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The Kargil Crisis
Real Audio   • 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
External Links
  • Indian Army
  • Indian Air Force

• 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'

analysis
• '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

JULY 10
news
• Army expects to restore LoC by July-end
• Pakistani intrusion is almost at an end
• Pakistan asks mujahideen to help resolve crisis
• Operation Vijay to continue till infiltrators are driven out
• It will be do or die at the climax
• Pak has control over infiltrators: US
• Pakistan trying to open new front
• Little known IAF unit gives vital inputs
• Returning award is Dilipsaab's 'personal decision': Bachchan
• School children salute Kargil martyrs

Commentary
• Hindi Chini Bye Bye : Francois Gautier
• Let us not be lulled by the olive branch : Saisuresh Sivaswamy
• Better role models : T V R Shenoy


analysis
• Kargil: The PR Offensive : Amberish K Diwanji

JULY 9
news
• Fighting gets bloodier in Drass, Batalik
• Miles to go before Sharief keeps promise
• Militants ban Americans in Kashmir
• Reject Pak plea for mediation: Pallone
• Authorities confirm N Korean ship's deadly cargo
• Sharief briefs generals, ministers
• Don't cross LoC, Russia tells India
• Sharief will consult parliament: US
• Gorkha Rifles, JKLI win citations
• Clinton to take 'personal interest' in Kashmir
• US to have 'direct role on Kashmir': Pak
• Kargil operation will end soon: Thakre
• Three killed in shelling in Jammu
• PoK ex-president supports Sharief
• The US has its reasons to back India: Dixit
• This nation needs to tell its soldiers it cares

photo feature
• Vignettes from the war zone

Commentary
• Kargil -- the Video War : Admiral J G Nadkarni (Retd)

JULY 8
news
• Indian troops recapture Jubar Heights
• India rejects bid to link Kargil with Siachen
• Pak gives new twist to accord
• Pakistan expels abducted Indian official
• Aziz rules out military coup in Pakistan
• Militants reject pullout appeal
• Srinagar-Kargil-Leh bus service resumes
• Operation Vijay won't stop: PM
• Kargil threatens internal security: Advani
• Restore status quo ante on LoC: Russia
• Mulayam sceptical of Pak withdrawal
• Bodies of Lt Verma, 5 others brought to Chandigarh
• Saner Pak elements back accord
• Sharief will implement accord: US
• Blair backs US-Pak accord

commentary
• Dushman Kaun? Ikbal Khan
• The Battle of Tiger Hill: Major General (retd) Ashok K Mehta
• Vajpayee at the Potomac: Anil Nair

JULY 7
news
• 11 Gorkha reclaims crucial Khalubar
• Government blames UF for defensive lapse
• Terrorist groups defy Pak, refuse to leave
• Operation Vijay will continue: Advani
• Intruders continue to stand their ground
• Pakistani extremists fail to drum up support
• Ordnance units to step up production
• Pak says its officials were detained
• 'Complete understanding' with Sharief
• Progress on Kashmir a must: Aziz
• Sharief digging his own grave: ISI ex-chief
• Oust Sharief, demands Jamaat
• 'Humiliating' deal puzzles Pak media
• Pakistan wants cease-fire
• Tiger Hill capture greatest event: ex-chief

commentary
• The Paki intruders were promised houris; they got   death instead : Kanchan Gupta

photo feature
• Wounds of war : Chindu Sreedharan

JULY 6
news
• India wary of US-Pak deal on withdrawal
• Another Indian official in Islamabad beaten, abducted
• Clinton, Sharief agree on steps to end crisis
• Pak withdrawal seems imminent
• India to continue operations with 'full force'
• Army intensifies campaign in Batalik
• Take the fight to Pakistan, exhorts retired general
• Pakistan to appeal to the mujahideen to leave
• Sharief warned of dire consequences
• Mujahideen refuse to withdraw
• Sharief ready to restore LoC
• 'Pakistan should not be trusted'
• Vajpayee turns down Clinton's invitation
• Jalandhar proud of its upright major
• Pakistani infiltration bid in Rajouri foiled
• Sharief to brief Tony Blair
• Pakistan to get Chinese fighters next month

analysis
• 'Yeh Hindustan hain. Pakistan thodi nahin': Chindu Sreedharan
• Kargil: Surrender or Die: Anil Athale

chat
• 'The operations will continue till the enemy is decimated': Colonel R E Williams

commentary
• A Kargil six-shooter: Varsha Bhosle

JULY 5
news
• Indian Army recaptures Tiger Hill

JULY 4
news
• Indian Army launches attack on Tiger Hills
• 3 Kargil-bound army officers assaulted
• India to move World Court against Pak aggression
• Clinton to meet Sharief on Sunday
• Moghul descendants ready for war with Pak
• Congress firm on demand for RS session
• Sartaj Aziz says threat of war slimmer now
• US ambassador sees tension reducing
• France may delay delivery to Pak Mirages
• Advani returns with a hero's ashes
• The brave son of Andhra returns home

analysis
• 'Pak will not survive even two days of war'
• For the Ladakhi monks, being with India is a duty

commentary
• When death is a bullet with your name on it: Amberish K Diwanji

Week 5, Week 4, Week 3, Week 2, Week 1

Some of these reports were filed via IRIDIUM

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