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Articles 20621 through 20720 of 21681:
- Exit Via Gujarat (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 16, 2003)
When Prime Minister Vajpayee lands in Zurich at the end of this week after Turkey and en route to the UN meetings in New York, the reception committee will not include India’s honorary consul for 13 years in the city, Thomas Wach. Seems that Wach’s ...
- Doves A Flutter As Hawk Geelani Builds Rebel Hurriyat Nest (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2003)
Marinalising the doves in separatist politics and setting the stage for a bitter power struggle, the breakaway group of hawks today nominated Syed Ali Shah Geelani as the Hurriyat’s new ‘‘chairman.’’
- Final Attempts To Save Cancun After South Rejects Draft (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 15, 2003)
Negotiations at Cancun headed for a breakdown after developing countries like India and Brazil rejected the World Trade Organisation draft resolution, saying it failed to address their main concerns and was heavily loaded in favour of the US and European
- What Intifada? Islamabad Has Its Own Future To Make (Indian Express, Kunwar Idris, Sep 15, 2003)
Israel has no ill-will towards Pakistan. It is Pakistan that closes doors on Israel. Israel has done Pakistan no bad turn nor, ironically, have the Palestinians ever reciprocated Pakistan’s warmth and devotion to their cause. In fact, the Palestinian lead
- Guns And Roses (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2003)
EVERY SIGN OF peace blossoming in Jammu and Kashmir leads many to forget that all rosebushes have thorns — and that a few roses do not make a summer. The resignation of State Agriculture Minister Abdul Aziz Zargar for alleged links with ...
- Doubts About An Ally (Indian Express, Bernard-Henri Levy, Sep 15, 2003)
What’s the necessity of the US-Pak alliance? Was it necessary to continue funding Musharraf ‘s regime? Is it not possible at least to tie this aid to certain simple political conditions like that Pakistanis must give proof of a genuine effort to reform
- 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 ...
- Terror Sealed Their Lips, Trade Makes Them Talk (Indian Express, Navika Kumar, Sep 14, 2003)
There’s a lot of heat in Cancun as the trade and tariff wars gather momentum. But that heat is also responsible for a significant thaw: away from the pressures of the subcontinent, India and Pakistan are talking.
- 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 ...
- 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
- Images That Promote Fear (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 12, 2003)
An event-driven media on both sides of the border does its job by reporting only the most sensational news. As a result, it fails to play a role in building greater understanding.
- 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,
- The Story Of Two Sayyeds (Indian Express, Mohammed Wajihuddin, Sep 11, 2003)
The community doesn’t heed the call of the grand old man of Aligarh anymore
- 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.
- In Jammu, Sajjad Tries To Chart Lone Course (Indian Express, RAKESH ROCKY, Sep 08, 2003)
People's Conference chairman Sajjad Lone today alleged that both India and Pakistan had failed to deliver a lasting solution to the Kashmir issue and said the only way forward was ‘‘international intervention.’’ He also called people of Jammu to ‘‘join ..
- 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 ...
- Delhi Nudges Us: Where’s Promised Help On Ic-814? (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Sep 08, 2003)
With the CBI still not getting access to Taliban leaders or receiving copies of documents recovered by US troops in Kandahar, New Delhi has told Washington that it’s still waiting for the promised help on the IC-814 hijack investigation.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hockey ‘backbone’ Fights Fractures (Indian Express, Manish Kumar, Sep 04, 2003)
Hockey writers describe Jugraj Singh as a dual-use player, who can both score off penalty corners and defend them. His teammates have a simpler definition: ‘‘He is the backbone of the team, who never flinches from any challenge and loves to shoulder ...
- 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.
- 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.
- Md, Ma, Mba: The New Degrees Of Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2003)
Gujarat cited as reason by many arrested and they aren’t exactly madarsa products
- Benefits Of Restraint (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2003)
THE PRIME MINISTER, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is showing both equipoise and insight in guiding the efforts for re-engagement with Pakistan. Mr. Vajpayee preferred a tone of sadness and pain to one of harshness when recent events forced him to comment ...
- '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 ...
- Homecoming For Ranjit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
After spending six years in Pakistani prisons for committing the ‘‘crime’’ of accidentally crossing over to that country, Indian teenager Ranjit Kumar was today freed and handed over to BSF by Pakistan rangers here.
- Coincidences That Came In From The Cold (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 31, 2003)
A JNU student’s accident, his startling discovery, a gap of 18 long years, the student becomes the professor, another student another accident, the professor returns, another startling discovery: this is a story about amazing coincidences.
- 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.
- 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
- Wretched Of The Earth (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 30, 2003)
Muslim Indians are natural allies of others marginalised by an upper caste Hindu elite. Second in a two-part series
- 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
- 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.
- Political Factors And Indo-Pak Trade (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Aug 29, 2003)
Pakistan definitely stands to gain from free trade with India but political considerations will not allow it
- 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.
- Centre Stage At Srinagar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
It’s time to consider fresh initiatives to keep the Kashmir process going
- 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
- Behind The Terrorist Strikes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
TWO TERRORIST BOMB strikes in the heart of Mumbai on Monday have taken a terrible human toll and sent a shiver through the country. They are a challenge to civilised India and the very concept of Indian nationhood. Nine bombings in as many ...
- Moment Of Opportunity? (Hindu, Rajmohan Gandhi, Aug 26, 2003)
The moment that has to be seized is one where, spurred by India, the world may save itself and America from an unwise continuation of a unilateral bid by the U.S. to reorder the world.
- 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 ...
- 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.
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