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  • LTTE Overtures to India: Is it Real or Virtual?
    S. Ramkumar    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #690    ·    Commentary    
    The LTTE’s request to the Government of India to allow it to hold talks with the Sri Lankan Government in South India , due to the ill-health of its London based Political Advisor, Anton Balasingham, is surprising. The outfit ...
  • Dealing with the NDFB
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #689    ·    Commentary    
    Within one week, terrorists of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) have struck twice. On 16 January 2002, thirteen persons were killed near Bijni in Bongaigaon district. Again, on 21 January 2002, seventeen were killed in a village un...
  • Profile of Indian Paramilitary Forces – IV Indo Tibetan Border Police
    Mallika Joseph    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #688    ·    Commentary    
    The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force came into existence on 24th October 1962 to secure the 2115 km long Indo-Tibetan border from the Karakoram Pass to Lipulekh Pass and the tri-junction of India, Nepal and China. Though initially raised un...
  • Profile of Indian Paramilitary Forces – III The Central Industrial Security Force
    Mallika Joseph    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #687    ·    Commentary    
    The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was constituted in 1968 to provide security and protection to the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).      The main role of the CISF, therefore, is to provide security to PSU...
  • Profile of Indian Paramilitary Forces – II Border Security Force
    Mallika Joseph    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #686    ·    Commentary    
    The Border Security Force (BSF) came into existence on 1 December 1965. It was established following the recommendations made by the Committee of Secretaries set up at the end of the 1965 Indo-Pak War; they felt that the State Armed Police were qu...
  • Sino- Indian Ties: New Orientation?
    Sonika Gupta    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #685    ·    Commentary    
    Zhu Rongji’s visit to India ended on a high note with both countries focusing on areas of economic cooperation. This orientation, while beneficial, needs to be examined in the light of political and strategic factors. Economic cooper...
  • Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s Speech of 12 January 2002
       ·   28 Jan, 2002    ·    #684    ·    Commentary    
    Chair:   PR Chari, Director IPCS   List of Participants:    PR Chari, KK Mitra, AK Verma, AK Dave, Maj Gen Ashok Krishna (retd), Maj Gen...
  • Attack on American Centre, Kolkata
    PR Chari    ·   25 Jan, 2002    ·    #683    ·    Commentary    
    That the attack on the police personnel guarding the American Centre in Kolkata, was obviously carefully planned. It was timed around 6.30 am when the guards were being changed. This was probably a daily routine, and has been studied by the assail...
  • December 13 Terrorist Attack: The Acid Test for the US
    Kannan    ·   22 Jan, 2002    ·    #682    ·    Commentary    
    During the US led coalition war on terrorism in Afghanistan, the US said [i] “it will not distinct [sic] terrorists and nations that harbour them” and “those nations will be regarded as hostile regime”; [ii] its war on terr...
  • President Musharraf’s Address: What’s New?
    PR Chari    ·   19 Jan, 2002    ·    #681    ·    Commentary    
    The media hype and incessant chatter on the idiot box had unconsciously raised expectations sky high that President Musharraf would chart a new direction for Indo-Pak relations. It was unrealistic to assume that he could have reversed the directio...
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