![]() Online edition of India's National Newspaper Tuesday, February 04, 2003 |
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Sharp rise in heat led to Columbia disaster? WASHINGTON, FEB. 3. Preliminary evidence is telling officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that temperature on the left side of the space shuttle Columbia may have shot up and that the craft could have been subjected to ... Advani outlines India's activism on the external front SINGAPORE, FEB. 3.The external aspects of India's internal security concerns have induced it to engage several key countries in a proactive fashion on ways to take concerted counter-terror measures. Outlining this new aspect of India's ... `Kalpana was not afraid of living out her passions' PARIS, FEB. 3.``I did not know Kalpana Chawla personally, but I know how much she was appreciated by fellow French astronauts who worked with her. She was a marvellous, very enthusiastic person who did remarkable work. I am speaking as an ... Stop recruiting child soldiers, Chandrika appeals to LTTE COLOMBO, FEB. 3. The Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, today appealed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to stop recruiting child soldiers and sought a guarantee from the peace negotiators that the core issues of the ... Musharraf leaving for Russia with hope ISLAMABAD, FEB. 3.To Russia with hope. This sums up what has been billed as the "path-breaking" three-day visit of the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, to Moscow, beginning tomorrow. "Let us forget the past and start a new chapter in ... Iraq remains defiant MANAMA (BAHRAIN), FEB. 3. Showing no signs of relenting to mounting Anglo-American pressure, Iraq has reiterated that it cannot guarantee the safety of the U-2 surveillance planes that the United Nations weapons inspectors intend using unless the ... Pak. Rlys. turned down India's plea again? ISLAMABAD, FEB. 3. For the second time since snapping rail, road and air links with Pakistan, India is believed to have unsuccessfully tried to persuade Islamabad to resume rail freight traffic between the two countries. The Railways Ministry ... Sukhoi family will be present in strength MOSCOW, FEB. 3. The traditional Aero India -2003 international aerospace show will be opening in Bangalore on Wednesday, with quite a few sensations. RIA-NOVOSTI's military analyst, Viktor Litovkin, says in an article that some of these ...
Ode for Kalpana(The writer, who has taught poetry at university, is U.S. Ambassador to India.) |