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  • The Police and the Example of the Armed Forces
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   10 Nov, 2003    ·    #1203    ·    Commentary    
    Two recent instances of Police partisanship reveal the politicization of India’s police forces. The acquittal by the Delhi High Court of SAR Geelani from life sentence awarded by a fast track lower court, based on trumped up charges after ...
  • Indo-US Strategic Relations: Problems and Prospects
       ·   06 Nov, 2003    ·    #1202    ·    Commentary    
      Chair: Lt. Gen. AM Vohra   Speakers: Dr KP Vijaylakshmi Air Marshal ...
  • Responding to a Response – I: Pakistan’s Counter Proposals: An Analysis
    D Suba Chandran    ·   06 Nov, 2003    ·    #1201    ·    Commentary    
    India announced a dozen proposals to Pakistan during the third week of October including restoration of sports ties, air, road and rail links; a bus service from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad and a ferry service from Mumbai to Karachi; visas in more ...
  • India-Pakistan Imbroglio over CBMs
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   06 Nov, 2003    ·    #1200    ·    Commentary    
    India-Pakistan low-intensity conflict was extended to the arena of diplomacy in October. Following Vajpayee’s Srinagar surprise in spring, came Yashwant Sinha’s 12 point bombshell on confidence building in the autumn. This should not...
  • Talks Offer: A Positive Sign
    Amin Masoodi    ·   05 Nov, 2003    ·    #1199    ·    Commentary    
    The much-awaited ‘talks offer’ by the Union government to the Hurriyat Conference, an organization claiming to be the representatives of  the Kashmiri people is being seen as a good step amongst Kashmiris and this organization i...
  • Drug Lords or Law-makers: Former Manipur Minister in the Drug Net
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   03 Nov, 2003    ·    #1198    ·    Commentary    
    The recent arrest, on 22 October 2003, of a former Minister of the Manipur Assembly, along with two of his associates, in possession of a kilogram of heroin by sleuths of the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in Guwahati is significant in more ways...
  • Indo-Sri Lanka Trade Ties
       ·   03 Nov, 2003    ·    #1197    ·    Commentary    
    On 29th December 1998, India and Sri Lanka signed a landmark agreement to establish a bilateral free trade area to promote economic cooperation which became operational in March 2000. The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was expected to spur Indo-Sri ...
  • India and Japan: Emerging Engagement
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   03 Nov, 2003    ·    #1196    ·    Commentary    
    Both Japan and India are two of the oldest civilizations of the world with a shared past dating back to the time of Buddha. After India achieved independence, its first Prime Minister Nehru looked upon Japan as a friendly nation in Asia that cou...
  • China and Taiwan Spar in Cyberspace
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   01 Nov, 2003    ·    #1195    ·    Commentary    
    In September this year, Taiwan repelled a mainland attack of Trojan Horse viruses on its government computer systems. Chinese hackers had introduced more than a score different Trojan Horse programs, into the networks of ten private high-tech co...
  • Vajpayee and Musharraf at the UN (Urdu Media Survey 1- 15 October 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   31 Oct, 2003    ·    #1194    ·    Commentary    
    Hurriyat Crisis In its lead news the bilingual Alsafa (04 October 2003) reported "Abbas Ansari, (Chairman, Ansari group) ready to resign", and referred to the statement of Ansari that, “it is unfair and un...
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