-e-Mohammad are easy to understand.
- Enough Is Enough (Pioneer, A. Surya Prakash, Dec 20, 2001)
In May, 1998, when India joined the nuclear club, US President Bill Clinton was wagging his finger before television cameras.
- Looking Beyond Security (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 20, 2001)
IF THE WORRISOME sabre-rattling in some quarters is discounted, the country's twin response to December 13 has been largely appropriate - steps have been taken to upgrade security in Sansad Bhavan.
- Media Co-Opted By Propaganda (Pioneer, Vijay Upadhyay, Dec 20, 2001)
When the 9-11 attacks on the WTC killed thousands, the world press was ringing words like 'disaster', 'tragedy', 'terrorism', 'strikes', etc.
- The Afghan Way Of War (Indian Express, Ajai Shukla, Dec 19, 2001)
BY the time the Northern Alliance captured Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul, many analysts had begun to question the effectiveness of the American air campaign, waxing lyrical about the resilience of the hardy Afghans and the fanaticism of Al-Qaeda warriors.
- A Goodbye To Global Security? (Indian Express, Manpreet Sethi, Dec 19, 2001)
IT may seem quite preposterous to link India with the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty.
- Strike Cautiously (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 19, 2001)
There was nothing more audacious and alarming, as Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, than the attack on the Parliament House by terrorists trained and funded by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence.
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 19, 2001)
The assault has two prongs. On the one hand violence and terror: these aim at tiring out the victims by inflicting death and carnage.
- Terror Band On The Run (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 19, 2001)
Now that the last bastion of the Al Qaida, Tora Bora, has fallen, the days of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar are numbered.
- Pakistani Connection (Pioneer, J Mohan Malik , Dec 19, 2001)
Myanmar's military junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has granted sanctuary to two Pakistani nuclear scientists following a telephone call from General Pervez Musharraf.
- Stepping Up International Pressure On Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
INDIA'S MORAL AUTHORITY to prepare for prudent action against the terrorist threats to its democratic and secular polity should not be put to risk by rhetoric of the kind that the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, resorted to in the Lok Sabha on Tue.
- Sleeping With The Stars (Tribune, G. K. Sharma, Dec 19, 2001)
AS a child I loved Summer Nights. For one solid reason. Never mind even if it was warm.
- Afghan War And American Gains (Tribune, T. V. Rajeswar, Dec 19, 2001)
THE first war of the new millennium, “Operation Enduring Freedom”, has led to many new paradigms and milestones.
- Distress Sale Of Cotton (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
THERE seems to be no end to the woes of cotton growers. First, the crop suffered an attack of American bollworm which has become an annual occurrence.
- Pak-Sponsored Terrorism -- Diplomacy, Not War, Is The Key (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 19, 2001)
THE attack on the Parliament complex and what might have happened but for the quick response of the security guards have left the nation stunned and furious.
- The `Britasian' Psyche (Business Line, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 19, 2001)
IT IS surprising that the British Home Secretary should even have to advise Asian immigrants to learn English.
- Hot Pursuit Put On Hold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 19, 2001)
FIRST two healthy developments. The BJP-led alliance government has put on hold its earlier idea of hot pursuit and attacking terrorist bases in Pakistan-occupied territory.
- Stepping Up International Pressure On Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2001)
INDIA'S MORAL AUTHORITY to prepare for prudent action against the terrorist threats to its democratic and secular polity should not be put to risk by rhetoric of the kind that the Union Home Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani, resorted to in the Lok Sabha on Tue.
- Restrain The War Mongers (Indian Express, A.J. Philip, Dec 18, 2001)
The much touted Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (Poto) failed to avert December 13.
- Dealing With December 13 (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 18, 2001)
If the Government needs to avoid utterances of the type made by Mr. Advani - that there was no security lapse - the Congress(I) could do without some of the noises emanating from its camp.
- What If Osama Were Caught In India? A Debate Would Explode: Should He Be Tried Under Evidence Act? Poto? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Dec 18, 2001)
The technology of inflicting large-scale violence is becoming easier to obtain, and — per quotient of lethality — less and less expensive. This in turn yields three lemmas:
- I For Indoctrination (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
December 13, as September 11, as indeed so many days that have passed unmarked on the calendar, when innocents have fallen to the terrorist’s bullet, hammer home a realisation: this challenge will not be met by the military strategy alone.
- Clear Evidence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 18, 2001)
There is no ambiguity in the accusation this time. India has clear evidence of Pakistans Inter Services Intelligence's (ISI's) role in masterminding the horrendous attack on Parliament House.
- Special To The Express (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 18, 2001)
Temporary expedients will boomerang: giving handsome amounts to the SULFA cadre, giving them jobs, allowing them to retain weapons — these steps have resulted in Assam now having not one set of extortionists — ULFA — but two.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Dealing With December 13 (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 18, 2001)
If the Government needs to avoid utterances of the type made by Mr. Advani - that there was no security lapse - the Congress(I) could do without some of the noises emanating from its camp.
- India Must Go All Out To Fight Terrorism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 18, 2001)
THE shock and outrage at the terrorist attack on Parliament, the most powerful symbol of a democratic nation, has given way to a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the perpetrators could drive into a fortified complex.
- India Must Go All Out To Fight Terrorism (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Dec 18, 2001)
THE shock and outrage at the terrorist attack on Parliament, the most powerful symbol of a democratic nation, has given way to a sense of bewilderment at the ease with which the perpetrators could drive into a fortified complex.
- History Meets Dharma In Politics (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Dec 18, 2001)
An inscrutable destiny, Mahakaal, has presented modern India with a strange paradox.
- Restraint Is The Word (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 18, 2001)
December 13 terrorist attack was a direct challenge to Indian nationhood. The parliamentary complex, the symbol of the nation’s democracy, was made a target by audacious militants.
- Shaking The Symbols (Telegraph, MANVENDRA SINGH, Dec 18, 2001)
Two almost simultaneous events last week are certain to shake the contours of India’s national security perceptions and preparations.
- Unravelling The Conspiracy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 18, 2001)
A COUPLE OF things have become fairly clear just three days after the attack on Parliament.
- Lashkar, Jaish: Pak’s Ghosts In The Machine (Indian Express, Khaled Ahmed, Dec 17, 2001)
For the first time the government’s reference to ‘extremist religious elements’ has become clear to the people of Pakistan.
- Breeding Little Hawks (Hindu, Javed Jabbar, Dec 17, 2001)
Getting children to raise hands in response to one-liner questions on issues as solemn as war and peace, as life and death, epitomised the superficial yet potentially dangerous uses to which TV is put.
- Those Unsettling Compulsions (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Dec 17, 2001)
The 'Iftar' season is on and now we will also have birthday bashes, besides numerous other parties. Christmas and New Year are around the corner and we will witness new acts of political gymnastics.
- Managing The `Nuclear Flashpoint' (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 17, 2001)
NEW DELHI, DEC. 16. Indian analysts of foreign affairs used to bristle every time a visiting American scholar or policy-maker mentioned the phrase that Kashmir is a ``nuclear flashpoint.''
- Understanding Indian Muslims (Hindu, Balraj Puri, Dec 17, 2001)
Cultural heritage and political aspirations of a community are as much a factor in influencing its behaviour as its theological beliefs.
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