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Flavour
Of The Day
The new theme of excitement for the TV channels is what
Israel is doing in Lebanon--should
India emulate Israel? Where are the
analysts discussing the progress of
the investigation and posing
inconvenient questions to the police
and our national . . .
Neighbours
Seek India's Help
The External Affairs Ministry
said here on Wednesday that four
Indian naval ships were expected to be
in a position to begin the evacuation
of at least 1,000 Indian citizens
stranded in Lebanon from Thursday.
No
Shifting Goalposts On N-Deal, Bush
Tells Pm
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought to tie up the
loose ends in implementing the
historic nuclear deal with the United
States, US President George W. Bush
promised to do his best to prevent the
US Congress from shifting the goal
posts . . .
Mumbai
Echo In Moscow: G-8 Warns Terror
Sponsors
Pakistan not named but world
leaders say ‘united with India’,
vow to bring to justice perpetrators,
organisers, sponsors.
Make
Them Bite The Dust
Government should revert to
the 'talk-talk, hit-hit' policy to
fight terrorism, which it sensibly
followed till the mid-1990s ---- In
cautiously-worded remarks after a
visit to Mumbai on July 14, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh has been
quoted as . . .
India-Us
Ties: One Year Later
the doyen of Indian strategic
affairs thinkers, assesses India-US
relations a year after Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's visit to Washington,
DC A year has passed since the signing
of the Joint Statement by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh . . .
Indian
Diplomacy At G-8: How To Play All
Sides
For Indian diplomacy, today
was the one to play all sides. While
the squabbles among the major powers
have come out into the open at the G-8
summit here, India is in a happy
situation where it can move forward
with every one of them.
They
Strike When Iron Is Cold
One of the abiding memories
of my reporting years belongs to the
era of another, bloodier, war on
terror. Rajiv Gandhi had just come to
power following his mother’s
assassination, massacres of Sikhs and
Operation Bluestar.
Serve
Mumbai's Spirit By Tackling The Rot
Four days after the deadly
blasts that rocked Mumbai, I am hugely
relieved to find that thousands of
Mumbaikars, like me, are tired of the
paeans sung to the astonishing spirit
of Mumbai.
Pakistan
Willing To Talk With India On
Terrorism
Stands by January 2004
commitment, says Aziz Ahmad Khan
"Will not allow its territory to
be used by terrorists Mumbai blasts
"a criminal act, a tragic
incident".
G-8
Endorses Nuclear Cooperation With
India
Eight years after condemning India’s nuclear tests, the
Group of Eight industrial countries
today broadly endorsed the nuclear
deal between New Delhi and Washington.
Pm
Keeps Pressure On Pak, Leaves Door
Ajar For Conditional Talks
Outlining a complex
diplomatic strategy for India after
the Mumbai massacre, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh today left the door
ajar for conditional engagement with
Pakistan while trying to mobilise
international pressure on Islamabad to
stop . . .
Playing
It Cool At G-8
Just before President Hu
Jintao left for the summit of world
leaders at St. Petersburg, Russia, the
Chinese Communist Party’s official
organ, the “eople’s Daily, said it
all with a headline: “Relations with
China raise G-8’s status”.
Market
Regulation After The Blasts
One day of hyperbole and then
a big dose of reality.
Serve
Mumbai’S Spirit By Tackling The Rot
Four days after the deadly
blasts that rocked Mumbai, I am hugely
relieved to find that thousands of
Mumbaikars, like me, are tired of the
paeans sung to the astonishing spirit
of Mumbai.
Back
To 1996 And Beyond
Last July, Pakistan reversed its strategy of not targeting
Indian territory outside J&K with
terror attacks in Ayodhya, Delhi,
Bangalore, Varanasi and now Mumbai.
Time to go back to the pre-Gujral
policy of letting the intelligence
agencies do the needful.
They
Strike When Iron Is Cold
Before Mumbai, the Indian
state was at its obliging best against
terror. After Mumbai, UPA has no
choice.
India
And The G8 Circus
Would India want a place at
the rickety high table? Must India
join a dying directorate?
We
Delivered On Commitments: Saran
New Delhi cannot undertake
obligations beyond July 18 statement
India should carefully scrutinise
binding provisions in bilateral accord
with U.S. Rejects view that separation
of civilian, military nuclear
facilities would erode strategic
deterrent.
They
Strike When Iron Is Cold
Before Mumbai, the Indian state was at its obliging best
against terror. After Mumbai, UPA has
no choice.
Principal
Organiser Of Bombings In Safe House In
Kathmandu?
Suspect Rahil Sheikh ran
cells in New Delhi, Gujarat,
Maharashtra Supervised by Lashkar boss
Azam Cheema Sheikh, a Mumbai resident,
handled communication, funnelled
Lashkar recruits.
Dawood
Is In Waziristan
With US mounting pressure on
Islamabad to reveal underworld don's
whereabouts, Pervez Musharraf has
shifted him to the
Pakistan-Afghanistan border ---- Mafia
don and wanted terrorist Dawood
Ibrahim was living in Karachi with a
Pakistani . . .
India's
Most Wanted Terrorist Is Faceless
Little is known about Rahil
Abdul Rehman Sheikh, believed to be
the principal executor of the Mumbai
bombings Since at least February,
police in Gujarat, Maharashtra and
Delhi have all been attempting to
locate the man alleged to be
responsible for . ..
India
And The G8 Circus
I don’t want to belong to
any club that will accept me as a
member,” the American comedian,
Groucho Marx, had said famously. And
only half-facetiously.
We
Know What We Know...
but we don't know what we
don't know. One knows how many terror
cells have been put out of action, but
one does not know how many still
remain undetected, waiting to strike
at a time and place of their choosing.
Indian
Firms Waking Up To Hiv Threat
Jitendra Shekhawat has never been to a condom party before,
but he has a great idea for an
ice-breaker -- he blows up a condom
until it explodes.
Time
To Dump Musharraf?
After Mumbai, only a naif
would believe that the India-Pakistan
peace process will remain unaffected.
A deliberate pause in bilateral talks
at this moment might provide Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh valuable time
and space to reflect on the basic . .
.
Is
Narmada A Lost Cause?
When I was coming out of the
court of the Chief Justice of India,
one top lawyer appearing for Gujarat .
. .
Manmohan
To Focus On Terrorism
To meet Putin, Bush during
Russia visit The focus has shifted
after the Mumbai blasts More should be
done to deal with terrorism Energy
security, diseases and education on
top of agenda.
India-Us
Relations: Challenges And
Opportunities
India can succeed in
developing a durable relationship with
the US and with other major powers,
only when it clearly defines its core
national security interests and
accelerates the process of economic
reform and progress, so that engaging
India . . .
Damning
Betrayal
When I was coming out of the
court of the Chief Justice of India,
one top lawyer appearing for Gujarat
remarked:
U.K.
Hindus Want To Be Rid Of
"Asian" Tag, Says Study
They
feel aggrieved that their
sensitivities are not shown the same
respect as those of other faiths The
term "Asian" did not
recognise the unique cultural and
social traditions of Hinduism.
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