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Will BJP Government be out of the woods? - M. V. Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- July 23, 1998
>>>Poor Congress! Poor United Front! In fact, poor everybody in opposition!
They just do not seem to know what to do. The two Yadavs have 'united' and
Mulayam Yadav and Laloo Prasad Yadav have decided to bury their bloodied
hatchets to form a new party. Ms Mayavati is spending her time trying to
explain that she has no difference with her leader Kanshi Ram.
Nuclear risk reduction key issue for talks - K Subrahmanyam
- The Times of India
- July 27, 1998
>>>During this week's SAARC summit in Colombo, Prime Ministers Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif are expected to resume the dialogue between their
two countries. The resumption of dialogue will be in the aftermath of both
India and Pakistan conducting nuclear tests and declaring themselves
nuclear weapon states. In a sense, this could be considered a new
...
Financial collapse, not proliferation is the real fear - N.S. Rajaram
- (no publication) - Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:18:33 -0400
>>>With the impending meltdown of the Pakistani economy, threatening the very
existence of Pakistan as a state, we are witnessing a strange drama. The
United States has suddenly switched its stand, allowing the IMF (and other
financial institutions) to go ahead with its loans to rescue Pakistan's
economy, while insisting on its 'sanctions' against India. And the new
...
Govt to celebrate N-tests during Golden jubilee of Independence - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - Economic Times
- July 29, 1998
>>> NEW DELHI 28 JULY
EVEN as sharp divisions persist over the nuclear question,
the BJP government has unveiled a plan to celebrate its
achievement in conducting the Pokhran tests as part of the
exercise to commemorate the golden jubilee of Independence.
BJP assails Left on deportation issue
India should not succumb to any pressure: Pant
Which way will the Indo-Pak summit go? - Kanchan Gupta in Colombo
- Rediff on the Net
- July 29, 1998
>>> For all its pious intentions and declarations about
regional co-operation to implement a lofty
socio-economic agenda aimed at rapid and equitable
development of the member-countries, the South Asian
Association for Regional Co-operation has virtually been
...
Resurgent bond collections could top $6 billion - Biju Mathew
- Indian Express
- July 28, 1998
>>> Mumbai, July 27: The trickle meant to help the
country tide over the dry-up in funds' flow in
the post-sanctions era may turn out to be a
flood if the initial response to the Resurgent
India Bond were any indication. Bankers say
...
No going back on electoral promises, says Advani - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - Pioneer
- July 28, 1998
>>> Union Home Minister LK Advani has said the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) had not gone back on its commitment to issues
like abolition of Article 370, uniform civil code and
construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
...
BJP hopeful of solution to Cauvery issue by August 12 - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - Economic Times
- 26 JULY, 1998
>>> THE BJP all-India general secretary, Mr M Venkiah Naidu has
sounded quite optimistic that the Vajpayee government had
the political will to find an amicable solution to the
Cauvery waters issue, which would be substantially
acceptable to all the riparian states.
BJP to campaign on the theme of India's `self-respect'
VHP to urge UNO to stop religious conversion - Posted By Dinesh Agrawal - UNI
- July 26, 1998
>>> Businessman B K Modi, the newly elected working
president (external) of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, will
represent the organisation in the United Nations. He has
been authorised by the VHP to represent the organisation
and provide direction, guidance and assistance on all
...
Causes of demise of Buddhism in India - Arun Shourie
- (no publication) - July 24, 1998
>>>"There can be no doubt that the fall of Buddhism in India was due to the
invasions of the Musalmans," writes the author. "Islam came out as the enemy
of the 'But'. The word 'But,' as everybody knows, is an Arabic word and
means an idol. Not many people, however, know that the derivation of the
word 'But' is the Arabic corruption of Buddha. Thus the origin of the word
...
A strike that failed - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- July 23, 1998
>>>The eight-day postal strike which ended on July 16 was
politically motivated and was part of a strategy to create
uncertainty in the minds of the people about Vajpayee-led
government. The strike achieved nothing. Piles of mailbags heaped
up for more than a week in the head post offices (HPOs). Post and
...
BJP survives, because it's ready to face elections - Ambikanand Sahay
- The Times of India
- July 23, 1998
>>>Despite the Cauvery bomb having been set ticking by the ever
mercurial Jayalalitha, the Vajpayee government has survived.
Chances are that the government will continue to survive, and
even remain alive and kicking.
...
India can do without N-club membership - M V Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- July 16, 1998
>>>In his exclusive interview to Malini Parthasarathy of The Hindu,
Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State, appeared to be
earnestly addressing himself to the task of narrowing the gap
between the U.S. policy perception and that of south Asia,
particularly India. On the other hand, the Secretary of State, Ms
...
Situation in J&K should improve further by next year, says Advani
Scientists Protest Delay in U.S. Visa for Indian Nuclear Physicist - MALCOLM W. BROWNE
- New York Times
- July 22, 1998
>>>[A] prominent Indian scientist who had planned to take
part in a scientific conference in Virginia this week was
not granted a United States visa, prompting charges by
American physicists that Washington is breaking precedent
by imposing political restraints on the free exchange of
...
Details of Resurgents India Bonds
Promoting US-China ties - M V Kamath
- The Daily
- July 7, 1998
>>>What is the matter with President Bill Clinton that he should so
abjectly consent to eat out of Chinese hands and accept any
humiliation imposed upon him? First, the Chinese insisted that on
his visit to Beijing, Clinton should not make at stop-over in any
other country. This obviously referred to Japan. It is like India
...
Leftist Fundamentalism and Media Hypocricy
Weaponisation option is not negotiable, India tells US - Posted By OFBJP Editor - Economic Times
- July 21, 1998
>>> INDIA and the US got down to some hard bargaining today
with the third round of talks between Jaswant Singh and the
US deputy secretary of state, Strobe Talbott beginning this
morning. While both sides admitted differences, the
``positive'' and ``constructive'' nature of the talks were
...
Godse Play: A Stupid, Senseless Ban
Vajpayee's assurance on CTBT seen as a sign of India's unbending stand - Tara Shankar Sahay
- Rediff on Net
- July 23, 1998
>>> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's assurance in the
Lok Sabha during Question Hour on Wednesday that India
had the inherent strength to face the post-Pokhran
sanctions has assumed significance. Minister of State
for External Affairs Vasundhara Raje also stated, for
...
History will not forgive Clinton - Ravindra K Sinha
- The Observer
- July 15, 1998
>>>Jawaharlal Nehru once said: "Nuclear powers are under a delusion.
Even this mighty source of power is not going to enable the
countries who possess it to Impose their will on other
countries... . Those who desire peace should know once for all
(sic) that there can be no world peace, no equilibrium or
...
Post-power postures - M V Kamath
- Mid-Day
- July 9, 1998
>>>There is no worse animal in India than a frustrated politician.
And there are so many in this country. There is, for example,
Subramanian Swamy, who has to make news now and then by saying
some revolting and outrageous things.
...
Sanctions are not problem, our mentality is (An Interview) - Somasekhar Sundaresan
- The Time of India
- July 14, 1998
>>>India should not waste its time worrying about "trivialities"
such as economic sanctions, says International Monetary Fund
(IMF) executive director M R Sivaraman. Contrary to popular
perceptions about the IMF, he strongly believes India has
tremendous resilience to withstand the sanctions, need not unduly
...
Sonia accused of creating Christian coterie - Geroge Iype
- Rediff on the net
- July 16, 1998
>>>Resentment is brewing in the Congress as a section of leaders charge
Sonia Gandhi with cultivating a coterie of Christian leaders in the party.
Some Congress leaders allege that ever since the Italy-born Sonia took
over the party leadership four months ago, she has packed her official
...
Hundred days and thrust for news ways to governance - Kanchan Gupta
- Indian Abroad
- July 10, 1998
>>> T a k i n g s t o c k o f a G o v e r n m e n t s p e r f o r
m a n c e d u r i n g i t s f i r s t h u n d r e d d a y s i n
o f f i c e i s s o m e t h i n g u n i q u e l y I n d i a n ,
s o r t o f a f i r s t t e r m e x a m i n a t i o n i n w h
i c h t h e e x a m i n e r s a r e r u t h l e s s l y b r u t a
...
BJP opposes religion based reservation - Posted By OFBJP Editor - PTI
- July 16, 1998
>>> Bharatiya Janata Party president Kushabhau Thakre said
on Tuesday that his party was not in favour of
reservations on the basis of religion.
Addressing a press conference in Bhopal, he said the
...
Good performance despite obstacles - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- July 9, 1998
>>>There seems to be a strong undercurrent among the non-political
citizenry throughout the country that the Vajpayee government is
not being allowed to function by allies like AIADMK and opponents
like Laloo Prasad Yadav, Jyoti Basu and Mulayam Singh. The AIADMK
leader, Jayalalitha, has been delivering shocks to the Vajpayee
...
Vajpayee government: Its a crisis of confidence, not performance - Prakash Nanda
- The Times of India
- July 10, 1998
>>>A hundred days is not a long enough period to evaluate the
performance of any government. It is not surprising that, at a
time when it is poetically correct to belittle every thing that
the BJP does, criticisms have come in plenty that the BJP's claim
to provide "a stable government under an able Prime Minister" has
...
Albright blames BJP Govt for nuclear tests
Epidemic of Nuclearism - Profile of Genocidal Mentality - Ashis Nandy
- The Times of India
- July 10, 1998
>>>===========================================================Editor's Comment: Nandy has made a serious indictment of the western
society. The United States has had the bomb for 55 years now. So much of
what he writes about the genocidal mentality should apply to it, and one
should see the effects of them in place. Surely the United States should
be a most dangerous place to live. It is amazing...
Why Salman Haidar was recalled? - K.P. NAYAR
- THe Telegraph
- July 12, 1998
>>> New Delhi, July 11
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision
to sack Salman Haidar, the High Commissioner
to UK, has been traced to a highly sensitive
meeting in South Block on a wintry noon in
...
Sanctions will make India self-reliant: BJP
BJP counsel, at MIT, speaks on budget - Posted By OFBJP Editor - India Abroad
- July 10, 1998
>>>Boston (USA): Dinesh Vyas, a member of the Indian Supreme Court bar and
legal counsel to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, recently talked on "the
Indian budget and the impact of sanctions on post-nuclear India" at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA on June 21.
The talk was organized by the India Quality Group (a think tank of OFBJP)
...
Tit for tat between two media vetrans
Blessed are the tyrants - Kuldip Nayar
- Indian Express
- July 7, 1998
>>>Practically every day brings an evidence of America's bias against India.
The latest is that President Clinton wants Beijing to be South Asia's
policeman. New Delhi is right in describing it as a reflection of
"hegemonistic mentality of a bygone era."
...
PM's sister fights a lone battle for a plot - Smeeta Mishra Pandey
- Indian Express
- July 9, 1998
>>> AGRA, July 8: The Prime Minister's sister
cannot take possession of a tiny patch of
land, barely 30 square yards, which she owns
in a middle-class Agra colony.
But 70-year-old Kamala Dikshit says she won't
...
Resurgent India Bonds to hit market next month - Posted By OFBJP Editor - Indian Express
- july 9, 1998
>>> MUMBAI, July 8: State Bank of India will
launch the Resurgent India Bond (RIB) for
non-resident Indians on August 5. The
five-year instrument, denominated in dollars,
pound sterling and deutsche marks will carry a
...
Music video on Pokhran - Haima Sukhu
- Asian Age
- July 9, 1998
>>> Mumbai: A psalm in the form of a music video
heralding the indomitability of the Indian spirit and reflecting the joyous
mood and heightened patriotism after the Pokharan nuclear blasts will be
aired on all major television channels from July 10.
...
A 'dream tour' of Chandni chowk - Pankaj Tuli
- Hindustan Times
- July 9, 1998
>>> Here's a bit of Arabian Nights stuff fanciful enough to make
Shahjehan turn around in his grave. The idea is to put the
unique 2 km stretch of road, starting from Red Fort down to
the Fatehpuri Masjid on the world tourism map since this is
the only road of its kind that weaves through all the major
...
BJP's nonchalance and Cong reluctance forced Jaya climb-down - N Sathiya Moorthy
- The Observer
- July 8, 1998
>>>The 'resigned casualness' of the BJP, possible splits in the
AIADMK party as also the alliance, and the Congress'
unwillingness to form an alternative Government particularly with
her party in it. were all behind the AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha's
climb-down and her decision to support the Vajpayee Government,
...
Nobody loves us - Tavleen Singh
- India Today
- July 12, 1998
>>> This week finds me in a nationalist mood. Not khaki
knicker-saffron flag BJP chauvinist but nationalist in the
real sense. The mood is due to a combination of
circumstances, general and personal. Heading the general
category is the disgust I felt as I watched on television
...
Vajpayee rules out converting LoC into border - Posted By OFBJP Editor - UNI
- July 7, 1998
>>> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today ruled out any
discussions with Pakistan on the basis of Line of Actual
Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
There is no proposal to declare the Line of Control as
...
Does the CPM own West Bengal? - Dina Nath Mishra
- The Observer
- June 25, 1998
>>>The CPM, which has been running a political fiefdom in West
Bengal for about two decades is by far the most worried, among
political parties, by the BJP's arrival at the centre. The
ideological leader in both UF governments, it is now trying to
provide leadership to the entire opposition, including Congress.
US willing to sell its soul to China - M.V. Kamath
- The Free Press Journal
- July 2, 1998
>>>Ask any man in the street anywhere in the world which of the two
countries - China and the United States - is more powerful and
the instant reply would be: the United States, of course! And
the reply could not be more wrong. In recent weeks China has
shown without the shadow of doubt that it is the stronger of the
...
Facts of history cannot be altered - Prof. B. B. Lal
- The Hindu
- July 1, 1998
>>>Prof. B. B. Lal, Director General (Retd.), Archaeological Survey
of India writes:
Under the caption 'Tampering with history', the Editor of The
Hindu, (dated June 12, 1998) dealt with the reconstitution of the
...
India cannot be balkanized
From Kalhana to Goebbels
Middle aged woman is in no hurry
BJP govt doing fine job: Farooq
The great Indian soap opera - Varsha Bhosle
- Rediff on Net
- July 2, 1998
>>> You'll have to agree: last week's been a laugh riot. I'd
thought that I was the only one with an evil mind, but
an e-pal beats me to it. This guy is what I perceive as
The Old Man From The Mountain -- flowing beard, shrewd
twinkling eyes et al -- though he's neither old nor from
...
Failure of Pakistan as a nation - Zafar Jung
- Hindustan Times
- July 3, 1998
>>> India and Pakistan, repre senting the two great religions of
Hinduism and Islam,
could have withstood the challenges of the modern world
better than any other
developing country if the "two-nation theory" had not played
...
BJP to counter "disinformation"
Crystal gazers see bright future for PM
100 Days of Vajpayee Govt: India Today Survey
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