India aide says Pakistan missile triggered n-tests
14 May 1998 01:13 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s test launch of its longest-range missile last…
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14 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 14 (Reuters) – India woke up on Thursday to the first full…
India wrestles with moral dilemma of nuclear clout
17 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 17 (Reuters) – “If the radiance of a thousand suns were…
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27 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) – India’s nuclear tests alone will not make the country…
Focus- India says Pakistan N-tests justify policy
29 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 28 (Reuters) – The Indian government reacted calmly on Thursday to news…
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Analysis India pundits do not see a new Cold war
29 May 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 29 (Reuters) – India and Pakistan must now sit down and talk…
Interview- India’s Sinha wants to go for growth
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India’s weary Kashmiris told- “Go see a movie”
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ANALYSIS-India, Pakistan return to square one
31 July 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 31 (Reuters) – The collapse of efforts to revive peace talks between…
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India general sees no danger of nuclear exchange
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INTERVIEW-Kashmir might spark N-war – separatist
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Indian soldier caught in grinding Kashmir strife
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FOCUS-India says Afghans in Kashmir intrusion
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Indian Kashmir talks offer sows confusion, anger
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WRAPUP-India hits Kashmir militants with air power
26 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 26 (Reuters) – India on Wednesday launched its first peacetime air strikes…
ANALYSIS-India, Pakistan caught in undeclared war
27 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) – India was on a roll on Wednesday. It unleashed…
WRAPUP-India loses planes, lashes out at Pakistan.
28 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 27 (Reuters) – India suffered a sharp reverse on Thursday in its…
WRAPUP-India bombs Kashmir rebels, warns Pakistan.
27 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 26 (Reuters) – India unleashed two waves of air strikes on…
Wrapup- Indian helicopter downed in Kashmir crisis
29 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 28 (Reuters) – India suffered a second setback on Friday in its…
Wrapup- Kashmir crisis heats up after Stinger use
29 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 28 (Reuters) – India suffered a second setback on Friday in an…
Interview- Onus on Pakistan in Kashmir-Indian aide
30 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 30 (Reuters) – A top Indian official said on Sunday it…
India vows no pause in Kashmir assault for talks
1 June 1999 22:59 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – India will not halt its air and ground…
Interview- “no relenting in Kashmir
2 June 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – India’s External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said on Tuesday…
ANALYSIS-India faces hard choices in Kashmir.
13 June 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, June 13 (Reuters) – India and Pakistan, daggers drawn in Kashmir, held a…
ANALYSIS-India torn over scope of Kashmir combat
4 July 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 4 (Reuters) – India’s commanders are fighting with “one arm tied behind…
Over 1,000 infiltrators still in Kashmir – India
8 July 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 8 (Reuters) – India’s army has recaptured key points in Kashmir and…
Interview- India says Pakistan must restore trust
18 July 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) – Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh on Sunday urged Pakistan…
Villagers play tag with death in India’ Kashmir
6 August 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited NAMBLA, India, Aug 6 (Reuters) – The people of Nambla are sitting ducks in the…
Interview- India flays “imperialist” nuclear qualms
8 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 8 (Reuters) – India rejects fears by “yesterday’s imperialists or today’s new…
India’s Fernandes insists Pakistan PM was in dark
31 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 31 (Reuters) – India’s Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Monday he…
INTERVIEW-India’s Fernandes sees no nuclear danger.
31 May 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, May 31 (Reuters) – India’s Defence Minister George Fernandes said on Monday he…
INTERVIEW-Indian general fears return to proxy war.
13 July 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 13 (Reuters) – Watching vanquished Islamic guerrillas retreat to Pakistan, India’s top…
Asia satellite TV successes prompt local response
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INTERVIEW-Early Kashmir spring helped India.
18 July 1999 Reuters News English (c) 1999 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) – India’s military intelligence chief said on Sunday that Pakistan’s…
Satellite TV no pie in the sky in Asian megamarket
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INTERVIEW-Pakistan says US policies polarise world
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INTERVIEW-Pakistan says its missiles better than India’s
15 April 2003 Reuters News English (c) 2003 Reuters Limited ISLAMABAD, April 15 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned India of massive retaliation…
India fields seasoned negotiator at Pakistan talks
26 March 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, March 26 (Reuter) – Salman Haidar will be an immovable object facing a…
India’s Kashmir talks offer — flip-flop or ploy?
28 July 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, July 28 (Reuter) – India’s Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral performed one more…
Kashmir group says exhumed body is of its leader
30 September 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (Reuter) – A militant group in Kashmir on Tuesday said an…
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