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Editorials
POTA reinterpreted
WHILE UPHOLDING THE constitutional validity of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), the Supreme Court has sanitised what is easily the most contentious and loosely worded Section in this controversial piece of legislation. In doing so, the ...
Flushing out ULFA
THE MILITARY ACTION by Bhutan against insurgents of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and other Northeastern militant groups camping in its southern jungles will go a long way in addressing India's security concerns in the region. The ...


Leader Page Articles
WORLD VIEW
Asian balance and the subcontinent
By C. Raja Mohan

A creative Indian policy must aim at leveraging the rise of China and Japan and the Sino-U.S. entente to transform its own security condition in the subcontinent.
The Loya Jirga
By Robert O. Blake, Jr.

We are seeing Afghanistan determine its own destiny as it undertakes a democratic approach to ascertain the will of the nation.


News Analysis
When Vajpayee spoke like Nehru
By Harish Khare

NEW DELHI, DEC. 17. Because of the media's preoccupation with the Indian cricket victory in Australia and with the excitement over the POTA amendment, not much attention has been paid to the import of the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's ...
High time Govt. put down corporal punishment
By Gautaman Bhaskaran

CHENNAI, DEC. 17. What happened at a school near Villupuram recently was nothing short of barbaric. This was not the first time it happened in a school and, going by reports and the trend, may not be the last. A physical training teacher beat ...


Letters to the Editor
  • End of an era
  • Crackdown in Bhutan
  • Attack on Musharraf
  • PM & SAARC
  • Amended POTA
  • Anti-defection Bill
  • On Rajaji
  • Excellent tribute
  • Pensioners' woes



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