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A sensible move
IN VESTING MORE financial and administrative powers in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) for Leh, the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Government in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a significant step towards addressing the much-neglected ...
Starved of funds
A SUGGESTION MADE by the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee, at the National Development Council meet that the Centre could directly fund panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) for specific purposes is bound to raise the hackles of many States, because ...


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Devaluing the NHRC
By Rajindar Sachar

The Government of India and State Governments of all political hues continue to be indifferent to remedying the deficiencies in the working of the National Human Rights Commission.
Anatomy of terrorism in South Asia — I
By Muchkund Dubey

Terrorism has had an adverse impact on domestic political structures in South Asia. It has encouraged militarism, chauvinism and a distinct lurch towards right-wing extremism.


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Killing two birds with one stone
By Inder Malhotra

To those in New Delhi who can think beyond New Year festivities and their coverage on page three - their number, alas, is not very large - the Pakistani President and Army Chief, Pervez Musharraf's double-speak on whether or not he had ...
NEWS ANALYSIS
Countering Pak.'s nuclear blackmail
By C. Raja Mohan

NEW DELHI, DEC. 31. If there were any doubts that the development of missile defences was one of India's most important national security imperatives, they should be removed once and for all by the latest statements of the Pakistan President, ...


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