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The Kargil Crisis
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December 21
News
• Opposition boycotts meeting chaired by Fernandes

December 19
News
• Fernandes keeps away from Parliament under deal with Oppn

December 14
News
• Army procurement: CVC initiates action on CAG report

December 12
News
• Coffin scandal unites opposition parties
• Irrelevant weaponry purchases made in the name of Kargil: CAG

August 21
News
• Jaswant Singh defends appointment of Arun Singh, George Verghese

July 28
Interview
• 'Kargil was a good wake-up call'

July 27
Interview
• 'Pak thought Army's back was broken'

July 26
News
• Nation remembers Kargil heroes on Vijay Diwas
• Intelligence lapses led to Kargil intrusion: Gen Malik
Interview
• 'Crossing LOC would have had implications'

July 26
News
• Army censures failures, but fails to honour heroes
• Gen Malik not invited for Kargil celebrations
• PM to meet Kargil martyrs' families

July 21
News
• Pakistan troops continue firing in Kargil for second day

July 20
News
• Pakistani artillery shells Kargil

May 11
News
• Three service headquarters to be integrated: CCS

January 23
News
• Kargil heroes to feature in R-Day parade

October 28, 2000
News
• PMO 'casual' about national security matters: Subrahmanyam

October 18
News
• Bunkers built for residents of Kargil

September 28
News
• Brigadier Surinder Singh files interim reply: PTI

September 23
News
• Army sticks by Kargil widows

September 18
News
• Brig Surinder Singh likely to challenge showcause notice

September 1
News
• Defence ministry issues vague denial to Anand's claims

August 31
News
• Army awaits Fernandes' return to refute MP's charges

August 30
News
• Pakistan occupying six Indian peaks, claims MP

July 22
News
• Army yet to act on Kargil lesson: Malik

March 4
news
• 'The fallacy of showing the LOC as running northeast to the Karakoram Pass must be exposed'

March 3
news
• 'The country can no longer afford such ad hoc functioning'

March 2
news
• 'Kargil highlighted the gross inadequacies in the nation's surveillance capability'

March 1
news
• 'The Kargil battle was fought with less than optimum communications capability'

February 28
news
• 'This rapid and strong Indian reaction was obviously not expected by the Pakistanis'

February 27
news
• 'The Pakistani establishment has a long and consistent history of misreading India's will'

February 26
news
• Mishra may go, Fernandes may be asked to shut up

February 24
news
• Is India a soft state?

February 10
news
• Brigadier Singh seeks President's intervention

February 3
• Malik mulls over lessons of Kargil

September 16
news
• Alleged Army HQ note adds fuel to Kargil fire


August 25
news
• ISI-backed terrorists reported to have come in through Kargil
columnist
• The LoC may be de facto at present, it might become de jure tomorrow : Kuldip Nayar

August 24
news
• Army to deploy one division along LOC
columnist
• The stuff we are made of :Varsha Bhosale

August 22
news
• Declare Pakistan a terrorist state: Joshi

August 21
news
• Security beefed up in Kutch

August 20
news
• Pak used Gilgit people as cannon fodder: Amanullah
• Congress intensifies attack on government's handling of Kargil

August 19
news
• PoK PM supports opening of LoC
columnist
• The method followed at Siachen is irrelevant in Kargil : Ashok K Mehta


August 18
news
• Army orders inquiry into PVC blunder
• India to face Kashmir pressure after poll: Pak

columnist
• Kashmir's accession: a Pandora's Box : Arvind Lavakare


August 17
news
• Meeting ground must to solve Kashmir: PM
• One killed in Pak shelling


August 15
news
• Four Kargil heroes awarded Param Vir Chakra
• N-deterrent prevented war: Pak
• India is not serious about peace: Sharief
• 'J&K police betraying IB officials'
commentry
• The Islamised Pakistan Army believes jihad is the military salvation to Kashmir : Major General (retd) Ashok K Mehta.


August 14
news
• Skardu populace rises against mujahideen
• Meet an unusual hero: Mule 696

August 13
news
• Army prepares for fresh offensive in Kargil

August 11
news
• NO meeting between Sharief, Vajpayee in NY

August 8
news
• Kargil shows need for revamping security
• Freeze LoC to end border skirmishes, says Abdullah

August 7
news
• Major advances in defence systems soon
• Develop technology for mountain warfare: PM

August 6
news
• Srinagar-Kargil highway not yet safe

interview
• I hold Narasimha Rao responsible for allowing Kashmir to slip out of India's hand : Lt Gen P N Hoon (retd)

columnist
• The Silent Sentinel : General Ashok K Mehta


August 5
interview
• The Pakis were supposed to be 1km away from the LoC. They haven't implemented it : Lt Gen P N Hoon (retd)

August 4
news
• Dixit, Vohra to gauge mood in the West

August 3
news
• Pak studying US formula on Kashmir
• 'Vajpayee kept mum on Kargil to enhance reputation'

special
• The Invisible Heroes

August 1
news
• Russia to modernise India's MiG fleet
• Don't impose conditions for talks: Pakistan
• Pak won't attempt another incursion

special
• Kargil: a turning point in military aviation

columnist
• The soldiers have won the war; will the politicians lose the peace? : Monu Nalapat


JULY 31
news
• 'US has gained respect for Vajpayee'
• Pak wants sincere talks on Kashmir
• Sharief ready for talks with India
• Pak Opposition rejects Sharief-Clinton deal

special
• 'It is most important for the widow to feel that her husband's sacrifice has not been in vain' : The Ranjana Malik

columnists
• At war with the Khan on the street : Ashwin Mahesh
• Service with a smile, apply here : Dilip D'Souza

JULY 30
news
• Inderfurth sees 'useful' role for US in Kashmir
• Ackerman opposes call for 'special envoy'

special
• India-Pakistan cannot afford war

JULY 29
news
• India's ties with US are not danger-free
• Don't set terms for talks, Pak tells India
• No talks with militants: Thakre

special
• Through the travail and fire of Kargil our nation has been renewed

columnists
• Egg on their faces : Kanchan Gupta
• Time to change friends : Pritish Nandy


JULY 28
news
• Pallone against US mediation in Kashmir
• End of Kargil crisis makes it easier for Amarnath pilgrims
• War widows to be given petrol pumps, LPG connections
• Rs 4.3 billion package for DD, AIR in Kashmir

interview
• The Kargil campaign is good tonic for the country and army :General Ved Prakash Malik

columnist
• Let us not forget history : Arvind Lavakare

JULY 27
news
• ASEAN forum backs India on Kashmir dispute
• Britain seizes Pak-bound nuke material
• 'There's more to Kargil than meets the eye'

columnist
• Sharpening the saw
• 20 questions on Kargil

JULY 26
news
• Pakistan must honour promise to withdraw troops, says Albright
• Drass cleared of infiltrators
• Jamaat rally calls for Sharief's ouster

JULY 25
news
• Government sets up inquiry into Kargil conflict
• ASEAN backs Indian stand on LoC's sanctity
• Army concentrates on shelling enemy positions
• Intruders will be ousted soon: Fernandes
• Support for National Security Council in Pakistan grows

JULY 24
news
• Pak helicopter violates Indian air space
• Gujral endorses Vajpayee's stand
• Restore LoC, US tells Pakistan
• Army gears up for winter threats
• Indian, Pak army chiefs may meet in Colombo

columnist
• Armchair strategists : T V R Shenoy.

diary
• Wake up call

JULY 23
news
• Pakistan continues to shell Drass, Batalik
• Militants kill 3, abduct 5 in J&K
• Return our territory, Pak tells India
• We need a plan to tackle Pak: Fernandes
• US urges Pakistan to restrain militants

columnist
• After victory, let us be magnanimous : Admiral (retired) J G Nadkarni
• The day after : Saisuresh Sivaswamy

dairy
• How rejuvenating is war

JULY 22
news
• Probe into Kargil lapses soon: Jaswant
• Albright condemns J&K massacres
• 3 killed as J&K militants hurl grenade
• Pak wants 'real dialogue' on Kashmir
• Intruders still holding vital supply route: Gen
• No talks with Pakistan till elections, says MEA
• Clinton urged PM to start Indo-Pak talks
• 'The Mujahideen will be the cause of Pakistan's disintegration'

columnists
• Shamed By The Name Game : Dilip D'Souza

JULY 21
news
• Army to resume operations in Mushkoh valley
• 19 massacred in J&K
• Clinton supports Indian position on Kargil
• India's nukes only a 'deterrent': Fernandes
• Kargil not to be a poll issue: BJP
• Kargil celebrates return of peace
• Pak media laments lost opportunity

columnists
• The Reds are steeped in the blues : Varsha Bhosle
• No business as usual, please : Monu Nalapat

chat
• 'The LoC is not the Berlin Wall'

JULY 20
news
• BJP debates 'Kargil impact' on polls
• Jaswant Singh's team looking forward to meeting with Albright
• MEA unfazed by Sharief's Saudi sojourn
• BSF men kill 3 Indian soldiers by mistake
• Settling Kashmir vital for creating trust: Pak
• Gen Malik visits forward posts in Kargil
• Grenadiers' history is replete with stories of valour
• Ordnance factories: War's back-room boys
• 'Now Kargil will fight militancy in N-E'

columnists
• Let go of Kashmir! Ashok Mitra
• Mullahs and mind-washing : T V R Shenoy


JULY 19
news
• Last of the Pakistanis leaves Kargil
• India firm on pre-conditions for talks
• Fernandes insists there was no intelligence failure
• Jamaat issues threat to Sharief
• Sharief flies to Saudi Arabia
• Retired Pak generals criticise Kargil manoeuvre

JULY 18
news
• Situation in Pakistan is fluid, say diplomats
• US fears attacks on its interests in Pakistan
• Pak sees 'smooth progress' in pullout
• India sends two soldiers' bodies to Pakistan
• Albright to meet Jaswant
• Time to focus on Kargil failures: Shekhar
• Amartya Sen opposes increase in defence budget
• NLI troops miffed with seniors
• Pakistan Army's Islamisation began early, says intelligence document
• Converting Kargil Into A Genuine Victory
• Hello peace, goodbye war

JULY 17
news
• Indo-Pak power deal off, a victim of Kargil
• Deadline for withdrawal extended
• Mushkoh still in Pakistani hands
• List of Pak Army dead includes brigadier
• 'We are waiting for a signal from Pakistan'
• Raunaq Singh questions Dilip Kumar's decision
• Punjabi youth spurred by Kargil

columnists
• Pak may challenge Siachen control : Kuldip Nayar

chat
• The turning point was the grit and determination displayed by our troops

JULY 16
news
• Troops secure LoC in Batalik, Kaksar
• Pak refuses to take back bodies of its officers
• Speculation rife that Sharief has signed CTBT
• Pallone Takes Up for Kashmiri Pandits
• India to continue PR war against Pakistan
• US is not forcing India into talks: Chandra
• 'Kargil is not the end'

commentary
• Mooh-tod jawaab : Varsha Bhosle
• Thank you, but I would rather hate the Pakis : Kanchan Gupta
• Politicians, patriotism and pettiness : Amberish K Diwanji
• The Kargil victory : Major General Ashok Mehta (retd)
• NSG: Living life dangerously Mahesh Nair

JULY 15
news
• Pak pullout nears end
• Centre tries to bolt stable door in J&K
• Commandos storm BSF camp, free hostages
• Lashkar-e-Toiba vows to continue war
• Lahore Declaration still relevant, says Vajpayee

interview
• 'Those who are hurt by my not returning the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, I feel sorry for them'

chat
• 'We believe the Pakistani PM. He is quite a credible person'

commentary
• Exploiting the war: Pritish Nandy
• Going forward, fighting Germany: Dilip D'Souza

diary
• Tandoori chicken in Beijing

JULY 14
news
• Government in no mood for talks till polls
• Indo-Pak ties have been set back 10 years
• India refuses help to US to nail Bin Laden
• BSF area attacked, DIG among 5 killed
• Army leaving nothing to chance: Gen Malik
• Kargil Hope: Fighting death away from the battle zone
• No withdrawal, militants snub Sharief
• Pak shelling continues in Jammu region
• US rules out mediation
• Don't equate withdrawal with safe passage: Mahajan
• 24,537 killed in J&K since 1988
• Pak trying to turn LoC into border: JKLF
• PoK unhappy with pullout
• Al Badr calls Sharief a coward

diary
• My own little hate-list

JULY 13
news
• Government denies giving intruders safe passage
• Officials remain wary of mujahideen
• BJP, Congress to use Kargil as key poll issue
• Death marches on in Drass, Batalik
• Pakistan starts pullback
• Sharief makes offer of talks to India
• Pullout to be over in a week: Mishra
• Operation Vijay is still on: ministry
• Kargil fiasco sends Pak public into tailspin
• IAF reconnaissance missions continue
• Field Marshal Cariappa's birth centenary celebrated

interview
• 'I, Zoramthanga, salute the brave Indian soldiers'

diary
• 'I'd promised my head to the nation': Raveena Tandon on her visit to Kargil

JULY 12
news
• Pakistani troops begin withdrawal
• Indian soldiers remain sceptical
• No talks till all the Pakistanis leave: PM
• Dilip Kumar decides to retain Nishan-e-Imtiaz
• Trichy turns out to bid Saravanan goodbye
• Pakistan refuses to take even officers' bodies
• Army has done the job, says additional DGMO
• Indian shells kill 8 Pak soldiers, 7 militants
• India expects pullout to be over in a week
• Sharief claims credit for averting war

JULY 11
news
• Victory is near, army chief tells Cabinet committee
• Pak forces may pull out next week
• We are close to vijay, says PM
• Guns boom louder in Drass
• Halt fighting till Clinton intervenes: Sharief
• Sharief's appeal boosts US peace initiative
• Decision on withdrawal on Monday
• Farooq wants war if Pak doesn't desist
• Don't politicise Kargil, PM tells BJP
• Shatrughan Sinha supports Dilip Kumar
• Four, including jawan, killed in the valley
• Pakistani media blasts Sharief government

commentary
• Punish the guilty: Monu Nalapat
• The Return of Arun Singh: Janardan Thakur

diary
• The King & I

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Some of these reports were filed via IRIDIUM

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