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Kargil, in hindsight

Sunday 26 July '09

On this day, 10 years ago, the last of the Pakistani intruders returned home from Kargil. SHISHIR GUPTA looks at the lessons learned, and subsequently unlearned, from Kargil....
Pak says top 26/11 accused not giving voice samples

Wednesday 22 July '09

The Mumbai 26/11 dossier handed over by Pakistan this month revealed that prime accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi....
UPA to name 3 troubleshooters for J&K, Nagaland, Gorkhaland

Tuesday 14 July '09

The UPA government is activelyconsidering appointing interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir, the Gorkhaland agitation and has decided to replace its Nagaland....
Hawk Geelani wants to visit ailing son in Pak, Centre may OK

Sunday 12 July '09

The Centre is considering letting Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, 77, travel to Pakistan to meet his ailing...
All set for a quiet launch of India's first indigenous N-sub

Wednesday 8 July '09

More than two decades after it was conceived, India’s first indigenously built N-submarine is set for a quiet launch towards the end of this month.
Chidambaram to discuss Valley unrest with Omar tomorrow

Sunday 5 July '09

With unrest showing signs of spreading to Anantnag and Sopore, Home Minister P Chidambaram...
Will build 20 km of roads a day: Kamal Nath hikes target 10-fold

Friday 3 July '09

If the railway network is being packaged by Mamata Banerjee as an engine for inclusive growth, Union Minister of Surface Transport and Highways Kamal Nath...
20 secys to reach Jharkhand today

Sunday 28 June '09

Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Home Secretary designate G K Pillai, accompanied by 18 other senior....
Gun ready for testing, Singapore firm top brass rush to explain

Saturday 13 June '09

With its 155-mm lightweight howitzer lined up at the Army’s testing range at Pokhran....
Govt pulls up IAF top brass after China protests remarks

Friday 12 June '09

Beijing has objected to public statements made by the IAF top brass justifying the induction of frontline Su-30 MKI fighters at the Tezpur base....
President invites legal experts for consultations

Saturday 16 May '09

Faced with the prospect of a hung Parliament and not much of a difference between the seats won by the UPA and NDA...
Frowns over RJD-LJP alliance

Saturday 25 April '09

The temperature is in the dehydrating forties, and the crowd is listless under the merciless sun as the BJP’s national campaign manager Arun Jaitley...
Straws in Punjab wind: blowing for Cong in cities, SAD in villages

Friday 24 April '09

The urban voter’s seeming disappointment with the Badal government could benefit the Congress’s Pawan Kumar Bansal in Chandigarh....
Upper castes leaving, Mayawati casts net among Muslims

Saturday 18 April '09

In the searing heat of east-central UP, two national parties are chasing what they believe is a window of opportunity in inhospitable terrain.
Paramilitary forces to step up poll security in J&K

Friday 3 April '09

In the light of a large-scale infiltration attempt in Kupwara sector last month and threat perception of increased infiltration to target the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu...
Indo-Israel missile deal: All sides of the story

Friday 3 April '09

Left, BJP have alleged corruption in the $1.665 bn contract for medium-range surface-to-air missiles that the Defence Research & Development Organisation
Advani backer Bhagwat is new RSS Chief, Joshi new GS

Saturday 21 March '09

The new order took over in the Sangh Parivar with Mohan Rao Bhagwat being appointed as the Sarsanghchalak of the RSS and Suresh Joshi pipping Suresh Soni as Sahkaryavahak or general secretary of RSS.
Army wants its own to head NSG, Defence says no need

Thursday 26 February '09

The Defence Ministry has rejected a proposal by the Army that a three-star general head the National Security Guards rather than a police officer who.....
Maya seeks CBI probe into Amar’s Clinton donation

Thursday 19 February '09

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has asked the UPA Government to order a CBI investigation into Samajwadi Party...
Govt plans 100,000 homes in Rs 10-20 lakh range

Wednesday 18 February '09

Govt is working on a major stimulus for flagging real estate market and ancillary industries through a nationwide scheme of affordable housing.
Mumbai cops in US with GPS and satphone, FBI helping retrieve data

Monday 16 February '09

Technical experts of the FBI are examining the Global Positioning System equipment and satellite phones used by the Mumbai attackers...
CM goes complaining to Home Ministry against L-G, police

Wednesday 11 February '09

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has sought Home Minister P Chidambaram’s intervention to “pre-empt deliberate efforts to dilute powers of the elected representatives” before the Commonwealth Games.
PM wants next govt to decide key envoys

Wednesday 11 February '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has indicated to the External Affairs Ministry that key diplomatic appointments to Washington....
After 26/11, Defence Ministry puts purchase of hi-tech weapons for Army on fast track

Sunday 8 February '09

Jolted by 26/11, the Defence Ministry has directed the Indian Army to fast-track its hardware acquisition on the pattern of US land forces...
CRPF wants out of law and order duty in J&K, to beef up terror operations

Monday 2 February '09

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has asked the Home Ministry for permission to withdraw 65 companies (8,190 men) from Srinagar in a phased manner.
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