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Articles 20021 through 20120 of 21681:
- Mistrust Brushed Under Huge, Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 06, 2004)
If ever Prime Minister A B Vajpayee wanted to contest elections from Islamabad rather than his beloved Lucknow, remarked a wag here, winning wouldn’t be difficult. ‘‘Welcome Ataljee,’’ said the headline of an editorial article in the mass-circulated
- Rashid Can’t Forget The K-Word (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
The Pakistani leadership kept its promise of not raking up Kashmir at the SAARC summit here, but the country’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad harped on the issue on Monday. ‘‘The way leading to normalcy in Indo-Pak relations is passing through
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- A Mullah-Military Alliance In Pakistan (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Jan 06, 2004)
GEN Pervez Musharraf has once again exposed the politicians of his country as being rank opportunists, always ready to barter their principles for political gains. He has done this by entering into a well-calculated deal with the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
- Beyond Courtesy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
THE much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan finally came about at the Presidential Palace in Islamabad on Monday. That they would interact for a short while on the sidelines of the 12th
- Getting Together (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2004)
In the mid-fifties, when I was a first year college student in Jalandhar, I remember an Indo-Pak cricket test series was organised to better relations between the two nations. For the Lahore Test, they opened the border. India made a simple ID available
- Debating Islam (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 06, 2004)
There is concern that the current climate threatens long-term Christian-Muslim ralations.
- Making An India-Pakistan Deal (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 05, 2004)
If the present up-beat mood here on Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit continues for another couple of days, it might not be entirely unrealistic to expect a broad political agreement between India and Pakistan on how to revive the peace proces
- A Jamali Show All The Way (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 05, 2004)
The suspense has ended and the drama has begun. With the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali meeting soon after the SAARC inaugural session, the focus has shifted completely to India-Pakistan ...
- Freeing Trade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has agreed to make the south Asian free trade agreement operational from January 2006. The debate over multilateral liberalization vis-ŕ-vis regional liberalization is clichéd. The fact remains that ...
- India’s 1st March To Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
With positive movement in India-Pakistan ties, India today announced its cricket team will tour Pakistan for a full fledged series, involving three Test matches and five one-dayers, in March-April this year. Putting to rest speculation that the tour may
- Pathan’s Tune: Swing When You’re Winning (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Jan 05, 2004)
The ball was more than 75 overs old. The shine gone, the stitching worn, shape a bit disfigured and movement through the air lazy. The type of ball more suited to a spinner’s hand — unless of course one is a pacer who practices the sub-continental art of
- Budget-Making: An Exercise In Guesstimates (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jan 05, 2004)
IT IS that time of year when the corridors of North Block are busy with the Budget buzz. The detailed expenditure and revenue estimates would have already come in and the scrutiny of estimates with reference to actuals commenced. The first cut of estimate
- No Choice But Limited Mobility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
In a small survey conducted among medical personnel in Sri Lanka in 1994, Bloom et al found that 75 per cent of hospital staff agreed with the statement that “AIDS patients are very infectious and should, therefore, be isolated in separate wards to reduce
- Saarc Initiative On Free Trade (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 05, 2004)
In its essence, a free trade area means trading in a tariff-free environment, which should normally lead to a sharp increase in trade volume and value with the most efficient manufacturers of select products in the "area" raking in the maximum profits.
- India, Pakistan Leaders Meet (CNN.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 05, 2004)
The leaders of India and Pakistan have met formally for the first time since the two nuclear powers came close to war over the disputed territory of Kashmir.
- Vajpayee’s Trip To Islamabad Generates Goodwill All Around (Tribune, David Devadas, Jan 04, 2004)
There is new hope around as the curtain goes up on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at Islamabad. I am reminded of the Colombo summit in July ’98. No other summit attracted foreign mediapersons by the hundred. They were waiting
- Return Of The King (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2004)
What a life. As Kapil Dev turns 45, Shamya Dasgupta analyses the enduring myth of India’s icon
- Rohan Replaces Kaif; The Big Question Is, Why? (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Jan 04, 2004)
If there was one question that was asked more times on Saturday evening than when India would declare, it was how Rohan Gavaskar came to be picked for the forthcoming tri-series Down Under. The decision, announced today, to pick Gavaskar (27) in place
- Pakistan: The Two-Nation Theory (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 04, 2004)
ON THE plane to Pakistan, peer as hard as you like through the scratched window of PIA’s ramshackle Boeing, you still can’t see the border line that divides the democracy from the dictatorship. It’s shrouded in the fog of history, some say, others point
- Among Cricket's Ace Batsmen, Lara Is The Trump Card (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Jan 04, 2004)
For the ability to excite as much as disappoint, and score runs along the way, the West Indian has few peers
- Sultans Of Swing (Indian Express, Renuka Narayanan, Jan 04, 2004)
Until the 1980s, who knew peanuts about Sufi music? Except in Kashmir and Punjab, or in the inner world of baateen (esoteric) Islam, in Delhi, in Nagaur, in Lucknow, Hyderabad and Bhopal, in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, at secret samas (Sufi musical
- Loc ... The Real Story (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 04, 2004)
The rain has stopped and the sunshine peers wearily through the curtain of dense clouds. Our car slips and slides over the dirt track made muddy by the early morning downpour, as it clings to the meandering path up towards the Haji Pir mountains. Around
- Scottie Beams His Team Up (Indian Express, Reuters, Jan 04, 2004)
All-rounder Scott Styris steered New Zealand to a thrilling four-wicket victory with an unbeaten century in the first one-day international against Pakistan on Saturday. Styris performed with both bat and ball to give the hosts a1-0 lead in the five
- Heartening Developments In Saarc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE APPROVAL OF a draft framework treaty for a South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) to be signed at the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Islamabad next week is a huge morale-booster for the region. The ...
- Young Talent To Get Break At Azlan Shah (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
After the highs of 2003, this year could prove to be a downer for Indian hockey unless the men’s team win a major title — either the qualifying tournament for the Olympics, the main event in Athens or, later, the Champions Trophy...
- Afghans Take Guard For 2007 Deadline (Indian Express, SANJAY VERSAIN, Jan 03, 2004)
They call me Kabul’s Sehwag,’’ blushes Karim Khan, facing a scribe for the first time in his life. Karim aspires to be the Afghan equivalent of India’s Butcher from Najafgarh one day, and like his idol is the opening batsman for the visiting Under-17
- Loc Kargil: Caricaturing The Indian Soldier (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jan 03, 2004)
HISTORY is often the account of the victor. The numerous books and articles on the Kargil conflict bear this out. Among them, Captain Amarinder Singh's A Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights 1999 is the most authentic as he does not gloss over the lap
- Foreigners See Backlash At Pak Madarsas (Indian Express, MIKE COLLETT-WHITE, Jan 03, 2004)
Walk across the marble courtyard of the Abu Bakar Islamic University in the teeming port city of Karachi and you will see as many foreign students as Pakistanis.
The looks from young skull-capped, bearded Muslims from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and
- Indo-Pak Game Continues (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Jan 03, 2004)
ONCE more, the ante has been upped regarding efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan, the hope of course being that, this time, the effort will succeed.
There is nothing unrealistic about such a hope if for no other reason than the
- No Prima Facie Case, Trial Court Discharges All 13 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) here suffered a major setback on Friday when all 13 persons, accused of conspiring to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi after the 2002 riots, were discharged by a trial court. The court held that ‘‘there was no prima
- Case For Indo-Pak Missile Talks (Tribune, Ashok K Mehta, Jan 03, 2004)
CLEARLY, the motivation to acquire missiles falls under political, strategic and economic-commercial and technology-related heads. Missiles are nice to have and keep. They add to a nation’s standing and prestige. Besides the political and commercial ...
- Peace Common Desire In India, Says Vajpayee (Indian Express, M. ZIAUDDIN, Jan 03, 2004)
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has said the entire spectrum of mainstream political opinion in India is for peace, cooperation and friendship with Pakistan. In an exclusive interview with Dawn at his residence here on Thursday, the PM made it
- On The Wings Of Cbms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
THE ongoing efforts to normalise relations between India and Pakistan provide an encouraging setting for the success of the Islamabad session of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The latest confidence-building measures (CBMs) announced
- Bangla, Myanmar Next After Bhutan, Says Army Chief (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2004)
Army Chief Gen N.C. Vij today claimed that the Bhutan operations against the ULFA, NDFB and KLO have been ‘‘very successful’’ and that apart from breaking the back of the three militant outfits, the total number of rebels ‘‘neutralised’’ so far has ...
- Us To Open Biggest Mission In Baghdad (Indian Express, Robin Wright, Jan 03, 2004)
In Prepration for ending its occupation of Iraq, the US is making plans to create the largest US diplomatic mission in the world in Baghdad, complete with over 3,000 staffers. The transition will mark the hand-over of responsibility for dealing with
- Cement Down The Spine (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 02, 2004)
In early 1991, when the ramshackle Chandra Shekhar government was at the helm, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader hosted a small dinner for the then party president, L.K. Advani. For the BJP, those were heady days. The Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra of
- J-K Begins New Year With Peace Hope (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 02, 2004)
Ahead of the SAARC summit, the multi-party J-K coalition government today called for friendship between India and Pakistan which would spell development for the state. At a massive rally for peace on the new year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
- Musharraf Wins House Trust (Indian Express, Amir Zia, Jan 02, 2004)
President Pervez Musharraf won a vote of confidence in both houses of Pakistan’s Parliament and four provincial assemblies on Thursday, keeping him in power until late 2007. The vote means Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, will remain ...
- Pawar Play: Each Of Them Has Got An Axe To Grind (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jan 02, 2004)
At a time when everybody in the political scene is on the move, it comes as no surprise that NCP chief Sharad Pawar, whose political mobility stands little comparison, is the latest hit. Pawar’s possible alignment with the NDA has been a perennial issue
- A Watershed Year For Indian Diplomacy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 02, 2004)
WHAT seemed to be a Sisyphean labour till a couple of years ago in the context of Indo-Pakistan relations, now looks possible. The two countries were on the road to detente in the year just ended.
During the past 56 years of turbulent Indo-Pakistan ...
- Indo-Pakistan Talks: Ten Issues (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2004)
India and Pakistan have been trapped for too long in arguing about procedural issues and defending past political postures.
- Missiles Are Cost-Effective (Tribune, Ashok K. Mehta , Jan 02, 2004)
RECENTLY the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, UK, hosted the first ever workshop on missile issues in South Asia that was attended by strategic experts from India, Pakistan and China, the three countries in the region with ballistic missiles.
- Patch-Up For A Return To The Past (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 02, 2004)
The wheel has come full circle. The Congress, which last aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1980, is now preparing to align with the party again. And the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which formed an alliance with the All-India Anna
- Lashkar's New Wave Of Recruits From Indian Expatriates (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2004)
Even as the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has come under pressure to de-escalate its jihad in Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation has unleashed its formidable capabilities to inflict a far more painful all-India war. Lashkar cells operating from Dubai,
- Love, Actually (Telegraph, Ambrose Pinto , Jan 02, 2004)
It is arguable that John le Carré’s real subject, all those years when we supposed him to be writing the classic espionage novel, was not politics but love. Love ran like a crack, a fissure undermining the most solid of ideological foundations, through...
- Death Be Not Proud (Telegraph, Gargi Gupta, Jan 02, 2004)
This book was written with an agenda. As the prologue says — “I write this book for you, Danny, because you had the courage...to die with your hands in chains but your heart undefeated... to do justice to you...to show that you were right...I write this
- Textile Sector Emerges Flavour Of The Year (Business Line, Anna Peter, Jan 01, 2004)
FOR the textile industry, 2003 has been a year of bonuses, with some unforeseen stumbling blocks.
It started off with the Finance Ministry announcing a slew of sops for the textile industry - reducing import and excise duties and completing the ...
- Vajpayee's Challenge (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jan 01, 2004)
While Mr. Vajpayee may be able to lead the NDA back to power, this may not be enough for him to leave a permanent stamp on history.
- Jaish Dy Chief Missing After Attack On Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Some activists of the banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad have been arrested in connection with the December 25 attack on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and police were looking for its deputy chief who has been missing. Jaish deputy chief
- Get Saarc Going (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
EVERY SUMMIT OF the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) raises the same question: can this grouping of seven nations ever get its act together to achieve any of its goals? In the nearly two decades of its existence, SAARC has ...
- Engaging In Talk About Talks (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jan 01, 2004)
New Delhi's thinking on the nature of contacts with Pakistan's leadership, at the time of next week's SAARC summit, is crystallising in the light of the flow of signals from Islamabad. The meaning and implications of each word is carefully examined. The
- No Longer The Stereotype Terrorist (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 01, 2004)
Indian intelligence officials are increasingly concerned over the emergence of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as new hubs for the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The organisation is known to have been recruiting energetically among Indian expatriates in the wake of the
- India Offers Fresh Peace Pack To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jan 01, 2004)
As part of its new year gift to the sub-continent, India today proposed to hold talks with Pakistan on starting bus routes across the Line of Control in Kashmir and the international boundary in Rajasthan, hiking the strength of their respective missions
- Pakistan: Chickens Coming Home To Roost (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
The recent assassination attempts on Gen Musharraf can best be described as the wages of sin that Pakistan's rulers have inevitably to pay for the policies they have followed for over a decade. The ISI's inducting and training of terrorists and the ...
- ‘inshallah Kashmir Will See Peace This Year’ (Indian Express, Mufti Islah, Jan 01, 2004)
Standing against the backdrop of the idyllic Dal Lake, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Maulvi Abbas Ansari points above—to the migratory birds who sail against the water currents. That’s who Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and President Pervez Musharraf have to
- Sensex 2nd Best; Gains 72.9% In 2003 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
Investors won’t forget 2003 easily. The resurgence of Dalal Street bulls have made lakhs of investors richer by several lakhs during the year which was marked by zooming share prices and indices. Stock markets ended the year 2003 on an optimistic note
- Mother Prayer (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 01, 2004)
There is not a day someone does not lose a loved one here: Far from Saarc arclights, a Kashmiri mother prays for peace
- Attempts On Musharraf’s Life (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Jan 01, 2004)
THE chickens are coming home to roost for Pakistan’s military ruler. Just after he seized power in October 1999, Gen Pervez Musharraf became the first ruler in Pakistan to justify the violence unleashed by his jihadis in Kashmir as being a noble jihad
- Straw Wishes Sinha Ahead Of Saarc Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today conveyed his best wishes to External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha on the eve of his departure for the SAARC summit in Islamabad.
In his telephonic conversation with the External Affairs Minister, Straw ...
- India Inc Hopeful On Removal Of Safta Roadblocks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2004)
FICCI is “very hopeful” that seven Saarc nations would be able to clear all roadblocks on the way to signing of Saarc Free Trade Agreement (Safta) at the Islamabad summit. FICCI president Y.K. Modi said, “as of today we are very hopeful.” He said support
- The Sri Lankan Mess (Tribune, K.N. Malik, Dec 31, 2003)
ONE is intrigued by the way all parties in the Sri Lanka triangle, President Chandrika Kumaratunga (People’s Alliance), Prime Minister Ranil Vickremesinghe (UNF), and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), expect India to facilitate ethnic conflict
- Asean Ties: India Must Look To The East With Greater Vision (Business Line, Gautam Murthy, Dec 31, 2003)
INDIA has moved purposefully in developing a broad economic and strategic partnership with the dynamic countries of South-East Asia.
- Bcci’s Pads, Gloves Can’t Keep Out Patiala Chill (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Dec 31, 2003)
When the BCCI decided to stage its tournament to select probables for next year’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup, they picked on Patiala. Nothing wrong there — except the freezing weather, and the effect it had on the cricket.
- Saarc's Common Threat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
WHEN SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) leaders discuss regional issues in Islamabad in the first week of January, one hopes they will place terrorism on top of their agenda. The menace has become a serious threat to stability in the
- Indo-Pak: Breaking The Ice (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 30, 2003)
Zulfi, I know that we must find a solution for Kashmir. But we have got caught in a situation which we can’t get out of without causing damage to the systems and structures of our respective societies...”
- Iaf Flies To Iran With Relief, Pak Says Use Our Airspace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
An Indian Air Force IL-76, carrying relief material to quake-hit Iran, will become tomorrow the first Indian aircraft to fly over Pakistan in two years. The special flight to Iran has been cleared by Pakistan.
- A Moment For Kashmir (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 30, 2003)
The new year tolls with new hopes. Certainly for India and Pakistan, but for the people of Kashmir as well. Talks between the Centre and the Hurriyat are slated for January 9, mere days after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee returns from the January
- To Strengthen Case For Talks, Pak ‘works’ On Militants To Cease Fire (Indian Express, HAMEEDULLAH ABID, Dec 30, 2003)
Leaders of major Kashmiri militant groups are considering a unilateral ceasefire in the Valley for two months to facilitate Pakistan and India in their talks during the SAARC summit next week, highly credible sources told Daily Times of Pakistan.
- Footprints Beyond 2003 (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 29, 2003)
2003 might seem to have been a fairly humdrum year as far as India is concerned. But has it really been all that uneventful? Has nothing really happened during the year which will leave an imprint on 2004 and beyond
- Will Bjp’s Hype Turn Into Votes? (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 29, 2003)
If hype is an indicator of victory, and the BJP has certainly managed to create it around its victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, then the party is on its way to notching up the 300 Lok Sabha seats that Venkaiah Naidu has been talking
- Year Of A Small War Made Big (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 29, 2003)
While truly historic regime-changes took place and an epidemic killed hundreds, the world remained obsessed with a minor war for most of 2003
- Once Samjhauta’s Back, Walk Across Wagah May End (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 29, 2003)
With Samjhauta Express shown the green light to run between Lahore and Amritsar again from January 15, New Delhi plans to shut down the Wagah land border crossing between the two countries. Only the Delhi-Lahore bus will be allowed through the crossing.
- Securing South Asia (Hindu, Lakshman Kadirgamar, Dec 29, 2003)
Given its preponderance and centrality within South Asia, India may justifiably regard any alien presence or influence in the region, without its consent, as a potential threat to its security.
- Defeating Ulfa’s Aims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2003)
This was a major gain of 2003. Next year should see a consolidation of this process
- Gen Spots Assailant: Jaish From Pok (Indian Express, UMAR CHEEMA, Dec 29, 2003)
Rawalpindi attack: One of the bombers was from PoK, so was a car used to target Musharraf
- Misplaced Analysis Of Intentions (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Dec 29, 2003)
EVERY time somebody mentioned the need for third-party mediation between India and Pakistan, the then Indian External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, used to say that the two countries did not need a mediator because people on both sides speak the ...
- Newsreel 21.12.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2003)
TOLL goes up to 20,000 as a shocked Iran comes to terms with one of its devastating trysts with tragedy. The Southeastern city of Bam, home to a 2,000 year old civilisation is razed to the ground by the quake that measured 6.3 on the Richter scale. About
- Fighting `Jehadis' At Home (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Dec 28, 2003)
According to an old saying, no place is more remote and therefore more unfamiliar than that on the other side of the hill. To an extent this remains true even in this age of instant communication and round-the-clock television coverage. The intense ...
- Our Terror, Now Theirs Too (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 28, 2003)
The end of the year seems always to bring either war or peace between India and Pakistan. This time it is a hesitant, nervous sort of peace that appears to be breaking out. We talk of cross-border trains and flights, instead of terrorism, and hear words
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