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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 13, 2007)
Only the village idiot, or a committed Congressman, would be taken in by the defence minister’s theory that the re-opening of bids for medium artillery has been necessitated by the army’s dissatisfaction with the field trials performance of the . . . .
- 2,000 Stranded Yatris Resume Pilgrimage (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
More than 2,000 pilgrims held up at Udhampur after the suspension of the yatra on Sunday afternoon following the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar highway, this morning resumed their pilgrimage amidst heavy security.
- Division Of J&k Will Harm All Communities (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jul 07, 2007)
People’s Conference leader Sajjad Lone’s proposal for division of J&K state is neither the first nor the only proposal on the subject.
- Sc Rejects Plea Against Pratibha (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking to bar Pratibha Patil from contesting the presidential election on the ground that the petitioner did not have evidence to back his allegations.
- Prez Election: Its Patil Vs Shekhwat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
With the formalities of the nomination process completed, the UPA-Left combination is now understood to be ready to take on the NDA and counter its allegations against Ms Patil aggressively.
- Pil Against Pratibha Candidature (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
Even as Pratibha Patil’s nomination for the Presidential polls was found in order on Monday, the Supreme Court posted for Tuesday a public interest litigation petition questioning its validity following an alleged revelation that she was facing . . . .
- Anti-India And Military-Sympathetic Nationalism (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
This August Pakistan would turn sixty. For the last six decades, the state of Pakistan has exercised various experiment and on various fronts.
- North Block In The Rearview Mirror (New Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Jul 02, 2007)
This seems to be the season for Indian finance ministers to produce books. Jaswant Singh, P Chidambaram, and now, Yashwant Sinha (YS). Media never tires of ranking FMs since 1991.
- Pratibha Bank Forgot Donation For Kargil (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jun 30, 2007)
The Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank, set up by UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil, collected Rs 4,556 from its employees for the Kargil war victims but failed to deposit the amount in the national fund.
- We Have Not Levelled Any Charges, Says Advani (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jun 29, 2007)
Ridiculing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's defence of UPA presidential candidate Pratibha Patil, the BJP on Thursday pointed out that the allegations against her had come not from the BJP or any other party but from the reports of the RBI and the . . .
- Bjp Slams Pm On Pratibha Bank Mess (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
The BJP on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for defending UPA Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil on the bank mess.
- Left Sets Pratibha Impossible Task (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Unhappy and deeply embarrassed with the controversies surrounding UPA 's presidential nominee Pratibha Patil, the Left parties have decided to tell the Congress to take care of the issues on a war-footing.
- Beyond The Silly Season (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jun 29, 2007)
There is something patently disingenuous about that section of the media which proclaims piously that this is the “dirtiest” presidential election in India’s history, and then proceeds to highlight its own “exclusive” story centred on the alleged . . .
- Congres Readies Ammo To Defend Pratibha (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2007)
Facing an onslaught from the BJP on the issue of tainted Pratibha Patil, the Congress is now preparing a detailed counter to the slew of allegations made against her.
- Pm Comes To Pratibha's Rescue As Charges Continue To Pile Up (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
As disturbing disclosures about UPA presidential nominee Pratibha Patil's family in various irregularities continued to pour in by the hour, a rattled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday stepped in for much-needed damage control exercise.
- What Went Wrong? (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 27, 2007)
After the 'Himalayan Blunder' of 1962, many people thought the political leadership of India had learnt its lesson vis-ŕ-vis China.
- Pratibha Must Respond To Loan Allegations (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
The intriguing silence of UPA presidential nominee Pratibha Patil despite a barrage of allegations against her has raised speculations in political circles that after her controversial purdah remark, either the Congress has advised her to avoid the . ..
- ‘Musharraf’S Claims On Terrorism Misleading’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s oft-repeated projection as a saviour of Pakistan is misleading as terrorist and extremist groups have become more lethal and better networked in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the past eight years of his rule.
- Pak Army Officer, Now Militant, Held In Valley (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jun 23, 2007)
In what is the first such arrest in the 18 years of militancy in the Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir police have picked up Shahzad Khan, a militant commander who they believe was a Captain in the Pakistan Army and served in the Kargil war before he . . .
- Just 3 More Years In India? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jun 22, 2007)
To be perfectly frank, abandoning in the process the bourgeois niceties demanded on occasions such as anniversaries, marking the 30th year of Marxist rule in Bengal is a bit of a bore.
- Pak Says No To Authentication Of Troop Positions In Siachen (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
Pakistan has ruled out authentication of troop positions in Siachen, rejecting India’s condition for resolution of the issue.
- Printpick (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
The author recounts with some amusement his family’s experience of life in Islamabad society between April 1997 and June 2000.
- Rs 55 Lakh For Pm Relief Fund Wasting In Bank (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2007)
Eight years after all its employees donated a day’s salary during the Kargil War to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, Rs 55 lakh in donations are sitting idle in a bank account of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL).
- ‘Musharraf’S Not A General For I Sacked Him, And Not A President For He Subverted Constitution To Become One’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 18, 2007)
He (Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf) was charging you with hijacking?
- Public Welfare And Democracy (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 18, 2007)
IT IS a tragedy of monumental proportions that the governmental machinery in Pakistan, which was supposed to be a welfare state working for the well-being of the common man based on Islamic egalitarian principles, was hijacked soon after . . . .
- Threat From Northern Areas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2007)
The Northern Areas (Gilgit and Baltistan) under Pakistan’s control are a dark corner of Jammu and Kashmir.
- No Extradition Of Mr Q (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 15, 2007)
ANYONE in this country who claims to be surprised by an Argentine court’s decision not to extradite the redoubtable Ottavio Quattrocchi to India in connection with “Bofors kickbacks” is either a hypocrite or an ignoramus or a combination of both.
- ‘Vajpayee Thought I Had Stabbed Him In The Back. He Did Not Know I Myself Was Stabbed In The Back By Musharraf’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 11, 2007)
Hello, and welcome to Walk the Talk. I’m Shekhar Gupta, in London’s Hyde Park, and my guest this week is perhaps the world’s most prominent political exile — not just the most prominent, but perhaps the most politically active, and the most . . . .
- ‘I Won’T Accept Any Deal Musharraf Signs On J&k’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
For the first time since the start of the Indo-Pak peace process, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has warned that he will not accept any agreement on Jammu and Kashmir signed between India and what he calls the “illegitimate” government . ..
- "Flab In Armed Forces Needs To Be Reduced" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 08, 2007)
The former chief of the Indian Army, General V.P. Malik, offers his views on the military manpower crisis.
- 1st Weekly Newspaper From Kargil (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2007)
Sada-e-Haq, the first weekly Urdu newspaper from Kargil, hit the stands here yesterday.
- Man Of The Mountains (Tribune, B.K. Karkra, Jun 06, 2007)
Ever since her marriage to me some 47 years back, my wife has been nostalgic about the areas around the Rohtang La, the Himalayan pass that can now take you to Leh and from there to Karakorem, Yarkand and Khotan to link up . . . .
- India's Military Manpower Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 05, 2007)
Officer's Mess wags delight in pointing to the supposed similarities between the Indian Army and the Mughal military, notably their large retinue of non-combatant personnel: the `tail' that follows the fighting `teeth.'
- A Slow-Down With India? (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jun 04, 2007)
THERE are growing fears that a new factor is insidiously creeping into the India-Pakistan peace process which may impact negatively on its substance if not the form.
- Aphc, Jklf Call For Consensus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2007)
Representatives of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference and Jamaat-e-Islami, who have so far rejected the Centre’s invitation for talks, today shared a dais and deliberated on the status of Jammu in context of . . . .
- The Army And The People (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 01, 2007)
Speaking to officers at the Jhelum garrison Wednesday, President General Pervez Musharraf raised some very important questions about the relationship between the Pakistan army and the people of Pakistan.
- Ladakhi Students Come Together To Tackle Problems (Tribune, Kavita Suri, Jun 01, 2007)
It is rare indeed for hundreds of Ladakhi students from all over Ladakh – Leh, Kargil, Dras, Turtuk, Zanskar, Nubra, Changthang and other places – cutting across strong religious and ethnic lines, to come together on a single platform.
- Enlarge Peace Constituency (Tribune, Firdous Syed, May 30, 2007)
Kashmir's separatist polity is steadily getting radicalised. This is agonising but true. Obviously, the question that needs to be asked now is: how and why does the situation come to such a pass, and who does this benefit?
- Dangers Of Pok’S Disaster Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 28, 2007)
In the second week of May the United Nations announced closing all its operations and offices in Bagh district in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) following attacks on its officials by radical elements.
- Infiltration On The Rise, Says Army (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2007)
In a major setback to talks on troop reduction in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army has reported a three-fold increase in successful infiltrations from across the border in the month of April.
- Army To Go For Fewer But Fitter Soldiers (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, May 26, 2007)
The Indian Army is set to downsize - and become fighting fit in the process. It will reduce its strength by about 27,000 soldiers over a period of 18 months, retiring "low medical category" soldiers.
- Outlook For South Asia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 24, 2007)
ADDRESSING the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad recently, President Musharraf painted a rosy picture of Indo-Pakistan relations, which he claimed had never been better.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 19, 2007)
As a self-elevated President ~ a deception personified at the high table of diplomacy ~ Pervez Musharraf’s decision to recontest the presidential election is an attempt to put up a brave face, a desperate move to wriggle out of a more desperate situation.
- Events Take Another Dangerous Turn (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 17, 2007)
The country was reeling under the shock of the 40 killed in Karachi when a suicide-bomber took the lives of 25 people at a restaurant in Peshawar in what the NWFP law minister Malik Zafar Azam thought was an act of retaliation for the killing of . . .
- Probe Going In Right Direction: Sc (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 16, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the investigation by the Gujarat police in the fake encounter case seemed headed in the right direction.
- Musharraf’S Political Options Are Closing (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 14, 2007)
Everybody had predicted at the end of 2006 that 2007 would be a tough year for President General Pervez Musharraf.
- Fund Squeeze Robs Sindhu Darshan Of Sheen (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, May 14, 2007)
The Sindhu Darshan festival in the Ladakh region launched a decade ago by the BJP- led NDA government has lost its sheen as the present government at the Centre has squeezed funds for the annual event that was meant to attract tourists to the area.
- Pulp Fiction (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 09, 2007)
Pakistani politician Gohar Ayub Khan has insinuated that Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw sold Indian war plans to his father — Field Marshal Ayub Khan — for a paltry Rs 20,000.
- From Shah Bano Then To Kausarbi Now (Hindu, Harish Khare , May 09, 2007)
Neither claims of deshbhakti nor invocation of national security can justify killing an innocent woman. India cannot claim to be a democratic, lawful society if it countenances rogue police officers playing god.
- What Can A ‘Deal’ Deliver? (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, May 08, 2007)
The next phase in the unravelling of Pakistan’s current constitutional crisis, precipitated by the attempted dethronement of a sitting Chief Justice, is the subject of continuing speculation in the country.
- Homegrown Heros Go Cross Country (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2007)
From Kutch to Kivithoo, Rishad Saam Mehta encountered wild asses, friendly truck drivers and fiery kebabs when he travelled the breadth of India.
- An Engaging War Diary (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 07, 2007)
Whichever way we choose to define it, conflict has become germane to the lives of South Asian nations. Subcontinental politics remains mired in various hues of conflict with very real and terminating impact on its people.
- Rightsizing Vip Security? Delhi Alone Has 9,000 Guarding 391 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2007)
All the talk of reviewing and rightsizing the security cover for the country’s VVIPs seems to be having just the opposite effect — the number of persons provided protection by the Centre has actually gone up by another 71 since the UPA came to power.
- After A Long Winter, Srinagar-Leh Highway Opens To Traffic (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2007)
The 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway, connecting Ladakh with the rest of the country, was thrown open to vehicular traffic after the winter months yesterday.
- Declaration Of Intent (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 30, 2007)
Abject failure and then a preposterous move. That turns out to be the pathetic subtext of the Centre’s latest initiative against the equally pathetic child labour.
- An Engaging War Diary (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 30, 2007)
Reporting Armed Conflict, ICRC/JMI/Press Institute of India, Price not mentioned
- Flying In The Face Of Hardship (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Apr 26, 2007)
What could be the story behind the front-page photograph on April 10, showing an Air India Airbus-310-300 in a tilted ‘attitude’ (that is, posture) on the runway of Delhi airport?
- Shamshad Ahmad On The Peace Process (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 26, 2007)
The peace process from the perspective of Shamshad Ahmad, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.
- Our Haveli In India (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Apr 26, 2007)
After the interview was over, Shamshad Ahmad mentioned a personal experience in India which bears recording:
- Manmohan Singh’S “Simple Vision” For Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 26, 2007)
The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the third roundtable conference on Kashmir in New Delhi on Tuesday and aired his vision of splitting the state of Indian-held Kashmir into three: Naya Jammu, Kashmir and . . .
- Working Group For Opening More Routes To Pok (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Apr 26, 2007)
Take initiative regardless of response from other side
Ultimate aim is to create free trade zone comprising J&K and PoK
Travel permission can be granted on the basis of resident certificates
- Review Armed Forces Act, Says Working Group On Cbms (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Apr 25, 2007)
Says certain laws "impinge" upon fundamental rights
Recommends relief to Kargil victims
Easing of travel curbs recommended
- Moving On The Kargil-Skardu Road (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 25, 2007)
The third round table conference on Jammu and Kashmir took place in Delhi on Tuesday. Ushering in peace within Kashmir remained the focus of the deliberations but we also need to look at the bigger picture.
- Iaf’S J&k Base For Civilian Aircraft (Statesman, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 24, 2007)
The Indian Air Force has opened its “very sensitive” base at Avantipore near Srinagar for civil operations.
- Army Seeks 'Uniform Package' For All (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Apr 24, 2007)
Why should the lives of soldiers killed battling terrorists be any cheaper than the ones who died while fighting Pakistani intruders during the 1999 Kargil conflict?
- Pervez Told Only 2 Generals Of Kargil: Sharif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2007)
The Kargil "misadventure" planned by Gen. Pervez Musharraf in the summer of 1999 was known to only two top Army commanders close to the Army Chief, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Mr Nawaz Sharif, has claimed.
- Loving One’S Neighbours (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Apr 21, 2007)
The political scene in Bangladesh is more confused and the army has virtually taken over the administration. But in both countries, the liberal-minded and the forward-looking outnumber the narrow-minded followers of bigoted mullahs.
- Musharraf’S Proposal (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Apr 20, 2007)
There has been a lot of hype in the media about the four-point proposal of President Pervez Musharraf with specific reference to demilitarisation and joint control. We Indians get swayed in no time.
- Army Indifferent To Ecology? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2007)
When an eminent journalist like Kuldip Nayar states that the ecology of the Delhi Ridge is seriously imperiled (April 6), his concerns cannot be brushed aside. He also pointedly faults the Army for certain acts which have “endangered the flora and . . . .
- The Fringe And The Mainstream (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Apr 18, 2007)
The BJP retreats from Hindutva when it feels safe doing so. In the land of Mayawati, it has reasoned that it must pull out all stops or perish.
- Sitting On The Fence Won't Do (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Apr 18, 2007)
Kargil was revenge for Siachen, a former Pakistan Army Chief told me, sipping his white wine in a third country.
- Benazir, Not Me, Who Talked Of Capturing Srinagar: Beg (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Apr 13, 2007)
Says she asked him: "Can you capture Srinagar?"
Says she asked him: "Can you capture Srinagar?"
Suggests Benazir's go-ahead to ISI to capture Kabul was without his knowledge
- ‘Musharraf Told Me To Meet Clinton On Kargil’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2007)
Accusing President Pervez Musharraf of “deliberately” hiding some facets of the Kargil war from him, deposed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has claimed that the Army Chief had pressed him to meet US President Bill Clinton to resolve the . . .
- It's Not Mufti's Call (Pioneer, MN Buch, Apr 10, 2007)
When Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at the battle of Yorktown, the British troops marched out to the tune, "The World Turned Upside Down".
- A New Dynamic In South Asia (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Apr 10, 2007)
There is a reasonable chance of a new dynamic taking root in South Asian inter-state relations.
- Political Uncertainty Ruining Development: Mufti (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
The PDP leader, Mufti Sayeed, today said that the ongoing political uncertainty in Jammu and Kashmir had badly hit the economic development of the state.
- Chasing A Mirage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 09, 2007)
Yet another round of Indo-Pak talks on a breakthrough to resolve the two-decade old military stand off in Siachen glacier region has ended without any seeming forward movement.
- Chasing A Mirage (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 09, 2007)
Yet another round of Indo-Pak talks on a breakthrough to resolve the two-decade old military stand off in Siachen glacier region has ended without any seeming forward movement.
- Living In Illusions (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2007)
If the Islamabad establishment is hell-bent on kidding itself, what can the Indians do? It is only this establishment that keeps harping on optimistic notes that an agreement on demilitarising the Siachen Glacier is in the offing.
- Make Kashmir Free Economic Zone: Mufti (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Apr 07, 2007)
PDP patron and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today suggested turning the state into a free economic zone to enable it play a role as a "bridge" between India and Pakistan.
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