The writer is Consulting Editor, The Indian Express.

July 25, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 24: The apocryphal story goes that when Jaswant Singh first went to talk to America on behalf of India last month, the of...
Sat, Jul 25, 1998
July 25, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 24: In the wake of the US attempt to bail out Pakistan from economic meltdown, India will play ``tough but fair'' in any ...
Sat, Jul 25, 1998
July 22, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 21: The United States will abstain from voting on an IMF loan to Pakistan when the matter comes up in Washington tonight,...
Wed, Jul 22, 1998
July 21, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 20: India and the US today got down to sorting the devil in the detail in their bilateral relationship, with US Deputy Se...
Tue, Jul 21, 1998
July 20, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 19: When the glitterati gets into politics, it's a photo-op. But when the dazzle stems from old royalty, even staid joint...
Mon, Jul 20, 1998
July 20, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, July 19: India has told the US that it ``can live with the text'' of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), but added that ...
Mon, Jul 20, 1998
July 19, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 18: Barely two months after India went nuclear, officials from New Delhi and Washington will roll up their sleeves and ge...
Sun, Jul 19, 1998
July 18, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 17: There is no question of vacating Aksai Chin because the territory has been a part of China from ancient times and is ...
Sat, Jul 18, 1998
July 09, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 8: The Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan are likely to have a bilateral meeting on July 31, the third day of the SAARC s...
Thu, Jul 09, 1998
July 04, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 3: The government has ordered the recall of another of former prime minister I K Gujral's political appointees, L C Jain, cu...
Sat, Jul 04, 1998
July 03, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, July 2: Efforts are on to repair the relationship between India and the US with Jaswant Singh, the Prime Minister's key aide, bei...
Fri, Jul 03, 1998
June 30, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 29: The Government seems to be showing signs of nervousness over the interview given by Jaswant Singh to a private televisio...
Tue, Jun 30, 1998
June 26, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 25: India has spurned the United Nations' efforts to turn the spotlight over Kashmir, after it learnt that the UN Secretary ...
Fri, Jun 26, 1998
June 25, 1998 00:00 IST
Some thirty years ago Indira Gandhi sent L.K. Jha, one of her closest confidantes, to the world's major capitals on a mission to explain Ind...
Thu, Jun 25, 1998
June 23, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 22: A year after India and Pakistan signed a communique in Islamabad identifying eight issues for negotiations, including Ka...
Tue, Jun 23, 1998
June 17, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 16: First it was Brajesh Mishra, then Jaswant Singh, the PM's de facto foreign ministers, who toured the world explaining th...
Wed, Jun 17, 1998
June 17, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 16: In the face of US economic sanctions against India's nuclear tests, Moscow and New Delhi will sign a "supplement&qu...
Wed, Jun 17, 1998
June 14, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 13: Five months after India proposed talks with Pakistan, Islamabad has told New Delhi that it is willing to restart the dia...
Sun, Jun 14, 1998
June 13, 1998 00:00 IST
A whole month after India shook the world with its nuclear tests, the Government continues to show lack of vision in demonstrating its crede...
Sat, Jun 13, 1998
June 09, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 8: Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra is leaving for Moscow tomorrow for meetings with senior Russian leaders, including Pre...
Tue, Jun 09, 1998
June 08, 1998 00:00 IST
It's been India vs The Rest for much of the last month. In the post-Pokharan II sound and fury, unusually disturbing noises from Japan have ...
Mon, Jun 08, 1998
June 08, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 7: As the world stood determined to isolate India for daring to go nuclear, the Government today appeared a bit nervous but ...
Mon, Jun 08, 1998
June 07, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 6: Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee this evening spoke to Russian President Boris Yeltsin for the third time in the last ...
Sun, Jun 07, 1998
June 06, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, June 5: In the face of the threat to internationalise the Kashmir dispute issued last night in Geneva by the foreign ministers of...
Sat, Jun 06, 1998
June 03, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 2: In an effort to stem growing worldwide condemnation about its nuclear status, the Government has fielded principal secret...
Wed, Jun 03, 1998



