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  • Building Hope on Indo-Pak Dialogue (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley 8-15 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   25 Jun, 2003    ·    #1067    ·    Commentary    
    Developments in Indo-Pak relations and the recent peace diplomacy continued to dominate the Urdu press in the Valley. Growing Indo-American friendly relations, especially after Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani’s visit to the US, received pr...
  • Drug Trafficking in Punjab: An ISI Game Plan to Revive Militancy
    Nihar Nayak    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1066    ·    Commentary    
    After its crusade against militancy, Punjab is now facing the peril of drug trafficking. As a transit route for drug trafficking, Punjab has slowly become a victim of drug abuse, which weakens the morale, physique and character of its youth. Dru...
  • Hoping for Dialogue (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley 15 – 31 May 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   24 Jun, 2003    ·    #1065    ·    Commentary    
    Two issues dominated the Urdu media in the Valley in the last fortnight of May. One, the Mufti Government’s failure to eradicate the menace of large -scale corruption. And, two, the thaw in Indo-Pak relations and consequent developments in...
  • PWG in Andhra Pradesh: Revived Kidnapping Strategy
       ·   18 Jun, 2003    ·    #1064    ·    Commentary    
    The Peoples War Group (PWG) in Andhra Pradesh has gone back to its old strategy of kidnapping prominent local leaders and policemen to pressurize the government into fulfilling its demands. On 2 April 2003, the PWG kidnapped four policemen in Pr...
  • 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...
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