The Indian Analyst, All the news and views you need on India, 7 Sept '04

Monday, 07 September 2004, 2200 hrs

TODAY'S TOP STORIES
Kashmir divide widens, talks
end in war of words
India and Pakistan concluded the first round of the composite dialogue by talking about irreconciled differences over crossborder terrorism and Kashmir...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
400 private FM channels soon:
bonanza in store for broadcast
Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy announced he would soon offer radio licences across the country...

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Deccan Chronicle
BJP doesn�t do shoes
Since Savarkar is the new icon of the Hindutva brigade, one might have expected the BJP to take part in the Shiv Sena�s campaign to denigrate the person who was instrumental in removing the plaque in Cellular Jail commemorating the time the writer of 'Who is a Hindu?' spent there. AMULYA GANGULY looks at why that hasn't happened

Business Line
How is Indian industry faring?
A sharp rise in the services share in India's GDP, coming at a time when services exports are booming, has been used to argue that the country is on a new growth trajectory. But behind these figures, argue C P CHANDRASHEKAR AND JAYATI GHOSH, is a disconcerting trend in manufacturing growth that official figures are not revealing in full.

India Together
Crippling delivery to the disabled
The Ministry of Social Justice says it has made good progress in empowerment of the disabled. But a recent Comptroller and Auditor General appraisal found many failings including a shocking note that the government may have been flying blind. HIMANSHU UPADHYAYA reports

Asia Times
Spinning the web in Afghanistan
With just over a month to go before presidential elections in Afghanistan, the US and Pakistan are doing their best - for somewhat different reasons - to ensure that incumbent Hamid Karzai wins the vote. Others, including the Taliban, are fighting back, says SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD

The Hindu
RSS and realpolitik
It is too early to predict whether the recent controversies over Arjun Singh's statement, the Savarkar row, and Uma Bharti's arrest will prove beneficial to the RSS, says VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN

TOP PICKS

OPINION
Art of alliance (Hindu)
Fear and smear (Hindu)
The ADC imbroglio (Business Line)
Free use of abuse (Pioneer)
Towards bigger trouble (Pioneer)

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Water and river management
in South Asia
Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
ARAVIND SITARAMAN

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