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Indian women politicians and their hairdos
Posted by Smita Prakash 2010-08-28 15:00:31
The Washington Post says this of the most powerful woman in the US - “Clinton, at age 62, has grown out her hair. And it looks quite nice.”
A passive policy towards Pak is counterproductive
Posted by Jaibans Singh 2010-08-20 18:54:46
Pakistan, like any other country has to deal with a dynamic environment. Today it has to contend with an unstable political spectrum and complex economic issues like the looming debt trap.
The situation in Jammu and Kashmir - The External Dimension
Posted by Salim Haq 2010-08-17 17:25:31
Since the day the Radcliffe Award was announced, Pakistan has tried every trick in the book to wrest Kashmir from India.
Coffee, Crackberry and me
Posted by Smita Prakash 2010-08-16 18:19:06
The world is conspiring against coffee and Blackberry addicts. Till now, it was just research scholars or lab-coat specialists who came up with theories that coffee and smart phone usage was the root cause of all evil, whether migraine, impotency, heart a
Jammu and Kashmir situation – Where do we go from here?
Posted by Salim Haq 2010-08-10 15:10:20
While the slogans were furiously anti-India and of ‘Azaadi’, what provoked them were pent up emotions, deep-seated hurt, traumatized childhoods and youth, and above all, the courage to pick up and throw a stone at a soldier pointing a gun at them.
Fresh mandate to fight Naxals
Posted by Ramamohan Rao 2010-07-17 12:33:03
The Central and State Governments have received a fresh 'mandate' to fight the Naxal menace, if one was necessary, on July 14 at the conference convened by the Prime Minister of the affected States to consider a coordinated approach.
You don’t mess with the ISI and expect friendship
Posted by Smita Prakash 2010-07-15 11:42:01
The Indian Home Secretary's comment on the eve of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Islamabad on Wednesday on the ISI's pro-active role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks came as a surprise to the Pakistani Foreign Office establishment.
Induction of Army into Kashmir in tune with national policy
Posted by Jaibans Singh 2010-07-08 17:01:24
The cycle of violence that has enveloped Kashmir for almost a month now has finally led to the decision of calling in the Army in support of the Police and the Paramilitary forces.
Neelam Jhelum Hydroelectric Project - an environmental disaster
Posted by Dr Shabir Choudhry 2010-06-28 14:29:57
Neelam Jhelum Hydroelectric Project is located near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Administered Kashmir. It aims to dig a tunnel and divert water of Neelam River from Nauseri, about 41 KM East of Muzaffarabad.
A reply to Pakistani critics
Posted by Dr Shabir Choudhry 2010-06-16 14:13:16
Can they condemn killing of innocent Kashmiris during the Tribal Invasion sponsored by Pakistan in 1947. Also can they condemn rapes, kidnapping of Kashmiri women and girls, and looting of my homeland – Kashmir, which was done in name of Jihad in 1947/8
The Indian Army is being deliberately weakened
Posted by Jaibans Singh 2010-06-15 11:41:51
The Kashmir Valley continues to be embroiled in an unabated cycle of violence which is making life an unending misery for the common man and creating a tense security environment.
India's 'Pak Policy of Good Hope'
Posted by Smita Prakash 2010-06-10 16:36:10
With little over a month left for the meeting between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan, New Delhi appears keen on taking its relationship with Islamabad forward.
All terrorists should be equated with Kasab
Posted by Jaibans Singh 2010-06-08 17:29:49
While addressing the students of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar, PM Manmohan Singh touched upon a number of issues related to the politico-social environment in Kashmir.
India-US strategic dialogue: Possibilities and Challenges
Posted by Naveen Kapoor 2010-05-31 18:42:06
The first India-US strategic dialogue is taking place amid the backdrop of incidents which see commonality of interests between the oldest and the largest democracies of the world.
Maoists menace: Is there a need for a fresh mandate?
Posted by Ramamohan Rao 2010-05-21 16:43:22
The brutal killing of 31 persons in Chhattisgarh soon after the Dantewada attack on the Central Reserve Police Force, which had claimed the lives of 76, indicates that while the Maoists are clear in their strategy, the Indian state - both at the Central a
The three cancers of Pakistan
Posted by Jaibans Singh 2010-05-17 18:15:46
Ever since the aborted terrorist attempt at Times Square, the Obama team is, in a calibrated manner, losing no opportunity to voice its fears and alarm about Pakistan’s role in the spread of terror internationally.
Pak replacing the 'K' word with water
Posted by Naveen Kapoor 2010-03-10 12:00:18
Kashmir issue which has remained a main rallying point to galvanise support across the social, political and military spectrum of Pakistan for decades seems to be loosing its magical formula of stoking anti India sentiments.
No Cheeni please! We are Indian
Posted by Shail Raghuvanshi 2010-02-15 12:58:45
We have had enough of China, in fact, an overdose from the time the ‘Hindi-Cheeni Bhai Bhai’ slogan came up during Nehruji’s time. A stab in the back every now and then is what we have been getting from them.
Cancer of black economy eating India
Posted by Prem Prakash 2010-02-01 12:42:14
The Indian economy has done well ever since the country decided to open it up in the early 1990s, after experiencing the ignominy of being forced to mortgage a part of its gold reserves to meet economic commitments.
K P S Gill is no Rathore
Posted by Bahu Virupaksha 2010-01-07 17:38:00
K P S Gill, the former DGP of Police in the strife ridden state of Punjab at the height of the ‘Khalistan’ terrorism was the man responsible for defeating the menace of terrorism in the region.