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Articles 20221 through 20320 of 21681:
- Naval Gazing Into The Future (Indian Express, KAILASH KOHLI , Dec 13, 2003)
Why Gorshkov? Is our navy not strong enough to thrash Pakistan’s? Why do we now need to spend $650 million to acquire this Russian aircraft carrier? The answers lie in the strategic vision enunciated by Prime Minister Vajpayee when be addressed the ...
- Commonwealth At Crossroads (Tribune, L. H. Naqvi, Dec 13, 2003)
52 heads failed to look beyond Zimbabwe!
- The World According To Sonia (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 12, 2003)
It requires no complicated analysis to conclude that Sonia Gandhi probably has the job she wants. Number 10, Janpath is any day a superior bungalow to 7, Race Course Road. Every world statesman, representative of think tanks, scholar who visits New Delhi
- Japan All Set To Woo India (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 12, 2003)
After years of ignoring India, Japan is now all set to woo it. Surprised by New Delhi's big power diplomacy, its growing engagement with East Asia, and the resilience of the Indian economy, Japan is now determined to make up for the lost decade in ...
- Pvt Airlines Can Spread Wings Beyond Colombo, Across Saarc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
Private air carriers were celebrating today after the Cabinet gave them the go-ahead to fly on international routes, for long the sole prerogative of Air India and Indian Airlines.
- Rising Expectations (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 11, 2003)
For the India-Pakistan dialogue to succeed it must entail private engagement and public agreement, backed at the highest level.
- At The Risk Of Losing Credibility (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- Time To Consolidate Process (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 10, 2003)
In diplomacy, process is often the product. Engagement between adversarial governments is generally seen as a mere instrument to achieve certain outcomes. But the interaction between them is a reward in itself. It allows small steps of cooperation ...
- ‘muslims Don’t Provoke. They’re Scared. This Scared Indian Muslim Is A Big Threat To The Unity Of Our Country’ (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express, at his native village Saifi in Etawah.Excerpts from the interview telecast on NDTV 24x7’s Walk The Talk:
- Indo-Pak Ties: ‘stove, Several Frontburners, Many Meals Cooking, Including Kashmir’ (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 10, 2003)
As the stage is set for another meeting of the leaderships of India and Pakistan, three high-profile former US diplomats with inside access into the Bush administration are offering new solutions to regional tensions, especially on Kashmir.
- An Uncertain Ceasefire (Hindu, Pran Chopra , Dec 10, 2003)
Both New Delhi and Srinagar will have to keep a keener eye open for whatever Pakistan may lob up across the Line of Control.
- For That Sense Of Belonging (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2003)
From the Asian Centre for Human Rights’ alternate report to India’s first periodic report for the UN committee on the rights of the child
- A Notable Milestone (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 10, 2003)
IT is a matter of pride that the country has achieved near-total self-sufficiency in the manufacture of slogans. I hope the habitual India baiters will take note of this signal achievement.
- Warming Up For Summit: Both Pms Say Hello, See You Soon (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 09, 2003)
India and Pakistan have entered the final lap that precedes the SAARC summit in Islamabad in January with a short telephone call this evening by Pakistan PM Mir Zafarullah Jamali to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee at 7.30 pm this evening.
- Minorities In South Asia Live In Fear (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 09, 2003)
THE SAHR literally means dawn. This abbreviation is of the South Asian for Human Rights. The two-year-old organisation met informally the other day at Delhi. It could not meet formally nor invite the Press because the Indian mission at Islamabad issued...
- Election Lessons (Telegraph, Barun De, Dec 09, 2003)
The BJP’s victory shows that the electorate, concerned with more immediate issues, has chosen a party of order over one of diffuse choices
- Remember Europe (Telegraph, J. N. Dixit , Dec 09, 2003)
The last week of November witnessed important meetings between leaders of the European Union and the government of India, a major event following the Indo-European summit to which the prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, went last year. The president of
- Saving Saarc (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Dec 09, 2003)
There is no ambiguity about the steps India and Pakistan need to take to save SAARC. Will they muster the required political will?
- Pak’s New India Policy? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2003)
India’s prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has formally confirmed to Islamabad that he will attend the 12th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation scheduled to be held in Islamabad January 4-6. This is a good beginning...
- Nuclearisation A Dangerous Policy (Tribune, Dhirendra Sharma, Dec 08, 2003)
DEFENCE Minister George Fernandes had recently disclosed that a nuclear command chain, including alternative “nerve centres”, had been established, giving India an effective retaliatory capability. “We have established more than one (nuclear control) ...
- Zimbabwe Haunts Chogm (Indian Express, Ambrose Pinto , Dec 07, 2003)
The Zimbabwe re-entry issue continued to dog the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit today, with the six-member panel appointed by the host President failing to break the impasse.
- After The Vote (Hindu, Harish Khare , Dec 07, 2003)
Is the country ready for a new grammar of political contestation in which the political parties are judged by the voters for their record/promise of delivering on basic issues.
- N Korea Comes To Ask For Missile Parts, India Says Pay For Ship, Forget Arms (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 07, 2003)
New Delhi has asked Pyongyang to cough up Rs 8 crore sovereign guarantee for North Korean ship Ku Wol San, that was ‘‘arrested’’ carrying missile parts and production manuals by the Indian Custom authorities off the Kandla Coast at the height of Kargil...
- For J&k Talks To Move, Please Say No To Leaks, Whisper Campaigns (Indian Express, Sajad Lone, Dec 07, 2003)
Writes Sajad Lone, son of Abdul Gani Lone who was killed for standing up to jehadis in Kashmir. As the stage is set for first-ever Hurriyat-New Delhi talks, Sajad drafts the To-Do and Not-to-Do lists—for both sides
- Centre’s Samjhauta Brief: Be Pleasant, Talk Positive (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Dec 07, 2003)
The Government has finalised the delegation which would hold talks with Pakistan on resumption of the Samjhauta Express between the two countries. Headed by an Additional Secretary-level officer, Additional Member (Traffic) S.B. Ghosh Dastidar, the member
- War Risk Very High Till 2015 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2003)
The risk of war between India and Pakistan will remain fairly high over the next 15 years and both countries will continue to build up their nuclear and missile forces, a US National Intelligence Council projection for 2015 has claimed. The threat of a...
- How The Media Lost Its Money (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 07, 2003)
Introspection. If you were politically interested enough to have remained transfixed by your television set when the results of the assembly elections came out last Thursday you would have heard it a lot. It tripped gaily and recurrently off the tongues..
- In Ceasefire Season, India & Pak Promptly Settle A Little Cross-Fire (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Dec 06, 2003)
In a signal that both India and Pakistan are committed to the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Military Operations on both sides got working to defuse a tense standoff in the Tangdhar sector after troops ...
- An Image That Many Pakistanis Resent (Tribune, Ethan Casey, Dec 05, 2003)
WHEN you are in Lahore, in the north-east of Pakistan near the Indian border and the main city of the country’s dominant Punjabi ethnic group, it’s possible to feel remote from Peshawar along the country’s north-west frontier — barely 300 km away.
- ‘in The End, India Rid Satyendra Of His Pain’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2003)
On November 30, The Indian Express reported how Satyendra Dubey, a young NHAI engineer, wrote confidentially to the PMO about corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar. He was then murdered. The e-mail deluge just doesn’t seem to end
- Hurriyat Doves Fly In To Bounce Roadmap Off Top Us Experts (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Dec 04, 2003)
As the Hurriyat doves led by Maulvi Abbas Ansari wait for the start of the dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, they are also preparing to bounce off their ‘‘roadmap’’with influential US foreign policy thinktanks.
- Vajpayee's Experiment With Pakistan (Hindu, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 04, 2003)
The best way for India to take the peace process forward is to focus on unilateral actions.
- ‘i’d Like To Nominate Vajpayee For The Nishan-E-Pakistan’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
On December 2, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf appeared on an interview cum phone-in show on a special radio broadcast under the auspices of the BBC Hindi and Urdu services.
- No Woman Judge In Supreme Court (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2003)
After India became a nuclear power, Pakistan did not waste much time and immediately responded with its own successful explosion. But it took an awfully long time for Pakistan to be on an even keel with its adversary in the appointment of the first woman
- Peace Initiative Is Fine (Tribune, G Parthasarathy, Dec 04, 2003)
THE resumption of overflights is merely a small step in a long journey for peace and good neighbourly relations. The litmus test of General Musharraf’s sincerity would be determined on whether he, the ISI and their favourite jihadi outfits continue using
- A Renewed Thaw (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
SUDDENLY THERE IS a new warmth in the usually frigid Indo-Pakistani relations. After last week's historic announcement of a cease fire along the Line of Control comes the decision to resume air links between the two countries and to permit over flights...
- Surprising Turnaround (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN India and Pakistan to revive direct air links and overflights from January 1 on a reciprocal basis is significant not only for the effect it will have on the process of normalisation of relations but also for the manner in ...
- Wanted, A New Safma Patron (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 03, 2003)
BJP ideologue K.R. Malkani, who died recently, will surely be missed by many but none more so than the Pakistan-headquartered South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), which recently organised the successful visit of Indian MPs (self-led by Laloo Prasad
- Welcome, On Board (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2003)
WITH India and Pakistan agreeing to resume bilateral civil aviation links from January 1 next year, yet another step has been taken towards normalisation of relations between the two countries. The aviation links were snapped following the December 13...
- Cross-Border Flights From New Year, Train Next On Line (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 02, 2003)
Ending a two-year-old impasse, Pakistan threw open its airspace from January 1 to allow Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to fly directly to the SAARC summit a couple of days later, even as both sides began to prepare the ground for additional communication ...
- Compulsions Of Peace (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Dec 02, 2003)
IT would be churlish to dismiss the significance of the moves India and Pakistan have lately made bringing hope and cheer to the people on both sides of the divide.
- And Now It’s Time For A Truce In The Skies (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Dec 01, 2003)
Removing another irritant in normalisation of ties with India, President Pervez Musharraf today announced that Pakistan would lift the ban on Indian overflights.
- Jailed In Portugal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2003)
THE four-and-a-half-year jail sentence handed down by a Portuguese court to underworld don Abu Salem and a two-year term to his girlfriend Monica Bedi will mean that India will have to wait that much longer for their possible extradition, but at least it
- Your Q His A (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
I am a Hindu Brahmin girl and forced into a situation by my husband where I have to seek divorce from him. Please tell me about divorces. Which is faster, mutual or one sided. What are the requirements and process
- Newsreel 23.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2003)
INDIA’s crown jewels take a small bruise as an inter-state racket dealing in IIM entrance question papers comes to light. The Common Admission Test (CAT) is cancelled and rescheduled for February as the CBI makes dramatic arrests from a Delhi hotel while
- Hope In Air, Pak Team Arrives Today (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Nov 30, 2003)
A six-member Pakistani delegation will arrive here a day in advance for crucial civil aviation talks.
- Us Watching China’s Success In Space (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma, Nov 30, 2003)
The United States does not like competition or potential competition in space. China has ruffled its feathers
- Gujarat Family Finds Other Half In Pok (Indian Express, Himanshu Kaushik, Nov 29, 2003)
Kids from Muzaffarabad contact their Sikh mother
- Wanted Here, Behind Bars In Portugal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 29, 2003)
Underworld don Abu Salem, one of the prime accused in the 1993 Bombay Blast cases, and his wife Monica Bedi have been convicted by a Lisbon court for using forged documents to enter and stay in Portugal.
- A Five-Point Deprogramme (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Nov 29, 2003)
From cue cards etched in stone to de-hyping Saarc: rough primer on how to build on the current ceasefire
- Between Real And Imaginary Threats (Indian Express, Najam Sethi, Nov 29, 2003)
Musharraf feels religious extremism is the biggest threat to Pakistan yet he has done little so far to curb it
- Central Asia Is Central To India (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Nov 28, 2003)
The ‘gas and Great Game’ region sees India as a role model
- Political Hiccups (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 28, 2003)
A pathetic pursuit of ratings, the quest for more advertising has caused TV channels, newpapers and weeklies to focus so heavily on elections in the four northern states that Mizoram seems almost outside the Indian Union.
- Verdict Need Not Indicate Trends In Ls Poll, Feel Bjp, Congress (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Nov 28, 2003)
With pollsters forecasting a mixed verdict, the mainstream political parties, BJP and Congress, are wary of projecting the coming Assembly contests as a curtain raiser for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
- For A U.N. Role In Iraq (Hindu, R. Kannan, Nov 28, 2003)
For the political process to succeed, it is important that any semblance of occupation is removed.
- At Last A Ceasefire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT between the armies of India and Pakistan to observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier and a segment of the international border is a positive development in itself.
- A Child Says My Friends Need To Know What I Saw (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Nov 27, 2003)
Border, day: People relax but no one’s jumping: let’s wait, watch
- Eu Proposes Anti-Subsidy Duty On Indian Bed Linen (Business Line, Anna Peter, Nov 27, 2003)
The decision to impose anti-subsidy duty was passed by a majority in the European Commission, perhaps indicating the level of agreement on this matter. However, the Indian Government may respond by seeking redress at the World Trade Organisation.
- At Last A Ceasefire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2003)
THE FORMAL AGREEMENT between the armies of India and Pakistan to observe a ceasefire along the Line of Control, the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier and a segment of the international border is a positive development in itself.
- 56 Years After Birth, Mha Hands Over Jakli To Mod (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry is finally coming home. An order signed and stamped recently has finally brought the regiment to the Ministry of Defence nearly 56 years after it was hastily raised to save Srinagar and other parts of the state.
- Truce Underway, Border Guns Begin To Fall Silent (Indian Express, SAIKAT DATTA, Nov 26, 2003)
Indian and Pakistani guns along the International Border, Line of Control and Actual Ground Position Line in Jammu and Kashmir were to fall silent Tuesday midnight as the two nations set out to lower the chill in relations and create conditions good enoug
- Melting Ice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
Another welcome step forward in the slow Indo-Pak peace process
- Siachen: A Step Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 26, 2003)
India and Pakistan should move toward ending this meaningless high-altitude confrontation
- Two Ministries And A Turf War (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 26, 2003)
The power principle has been in overdrive between the Ministries of External Affairs and Human Resource Development for some time now, including over the much-coveted Unesco job in Paris.
- Silencing The Guns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 25, 2003)
Now, perhaps, India and Pakistan will be able to hear each other better
- Our Punjab Vs Other Punjab: Cbm In Making (Indian Express, Ateet Sharma, Nov 25, 2003)
Fifty-six years after Partition, India and Pakistan finally seem ready to bury the hatchet. At least in the sports arena.
- Not Just Fire, Hold Men Too: India To Pak (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Nov 25, 2003)
Weeks before Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee travels to Islamabad to participate in the SAARC summit, India today announced it would reciprocate Pakistan’s unilateral decision to cease fire along the Line of Control by also holding its fire from Id da
- For An Ocean Outlook (Hindu, B.G. Verghese, Nov 25, 2003)
India's perspective on the world is indeed changing. But the pace needs to be quickened and the ocean dimension never forgotten.
- Breaking The Kadam Taal In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
OVER THE YEARS, efforts to bring about a negotiated end to carnage in Jammu and Kashmir have resembled what soldiers call the Kadam Taal: the parade-ground art of marching briskly on one spot without actually moving forward. But even hardened sceptics con
- The Cbi Should Be Given A Free Hand To Investigate The Fake Stamp Paper Scandal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 24, 2003)
The decision of the Union Government to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the investigation into the fake stamp paper scandal, which had surfaced in several States, has come not a day too soon.
- The New Great Game (Indian Express, Sanjaya Baru, Nov 24, 2003)
APEC, ASEAN+3 and now JACIK, an alphabet soup in a changing Asia
- Pak Bid To Lower The Chill: We’Ll Hold Fire Along Loc (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Nov 24, 2003)
Jamali’s offer:Says Pak Army told to stop firing, silent on UN supervision for bus to Muzaffarabad; New Delhi to react today
- Billed To Last (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 23, 2003)
Andhra Pradesh Congress chief D Srinivas who stayed at Andhra Bhavan in Delhi earlier this month was infuriated when he was presented with a bill of Rs 2,500. As an MLA, Srinivas is accustomed to being charged at the nominal rate of Rs 2 per day as room r
- Small Screen Magic (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
A new breed of politicians owes its rise to television, says Anjali Mody.
- Newsreel 16.11.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 23, 2003)
The historic port city of Istanbul becomes ground zero as international terror chooses it as its next target. Over 50 are dead in two days of attacks, more than 500 wounded.
- Ulfa Strikes Again, Guns Down 11 Bihar Labourers Toll 42; C P Thakur Says Pak, Bangladesh Are Playing A Game (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Nov 23, 2003)
With almost the entire political establishment busy asking for votes in four states and the Assam government clicking its tongue, the ULFA struck again in broad daylight killing 11 workers from Bihar in two brick kilns separated by just 5 km and one hour.
- Why The Abhijit Kale Story Is Less Likely Elsewhere (Indian Express, Chandresh Narayanan, Nov 23, 2003)
The most surprising point in the Kale controversy is not that it happened, but that it took so long — more than 70 years into India’s Test history — for something like this to happen. Because the appointment and functioning of Indian cricket selectors is
- The Hurriyat Says Yes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 22, 2003)
Both the Centre and Hurriyat need statesmanship to respond to this historic opportunity
- One Region, Two Rules (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 22, 2003)
The US allows China access to hi-tech but says ‘no’ to India
- Hurriyat Ends Friday Prayers: Yes To Talks (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 22, 2003)
Using the platform of the historic Jamia mosque on the last Friday of Ramzan, the Hurriyat Conference today approached thousands of worshippers to seek ratification of its decision to talk to Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
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