
Monday, July 19, 1999
Cross connections
As the head of state, and a concerned citizen of the country, President K.R. Narayanan has his reasons for asking Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to reconsider the government's recent decision to bail out various telecom operators.

Stating the obvious
The Pakistani establishment evidently believes in breaking important news to the world and its people alike in small, digestible instalments -- even if it amounts to stating the obvious.

Strategy behind ceasefire
It was late June 1948, eight months after Indian troops landed just in time to prevent Srinagar being sacked by advancing Pathan lashkars. The rough winding road from Jammu over the Banihal Pass had been strengthened and widened to bring in light tanks.

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