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  • Forests Splashed with Blood
    Richard Mahapatra    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1063    ·    Commentary    
    India’s forest areas are fast becoming the most violent frontier of conflicts after militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states. Going by an estimate of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), every year about h...
  • Managing the Tripura- Bangladesh Border: Issues and Challenges
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1062    ·    Commentary    
    A major share of Tripura’s woes emerges from its 856-kilometre international border with Bangladesh, which touches each of its four districts, being porous. This unmanned border has allowed entry of illegal migrants from Bangladesh apart f...
  • Advantage People’s War Group
    P V Ramana    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1061    ·    Commentary    
    Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) launched a successful surprise attack on the Addanki police station, east Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh on 11 June 2003. They blasted the police station and looted 24 muskets and 2,000 rounds o...
  • Return of the Pandits: The Khir Bhawani Mela
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1060    ·    Commentary    
    Pandits hugging waiting Muslims and vice versa and smiles being exchanged on a sunny day – this was the scene dominating the first day of a three day long Khir Bhawani Mela at Khir Bhawani temp...
  • Highlights of the J&K Assembly Proceedings (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley: 1-7 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1059    ·    Commentary    
    Proceedings of the sessions of the State Assembly, Indo-Pak dialogue and the performance of the Mufti Government, especially its failure to check corruption, remained the major topics of discussion in the Urdu press. · &nb...
  • Kashmir: A View from the Government and the Bar Association
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1058    ·    Commentary    
    Yadullah, Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara ·         How do you see the Indo-Pak peace diplomacy? People are very happy about it. They are now fed up of the violence they have seen for l...
  • Kashmir: A View from the Educationalists
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1057    ·    Commentary    
    In an exclusive interview to the IPCS, few educationalists from Sopore and Kupwara air their opinion on various issues relating to Kashmir. Mohd. Ashraf, Principal, Degree College, Sopore ·   &nb...
  • Kashmir: Political Perspective
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1056    ·    Commentary    
    In an exclusive interview to the IPCS, Mir Saifullah, MLA Kupwara, and Ab Ahad, District President of JKLF in Kupwara, speak to Amin Masoodi regarding the latest political developments in the state. Mir Saifullah, MLA Kupwara ...
  • Popular Perception of the Kashmir Conflict: Kupwara, Handwara and Sopore Round
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1055    ·    Commentary    
    The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, conducted a survey on “Popular Perception of the Kashmir Conflict” in the border districts of Kupwara, Handwara and Sopore during 1-6 June 2003. The survey was based on a...
  • Indonesia and the “Free Aceh Movement”
    Gautam K Jha    ·   17 Jun, 2003    ·    #1054    ·    Commentary    
    The President of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri has asked her armed forces, popularly known as TNI (Tentara Nasional Indonesia), to crush the 27 years-old GAM movement – Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, ...
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