COMMENTARIES
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LTTE on the Run
RR Vinod · 11 Jan, 2009 · #2776 · Commentary
The Sri Lankan Army has captured Kilinochchi, the Tigers' capital. There are reports that the Elephant Pass has also fallen and that the fall of Mullaitivu is only a matter of time. LTTE supreme, Prabhakaran, is on the run. However, this is ...
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Should India Join NATO to Combat Terrorism?
Sanjay Kumar · 08 Jan, 2009 · #2775 · Commentary
Giving India's current diplomacy against Pakistan a new boost, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh speaking at a conference of chief ministers in New Delhi on 6 January 2008 commented, "Given the sophistication and military precision of M...
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Western Rajasthan Becoming a Transit Route for Narcotics
Alok Kumar Gupta · 08 Jan, 2009 · #2774 · Commentary
On 9 December 2008 Jodhpur police arrested three persons of Tanzanian origin, Adam Mohammad, Adam Godwin, and Umar Usuf along with 20kgs of heroin. Subsequently, on 2 January 2009 Jhanwar police seized ten sacks (386kgs) near Doda Post in Dhawa ...
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Sri Lanka in 2008: A Tale of Two Fires
N Manoharan · 08 Jan, 2009 · #2773 · Commentary
In the year 2008, Sri Lanka was caught-up even more intensely with the ethnic conflict that was building-up since 2006. The year commenced with the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) unilaterally abrogating the ceasefire agreement (CFA) signed on 22...
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Insurgencies, Splits, Terror
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 06 Jan, 2009 · #2772 · Commentary
The year 2009 started off with serial blasts in Assam's capital, Guwahati, following one of its worst terror strikes just two months earlier. The present strike was no less significant and held the attention of the country and the national m...
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Awami League's Victory in Bangladesh and Relations with India
Harun ur Rashid · 05 Jan, 2009 · #2771 · Commentary
The Bangladesh national election on 29 December saw a stunning landslide win by the Awami League(AL)-led grand alliance. It was a fitting reply by an overwhelming majority of people to five years of misrule by the four-party government led by th...
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Changing Complexion of Terror Attacks in India
Anand Kumar · 04 Jan, 2009 · #2770 · Commentary
As
Mumbai recovers from the unprecedented onslaught of terror and Pakistani
involvement in the same is proved beyond doubt, investigators are wondering
whether there was some local involvement. There are clues to show that the
Mumbai att...
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Naxalism in Decline in Bihar
Satish Kumar · 04 Jan, 2009 · #2769 · Commentary
Naxalism is the most important internal security threat to the nation and Bihar is one of the most disturbed among these states. 19 out of its 38 districts of Bihar are Naxal infested. Recent years have not only witnessed a consolida...
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Has India's Military Diplomacy Come of Age?
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 28 Dec, 2008 · #2768 · Commentary
The
Sino-Indian 'Hand-in-Hand 2008' military exercise that concluded recently at Belgaum in Karnataka may have hit headlines, but is no revelation to those who have observed India's military diplomacy in recent times. China apart, ...
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The Counter Narrative on Terror
Firdaus Ahmed · 28 Dec, 2008 · #2767 · Commentary
The Urdu press has a restricted readership in minority pockets in the country. It purveys the minority perspective on the news and as with other vernacular press, it is sometimes sensationalist and parochial. But it does serve as an interesting ...
