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A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

India and Russia consolidate their friendship further, with the two countries signing a Declaration of Strategic Partnership and other agreements of i

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A new government in Mauritius

The Opposition alliance of the Mouvement of Socialiste Mauricien and the Mouvement Militant Mauricien registers a landslide victory in the elections i

An opportunity lost

The opposition parties criticise the Prime Minister for going overboard on issues of national importance and have started asking him probing questions

Of arms and assistance

As India signals its readiness to provide as yet unspecified assistance to ease the situation in Jaffna, the diplomatic and military aspects of the cr

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India's policy dilemma

India has difficult choices ahead.

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Bilateral thrust

The media hype of a "historic shift" in the U.S. stand on Kashmir appears to be without basis; in fact, there is no evidence of the Clinton Administra

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Megaphone diplomacy

The Indian Government has failed to convince other countries about the veracity of the evidence it has presented to establish Pakistan's complicity in

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Playing the nuclear card

THE release of the draft Indian Nuclear Doctrine was purposely timed by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led caretaker government to be as close to the gene

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Spotlight on Siachen

NEW DELHI was not unduly surprised at Pakistan Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz's reported statement in London early in July, which linked a Pakistani pul

Wrong signals

The meeting between Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and the Dalai Lama has caused further strain in Sino-Indian relations.

War games

The Indian Army's proposed military exercises near the Pakistan border and Pakistan's reaction to it raise the temperature on the bilateral and intern

An ambitious venture

PROJECT SEA BIRD is one of the most ambitious projects to be undertaken by the Indian Navy. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the enhanced reha

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