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The Kargil Crisis
JUNE 5
news
• Army prepares to launch major offensive
• Army closing in on Pak intruders in Drass
• Government may increase defence budget
• Nachiketa is raring to go on next sortie
• Air strikes continue
• Sartaj sparks row on LoC
• Clinton writes to Vajpayee on Kargil
• Hold talks, US tells India, Pak
• Aziz lists his agenda for talks
• Government will have to answer many questions: Manmohan
• States told to maintain utmost vigil
• Nawaz Sharief faces domestic flak

analysis
• Braggadocio can never substitute for professionalism: Wg Cdr (retd) C M Jaywant
• Soldiers are not expendable commodities: Lieutenant General (retd) Kuldip Singh Brar
• How India's losing the PR war: Chindu Sreedharan

commentary
• Technology doesn't lie: T V R Shenoy

JUNE 4
news
• Pakistan releases Flight Lieutenant Nachiketa
• Jaswant, Aziz to meet next week
• Government believes nukes for Pak navy is bluster
• Lieutenant colonel among 3 officers killed
• Fernandes denies 'safe passage' offer
• Militants see 'defeat' in safe passage offer
• 'We need 10 soldiers to kill one intruder'
• Pak shelling kills 5 civilians in Batalik
• A dangerous drive to Drass
• Tale of a journey in the war zone
• Villagers flee from frying pan to the fire

interview
• 'Pakistan doesn't worry whether it has the benefit of deniability': Girish Chandra Saxena

commentary
• House of Dementia: Varsha Bhosle

chat
• 'It will be a matter of great dishonour if you lose a body to the enemy': Major General (retd) Ashok Mehta

diary
• The story of Siachen

photo feature
• Images from the frontline

JUNE 3
news
• Advani, Jaswant oppose 'safe passage' proposal
• Military up in arms against 'safe passage'
• Experts scoff at 'safe passage' option
• The going is tough in Kargil
• Pak Navy to get nuclear bombs
• Diplomatic efforts on to free Nachiketa: PM
• Casualties rise to 50
• Air strikes on for eighth day
• Drass sees off bus-load of hope
• Major killed in J&K encounter
• ITBP commandant cremated
• Talks 'meaningful' only if crisis ends
• Home ministry fears internal sabotage
• Minister's rare gesture for dead sergeant

analysis
• Kargil may bring about new direction in Indo-US relations: Seema Sirohi

commentary
• No amount of peace is worth ceding an inch of territory: Saisuresh Sivaswamy
• But The Men Die: Dilip D'Souza

interview
• 'The PM's visit to Pakistan made our people feel a bit more comfortable': Lt Gen (retd) Jagjit Singh Arora

JUNE 2
news
• Government's handling of Kargil dismays defence forces
• Centre failed to act on intelligence warnings
• Defence, foreign ministries furious with PMO over Aziz's visit
• Major Adhikari becomes second officer to die
• Air strikes continue
• Propaganda nails Pak lies
• No cease-fire till infiltrators are pushed back
• 500 intruders killed: Fernandes
• Mi-17 chopper proves IAF's hero
• Congress backs Operation Vijay

analysis
• Operation Vijay will be long and difficult: Major General Ashok Mehta (retd)
• 'If we get provoked we will give Pakistan the leverage they require': Lieutenant General (retd) Ashok Joshi on Operation Vijay

JUNE 1
news
• Vajpayee delinks talks from air strikes
• India at a disadvantage in high-altitude war
• IAF deploys Mirages to bomb out Pakistanis
• West cold-shouldered Pak into talks
• India refuses to discuss anything but Kargil with Aziz
• 'War-like' situation on LoC: PM
• Army foils infiltration attempt in Jammu
• Pak won't 'hesitate to use any weapon'
• Russia blasts Pak for nuclear threat
• We did not lose any positions: intruders
• Pakistan denies pilot's murder
• Vajpayee contradicting himself, says Natwar Singh

interview
• 'India should have begun the air strikes earlier': Qamar Ali Akhoon

analysis
• Pak misadventure in Kargil: The road ahead - Wing Commander (retd) R V Parasnis
• The escalating war in Kashmir: Gaurav Kampani

commentary
• Waffling over war: Anil Nair

MAY 31
news
• 15,000 more troops sent to Kargil
• Army, IAF batter Pakistan intruders for 5th day
• Pilot killed in cold blood
• Helicopter crew's bodies recovered
• Vajpayee rejects UN chief's mediation offer
• 'The family is both proud of Nachiketa and concerned about his well-being'
• 3 ITBP personnel killed in Kashmir blast
• Pakistanis now shell Leh region
• In Pakistan, terrorists train to wage war in India

analysis
• 'Loss of aircraft should not deter us from achieving our goal': Lieutenant General (retd) Ramesh Kulkarni

MAY 30
news
• Indian troops go on high alert
• Govt clears deployment of Sukhois
• Air strikes on; Pak beefs up forces
• Intruders Pak soldiers, not militants: General
• Nachiketa's sister to meet President
• Pilot Ahuja's body has bullet wounds
• Britain, France, Russia, US will not raise Kargil in UN
• J&K civil defence wing on alert
• US not to send envoy over Kargil
• Kashmir militants 'shot down' copter
• Border villages calm despite 'near war'
• No halting air-strikes, PM tells Sharief
• Opposition guns for Fernandes over foot-in-the-mouth ailment
• Pak ready to send foreign minister
• 'The next time you hear the swish you don't wait. You sprint'
• A Kargil Diary

analysis
• Pakistan's ability to think up something sinister never ceases to surprise!: Colonel John Taylor (retd)

chat
• 'Going to war would be meaningless and extremely costly in human and economic terms'

MAY 29
news
• Army recaptures key heights, squeezes infiltrators
• IAF helicopter shot down
• Infiltrators armed with American Stingers
• Pakistan parades Flt Lt Nachiketa on television
• 4 killed in J&K bus blast
• Losses within limits, service chiefs tell PM
• Fernandes briefs Cabinet
• Spooks had warned of spurt in infiltration
• IAF clueless about 'missing' pilots
• MiG wreckage in Pakistani territory
• Pak faces dilemma over infiltrators' corpses
• US summons Indian, Pak envoys
• Washington worried about escalation in Kargil
• PM to meet leaders over Kargil
• Advani, George pushed PM into air raids
• Operations will not be over in a jiffy: expert
• Farooq rules out war
• Voice of Russia calls them Islamic infiltrators
• Propaganda war hots up
• Bandh cripples life in Srinagar
• Sharief may have been kept in the dark: Western experts
• Mamata endorses army action in Kargil
• Where life is deadly business

analysis
• Kashmir: The real story: Arvind Lavakare
• 'The boys have to fly dangerously low to the targets which makes them more vulnerable': General Suneeth Francis Rodrigues (retd)

MAY 28
news
• Two aircraft shot down; India won't attack Pak positions
• 'An unprovoked act of hostility'
• Tensions likely to subside, says defence ministry
• IAF launches another round of air strikes
• India, Pak will not go to war: Abdullah
• Crisis will be defused, says expert
• Pak gambled and lost, says former air chief
• Cautious in peace, intrepid in battle
• Pak calls for UN intervention
• Kargil 'quiet', people scramble for essentials
• Mingi awaits retaliation with fear
• US urges restraint over Kashmir
• Dusk-to-dawn curfew on Punjab border
• 'Infiltration is a figment of the Indian army's imagination'
• 'Troops will advance only after the infiltrators are neutralised'

analysis
• 'The government does not have courage for action across the LoC': Major General C S Nugyal (retd)

interview
• 'Infiltration is a figment of the Indian army's imagination': Mushahid Hussain

commentary
• Courage under fire: Varsha Bhosle

MAY 27
news
• IAF launches second wave of air strikes
• Advani accuses Pak of sending troops across
• Troops reach J&K in anticipation of Pak attack
• Action to continue till ground is recovered
• IAF uses latest aircraft, takes no chances
• 'Any escalation will be Pakistan's responsibility'
• Islamabad issues a stiff warning
• Pakistani Air Force on alert
• Government 'failed' to act early
• 'The reality of the situation has not percolated to these very hungry men, women and children'
• US, British envoys meet Fernandes
• Vigil stepped up along Indo-Pak border
• Tourists can continue to visit, says government
• Kargil action 'will not escalate' into full-scale war, says NSC adviser
• 'We hope to destroy the insurgents'
• PoK attacked thrice: Pakistani officer
• Government 'made the right move'
• Pakistan has 'enough nukes'
• BJP blames Pakistan, others blame PM

MAY 26
news
• Army prepares for major attack to evict infiltrators

analysis
• Why do they need 'three more' brigades to tackle 'just 300' Pak infiltrators?: Chindu Sreedharan

MAY 25
news
• Pakistan intensifies shelling of Kargil, Drass

MAY 23
news
• Kargil district HQ shifted 10km to Chukthan
• Pak infiltrators did not breach LoC: general

MAY 21
news
• Troops rushed to border to kill Pak attempt
• Pak ready for 'any eventuality'

MAY 20
news
• Army brings in choppers to flush out infiltrators
• Pakistan continues to shell Kargil, Drass

MAY 18
news
• Kargil commissioner, police chief have a narrow escape
• Farooq cancels Kargil visit
• Infiltrators to be flushed out by tomorrow

MAY 15
news
• After Kargil, Pak focuses on Drass

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