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Raman: Should We Believe General Malik?
The
perennial debate over the functioning
of the intelligence agencies between
the Indian Army and
the
agencies has once again been revived
following the publication by General
Ved Prakash Malik,
the
Chief of the Army Staff at the time of
the . . .
A
Helpless Bystander
Sri Lanka has been bleeding
continuously ever since Mahinda
Rajapakse took over as the President
last November and immediately
thereafter wriggled out of the
commitment made to the Sri Lankan
Tamils by his predecessors to
find a solution to their . . .
The
Freelance Jihadis
They are not members of any
identified jihadi terrorist
organisation. They are not brainwashed
into
resorting to suicide
terrorism by any organisation or
madrasa or religious cleric or
state-sponsor of
terrorism. They are just
angry. Very angry.
Bbc's
Coverage Comes Under Fire
FOR YEARS, the British
Broadcasting Corporation has been
accused by the Israeli Government, its
diplomats in Britain, and by
Jewish groups of displaying an
anti-Israeli "bias" in its
coverage of the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
At the height of the . . .
Ghosts
Of Kargil
India's former Chief of the
Army Staff provokes renewed debate on
the intelligence warnings prior to
the 1999 Kargil War.
How
Will Mahajan’S Death Affect Bjp?
Death, according to some of the great religious traditions,
is the great leveller. In Indian
public life,
however, death becomes the spectacular elevator.
‘Enlightened
Citizens Can Help Deal With Terrorist
Situations’
I would like to share with
you the cruel incident which took
place in Afghanistan and has resulted
in
the loss of a precious
engineer, Suryanarayana, resulting in
the loss of smiles on the faces of his
family including his three
small children.
The
Battle For Africa
While Minister for State for
External Affairs Anand Sharma is
bravely flying the flag in Africa,
India is
yet to match the relentless
momentum behind the Chinese diplomatic
onslaught in the continent.
Ltte's
Efforts To Provoke Colombo Have Not
Succeeded . . .
Says the onus of resuming the
peace process is now on the Tigers
"LTTE using Karuna issue as a
pretext not to return to
negotiating table" He spells out
goals for innovators Facilitator's
task a
"thankless one"
given the complexity of ethnic
problem
Blair
Denies Straw-Iran Link
British Prime Minister Tony
Blair has dismissed as "rubbish''
reports that Jack Straw was removed
from
the Foreign Office because of
his opposition to any military
intervention in Iran, or because of
pressure from
Washington.
Varanasi
Blasts Suspect Shot Dead In J&k
Police-Army operation ends in
elimination of Bhagpat-based cleric
Mohammad Zubair He had overall
command of Varanasi bombings,
believe investigators Was trained in
bomb-making, urban terrorism in
Pakistan
From
Shakti Maira's Book
Hampi is spread across 10 square kilometres and is built on
the banks of the Tungabhadra River...
It
was the capital of the Vijayanagar kingdom, the genesis of
modern Karnataka.
Assess
Damage, Find Solutions
The market still underestimates the seriousness of data
integrity issues and deficient
supervision
Tackling
The Bubbles Threat
What the RBI is trying to do
is to erect fences to safeguard the
real economy from shocks Much of
the debate on bubbles (asset
price inflation) is in the context of
the relationship between asset
prices and inflation and
strategies for inflation targeti
Hu’S
Eight Commandments
After Hu Jintao, the
President of China and Chairman of the
CPC, issued a set of eight do’s and
eight
don’ts to improve the moral
standards of Chinese people, the party
has gone into an overdrive.
A
Creator Of Ragas
As the strings of the Navachitravina came alive, the air
was filled with music that can only be
called
a classical trance.
The
Right To Live Better
It happens every time. I arrive in a beautiful European
city and find myself wondering when we
will
have one Indian city that looks this good.
India
Watches As Sri Lanka Bleeds
Sri Lanka has been bleeding
continuously ever since Mr Mahinda
Rajapakse took over as the
President last November and
immediately thereafter wriggled out of
the commitment made to the Sri
Lankan Tamils by his
predecessors to find a solution to
their . . .
Evidence
Of Lashkar Role In Massacres
Survivors identify member of
terror group that carried out the Doda
and Udhampur killings Survivors
provide critical information
to police on Lalon Galla massacre
Terrorists sighted in high-altitude
forest
near Basantgarh Phone used by
"Abu Talha" r
Resolving
The Kargil Conundrum
Some coherent answers are
clearly needed to the question of why
troops were thinned at a time
when India should have been
enhancing its defences.
Up
& Down In Down South
Amma’s got a lot done so
why’s she worried? Is there a gleam
behind those famous Karunanidhi
goggles? What’s Kalam doing
atop a building? Looking for answers
from a limo
Kargil
And Questions Of War
Was the Kargil war the outcome of just intelligence
failure?
Dangers
Of Saltoro Pull-Back
There are indications that
New Delhi is negotiating with Pakistan
to pull back Indian forces from the
strategic heights of Saltoro
Range and establish an extensive
demilitarised zone. But there should
be
no question of a pull-back
from positions . . .
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