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  • Evolving India-China Relations
       ·   08 Mar, 2004    ·    #1327    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers Prof. Shen Dingli Prof. Zheng Ruixiang Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Pan Zhenqiang   Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee in the Chair drew attention to the dramatic...
  • Politicking in the Northeast (Regional Media Survey, 16-29 February 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   05 Mar, 2004    ·    #1326    ·    Commentary    
    Bhupen Hazarika Joins BJP The decision of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a matter of great debate in the media in Guwahati. Vernacular Pratidin (29 February) in a front page item ‘Jatiya nay...
  • Political Future of the Taliban
    Razia Sultana    ·   04 Mar, 2004    ·    #1325    ·    Commentary    
    The Taliban have been on the run in Afghanistan since American military action began against them in October 2001. While they may no longer be at the center of power some unease still persists in the minds of many, particularly about their futur...
  • Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections 2004 - I: A Factual Overview
    N Manoharan    ·   03 Mar, 2004    ·    #1324    ·    Commentary    
    Poll Date: 2 April 2004 Previous Election: 5 December 2001 No of Seats: 225 (196 directly elected plus 29 nominated) No of Voters: 12,899,032 No of Electoral Districts: 22 Parties in Fray: 2...
  • Monetary Union in South Asia
    Anand Kumar    ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1323    ·    Commentary    
    South Asia is a region where some countries do not even have normal political relations. And most often the strained political ties weigh heavily on sound economic logic so much so that these countries were not able to sign a common free trade a...
  • The US in South Asia: Assistance or Assertion?
       ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1322    ·    Commentary    
    The major military danger facing the United States in the post-Soviet world is not a particular country but rather a trend – nuclear proliferation. These words of Michael Mandelbaum about a dec...
  • Fighting Naxals: Time to Go Beyond Law and Order Perspective
    Bidhan S Laishram    ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1321    ·    Commentary    
    On 14 January 2004, Anthati Jangaiah, a hard core cadre of the PWG surrendered to the police in Nalgonda citing as reason the inability to implement the Naxal ideology. He, however, added that he continued to believe in the Naxal ideology of cre...
  • Indo-Pak Relations: A Ray of Hope
    AM Vohra    ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1320    ·    Commentary    
    Composite Talks On 18 February 2004 India and Pakistan announced at Islamabad the schedule of talks and meetings aimed at a peaceful settlement of all bilateral issues including Kashmir. The foreign secretaries will meet in Delhi in May-Ju...
  • Profiling the T-90S 'Bhishma'
    Mallika Joseph    ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1319    ·    Commentary    
    In 1999, India inked the deal for the purchase of 310 T-90S tanks from Russia. Of them, 124 were to be delivered in assembled form, 80 in semi-knocked down condition and another 100 in completely knocked down condition. Part of the deal also i...
  • Abu Salem: From Tailor to Don
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   27 Feb, 2004    ·    #1318    ·    Commentary    
    Finally, a Lisbon court has accepted New Delhi's request for extradition of the underworld don, Salem Qayoom Ansari, alias Abu Salem. Arrested in Lisbon in September 2002, Abu Salem is the prime suspect in the 1993 bombing that killed 257 pe...
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