The Rediff On The NeT Special: The Kargil Crisis


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  • The secret tapes
      Pakistan army chief
      Gen Parvez
      Musharraf and Chief
      of General Staff Lt
      Gen Mohammed Aziz,
      in conversation. In
      Real Audio. Check
      out their May 29
      discussion too.
      - June 15
  • 'The locals are
      supporting India'
       - June 3
  • 'There is a lot of
      support for the
      air strikes' - May 28
  • People are worried
      this could escalate
      into war - May 26

KARGIL MAP

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• Indian Army
• Indian Air Force

JULY 3
news
• PM's nod for poll preparations
• Arun Singh becomes Jaswant aide
• 'Fernandes' functioning would not be hindered'
• Pak warns India against widening conflict
• India rejects 'breakthrough', insists on pullout
• IAF launches search and destroy missions
• Be ready for a long haul: Malik
• Pak plea for international mediation
• Nine villagers massacred in J&K
• J&K government announces relief package
• The wily warriors: mercenaries' nemesis
• Sharief holds key meeting on Kargil
• 'Major breakthrough' on Kargil 'expected'

commentary
• Follow a Pro-active strategy, Atalji: Monu Nalapat
• Looking for a scapegoat: T V R Shenoy
• The danger of all out war: Amberish K Diwanji

JULY 2
news
• Ladakh Scouts recapture key post
• Overwhelming international support for India
• US House sub-panel opposes IMF, WB loans to Pakistan
• No move to convert LoC into border
• Congress sees political plot in Kargil operations
• Pak targeting innocents in J&K: Advani
• Advani non-committal on crossing LoC
• Pakistan seeks Russian mediation
• Vajpayee too may have sent secret envoy
• Delhi transport minister wants to stop Lahore bus
• Country first, cricket next, says Kapil Dev
• No talks with Pakistan: Mahajan

commentary
• Mooh mein Ram-Ram, bagal mein chhoori: Varsha Bhosle
• Must Sonia revive memories of '62 when we are winning in '99?: Kanchan Gupta
• For a reaction that befits the occasion: Saisuresh Sivaswamy

JULY 1
news
• Intruders pushed back to 1.5 km from LoC
• 12 labourers massacred in J&K
• Vajpayee does not rule out crossing LoC
• Naik suggests infiltrators, Indians pull back
• US Congressmen call for action against Pak
• Government willing to increase defence budget
• No question of third-party mediation: George
• A Hyderabadi son's final journey to Kargil
• Probe ordered into Poonch massacre
• Pak will meet same fate as in 1971: Advani
• Fear haunts Jammu
• Flush out intruders soon: Narasimha
• Bringing a smile to the war-weary jawans
• Punjab wants advance notice of war
• Kargil is 'hostage to India's domestic politics'
• Sharief was rumoured to be on the way out

analysis
• A Case for Détente in Kashmir: Colonel (retd) Anil Athale
• Jawan puts Indian toll in Batalik at 600
• Bhandari pitches for 'emergency government'

JUNE 30
news
• Indian troops capture Point 4700 in Drass
• 17 massacred in J&K
• Indian official abducted, thrashed in Islamabad
• Batalik, the army's toughest call
• Catch-22 for Nawaz Sharief
• Missing Pak spy, Indian contact held
• Fernandes fears Pak may use nukes
• Advani to visit Kargil tomorrow
• Night curfew in border areas of Jammu
• Hurriet leader prevented from leaving India
• CMs' conference to discuss Kargil on July 7
• After Kosovo, US focus shifts to Asia
• US clueless about Pak PM's visit
• France supports Indian stand

commentary
• Eff the Killer Instinct!: Pritish Nandy
• India gains in stature, Pakistan sinks in the mire: Kanchan Gupta

JUNE 29
news
• India will not allow LoC to be altered: Vajpayee
• Militants expose Pakistan's lie
• Sharief decides to cut short visit to China
• Centre to invite all CMs to discuss Kargil
• India tells Pakistan to recall 'missing' official
• Delhi confirms Pak emissary's visit
• Border farmers bear the brunt of Kargil
• Vajpayee accused of 'creating' Kargil
• PM's 'alarming letter' sparked Zinni's trip
• Sharief trying to meet Clinton
• Communication facilities in Kargil upgraded

commentary
• Stupid is as stupid does: Varsha Bhosle

interview
• 'Sikhs will back the Indian Army just as they had done in the 1965 and 1971 wars': Manjit Singh Calcutta

JUNE 28
news
• Talks only after Pak pulls out, India tells Lanpher
• US may turn the economic screw on Pakistan
• Vajpayee calls all parties for second meeting
• IAF expands operations, undertakes night sorties
• India will have to surrender Siachen: ISI ex-chief

JUNE 27
news
• Lanpher likely to suggest face-saving formula
• No unilateral withdrawal from Kargil: Pak
• Tiger Hills remains army's main headache
• IAF smashes new Pak supply camp
• Vajpayee rules out third-party mediation
• India braces for ISI's internal war
• Easier route to Amarnath may be abandoned
• China, Pak to sign deal for fighter aircraft
• Pak 'perfecting lethal strategy'
• India against Pak role in ASEAN meet
• Pak PM was kept in the dark
• Militants on the run in Jammu region
• Chidambaram blasts BJP over Kargil
• General Zinni has 'productive' talks
• Cabinet panel discusses Kargil
• Restraint has won India universal support: Advani
• Chandra Shekhar advocates restraint
• Jawan among four killed in the Valley

analysis
• Law rather than War on Kashmir

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Some of these reports were filed via IRIDIUM