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May 2002 - India Special Weapons News

  • INDIA / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 31 May 1999 -- INDIA ON MONDAY ACCEPTED A PAKISTANI OFFER OF HOLDING TALKS IN THE KASHMIR CRISIS. AT THE SAME TIME INDIA SAYS IT WILL NOT END ITS MILITARY CAMPAIGN TO DISLODGE WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS" WHO ARE DUG IN ON HIGH GROUND ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE KASHMIR BORDER.
  • Prime Minister accepted the offer of Pakistan for talks May 31, 1999 -- Prime Minister has considered and accepted the offer of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to send Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz to India.
  • Official Spokesman's Statement 31 May 1999 -- Prime Minister has considered and accepted the offer of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to send Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz to India. The dates for the Pakistan Foreign Minister's visit will be worked out through diplomatic channels.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR FIGHTING Voice of America 30 May 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN KASHMIR IS IN FULL SWING. THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES ARE TARGETING GUERRILLA POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY WHAT IT SAYS ARE INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN.
  • INDO / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 29 May 1999 -- INDIA CARRIED OUT A FOURTH DAY OF AIRSTRIKES SATURDAY AGAINST WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS FROM PAKISTAN." AND INDIA SAYS IT HAS PROOF -- IN THE FORM OF IDENTITY PAPERS -- WHICH SHOWS REGULAR PAKISTANI ARMY FORCES ARE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE INFILTRATORS.
  • INDIA/FIGHTING UPDATE Voice of America 29 May 1999 -- INDIA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE MILITARY OPERATIONS TO IT EXPEL FROM INDIAN KASHMIR ALL OF WHAT IT SAYS ARE PAKISTANI-BACKED INFILTRATORS. AFTER FOUR DAYS OF AIR STRIKES SATURDAY, CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO PAKISTAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER TRAVELING TO INDIA IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
  • KASHMIR FLYING Voice of America 29 May 1999 -- KASHMIR MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ARE NOW THE SCENE OF HEAVY COMBAT, AS INDIAN AIR FORCE JETS STRAFE MOUNTAIN RIDGES AND ARMY TROOPS ENGAGE IN FIERCE FIGHTS WITH GUERRILLAS THEY SAY HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER FROM PAKISTAN.
  • KASHMIR FIGHTING Voice of America 29 May 1999 -- IN FEBRUARY, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE AND PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF AGREED TO SET UP A SPECIAL TELEPHONE LINK FOR CRISIS SITUATIONS. IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING USE OF THAT LINK IN RECENT DAYS.
  • U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing MAY 28, 1999 -- Indian air strikes and ground attacks continue against positions occupied by infiltrators from Pakistan that are in India's side of, but very close to, the line of control in Kashmir. An Indian helicopter was reportedly shot down today on the Indian side of the line of control. This fighting is the most serious in some time in Kashmir, and its proximity to the line of control makes it of grave concern and great concern to the United States.
  • U-N / KASHMIR TENSION Voice of America 28 May 1999 -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SAYS HE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LATEST HOSTILITIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. BUT THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT MR. ANNAN PLANS TO ACT AS A MEDIATOR IN THE CONFLICT.
  • INDO / PAK / KASHMIR Voice of America 28 May 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ONE OF ITS HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS WAS SHOT DOWN ON FRIDAY AS FIERCE BATTLES RAGED ALONG MOUNTAIN RIDGES ON THE INDIAN SIDE OF THE KASHMIR VALLEY.
  • INDIA / PAK / U-S REACT Voice of America 28 May 1999 -- THE UNITED STATES IS EXPRESSING CONCERN THAT CLASHES ALONG THE DISPUTED KASHMIR REGION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN COULD SPIN OUT OF CONTROL.
  • DAILY NEWS Government of India 28 May 1999 -- India has sternly warned Pakistan that it would be responsible for any escalation in the situation along the line of control in the wake of operations in the Kargil sector to flush out Pakistan-backed infiltrators. In a strongly worded statement, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said last night that any foolhardy ventures against New Delhi cannot succeed. He said the present situation has been created entirely because of Pakistan's provocative activities.
  • Official Spokesman's Statement Government of India 27 May 1999 -- Our Acting High Commissioner in Islamabad has categorically rejected the "protest" and the untenable allegations made this evening by an official of the Pakistan foreign Ministry. It was pointed out to the Pakistan Foreign Minisry that there has been no violation whatsoever of the LoC by India. Our aircraft were flying on our side of the LoC.
  • SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT OF NAVAL VERSION OF TRISHUL Government of India 27 May 1999 -- Naval version of TRISHUL was successfully flight tested in guidance mode as an anti sea skimmer against low altitude sea target.
  • AIR OPERATIONS TO FLUSH OUT INFILTRATORS IN KARGIL SECTOR Government of India 27 May 1999 -- Early this morning, the Indian Air Force took armed air action against Pak-aided militants, who had infiltrated into our side of the LOC, in general, areas of Drass-Kargil-Batalik. This action was forced upon India because the infiltrators are in considerable strength and consist of a large number of well-trained mercenaries.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR Voice of America 27 May 1999 -- INDIA THURSDAY LAUNCHED NEW AIRSTRIKES IN KASHMIR AGAINST WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS," DUG IN ON HIGH GROUND ON THE INDIAN BORDER WITH KASHMIR. SENIOR INDIAN COMMANDERS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE ATTACKING UNTIL THEY EVICT THE INFILTRATORS.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR / AIRSTRIKES Voice of America 27 May 1999 -- INDIA THURSDAY LAUNCHED A NEW WAVE OF AIRSTRIKES IN KASHMIR AGAINST WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS "INFILTRATORS," DUG IN ON HIGH GROUND ON THE INDIAN BORDER WITH KASHMIR. PAKISTAN IS CALLING THE AIR RAIDS VERY SERIOUS AND SAYS IT HAS RESERVED THE RIGHT TO RETALIATE.
  • Indo-Pakistan conflict has dangerous escalation potential By Praful Bidwai in New Delhi - May 27, 1999 -- The conflict, involving the use of Indian air power at the border for the first time in 27 years, this time to repulse alleged intruders, has the potential to escalate to dangerous levels. Although India says the operation is confined to its side of the line of control (LoC), as the disputed boundary is called, Pakistan claims that some bombs have fallen on its territory and it regards the matter as "very, very serious", grim enough to put its forces on high alert.
  • Statement issued by the Indian Defense Ministry on the air operations to flush out infiltrators in Kargil sector New Delhi - May 26, 1999 -- Early this morning the Indian Air Force took armed air action against Pak-aided militants, who had infiltrated into our side of the LoC, in general areas of Drass-Kargil-Batalik.
  • TEXT: INDERFURTH 5/26 SENATE STATEMENT ON U.S., INDIA RELATIONS USIA 25 May 1999 -- Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Karl F. Inderfurth spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee May 25 about U.S. and India relations.
  • TEXT: INDERFURTH 5/26 SENATE STATEMENT ON U.S., INDIA RELATIONS USIA 25 May 1999 -- Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Karl F. Inderfurth spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee May 25 about U.S. and India relations.
  • INDIA/KASHMIR Voice of America 24 May 1999 -- FIGHTING CONTINUES ON THE KASHMIR BORDER BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. INDIA SAYS IT IS BATTLING TO EVICT PAKISTANI INFILTRATORS FROM A SECTION OF THE CEASEFIRE LINE BETWEEN THE TWONATIONS.
  • INDIA POL Voice of America 24 May 1999 -- IN INDIA, ITALIAN-BORN SONIA GANDHI HAS WITHDRAWN HER RESIGNATION AS CONGRESS PARTY PRESIDENT. MRS. GANDHI'S DECISION ENDS A LEADERSHIP CRISIS FOR THE COUNTRY'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY.
  • Pakistan's activities along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir New Delhi - May 21, 1999 -- Pakistan has, since early this month, under the cover of intense artillery shelling, pushed into Indian territory across the LOC in the Kargil sector, a large number of armed intruders.
  • INDIA POLITICS Voice of America 20 May 1999 -- SENIOR LEADERS OF INDIA'S OPPOSITION "CONGRESS PARTY" HAVE EXPELLED THREE OF THEIR COLLEAGUES WHOSE CRITICISM OF PARTY LEADER SONIA GANDHI EARLIER THIS WEEK LED HER TO RESIGN HER POST.
  • INDIA / KASHMIR FIGHTING Voice of America 19 May 1999 -- THE SENIOR INDIAN ARMY COMMANDER IN INDIAN KASHMIR SAYS FIGHTING IS CONTINUING ALONG A SECTION OF THE KASHMIR BORDER. AFTER TWELVE DAYS OF SOMETIMES HEAVY COMBAT IN THE REGION THE INDIAN ARMY HAS BROKEN ITS SILENCE ON THE FIGHTING, SAYING 12 OF ITS SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND NEARLY FIFTY HAVE BEEN WOUNDED.
  • INDIA / CONGRESS Voice of America 18 May 1999 -- INDIA'S OPPOSITION CONGRESS PARTY IS INTENSIFYING PRESSURE ON SONIA GANDHI TO WITHDRAW HER RESIGNATION AS LEADER OF THE PARTY. THE CONGRESS PARTY IS IN CRISIS FOLLOWING MRS. GANDHI'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN.
  • INDIA/RESIGNATION Voice of America 17 May 1999 -- SONIA GANDHI, THE LEADER OF INDIA'S CONGRESS PARTY, HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION, BUT SENIOR PARTY OFFICIALS IMMEDIATELY REJECTED THE OFFER.
  • INDIA / CONGRESS Voice of America 17 May 1999 -- INDIA'S OPPOSITION CONGRESS PARTY IS GRAPPLING WITH A REBELLION AGAINST THE LEADERSHIP OF ITALIAN-BORN SONIA GANDHI. THREE SENIOR CONGRESS LEADERS ARE QUESTIONING THE PARTY'S DECISION TO PROJECT MRS. GANDHI AS THE CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER IN THE SEPTEMBER GENERAL ELECTIONS.
  • PAK / KASHMIR FIGHTING Voice of America 16 May 1999 -- ARTILLERY EXCHANGES ARE REPORTED TO BE ESCALATING BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, ALONG THE BORDER OF THE DISPUTED TERRITORY OF KASHMIR.
  • PAK / KASHMIR FIGHTING Voice of America 16 May 1999 -- INDIA SAYS ITS TROOPS HAVE NOW PUSHED BACKED MOST OF THE PAKISTANI INFILTRATORS WHO SEIZED BORDER POSTS ALONG THE DISPUTED KASHMIR REGION LAST WEEK. THIS AFTER ARTILLERY EXCHANGES WERE REPORTED TO BE ESCALATING BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
  • INDIA / PAK/ FIRING Voice of America 14 May 1999 -- INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE TRADING ARTILLERY FIRE ACROSS THE DISPUTED KASHMIR BORDER. INDIAN AUTHORITIES ARE DENYING REPORTS THAT PAKISTAN CAPTURED INDIAN BORDER POSTS. THE FIGHTING IS REPORTED TO HAVE CLAIMED 17LIVES.
  • INDIA / NUCLEAR Voice of America 11 May 1999 -- ONE YEAR AGO TODAY INDIA STUNNED THE WORLD BY CONDUCTING ITS FIRST TEST OF A NUCLEAR DEVICE IN 24 YEARS. INDIANS ARE STILL DEBATING WHETHER THEY ARE MORE SECURE, OR LESS SECURE AFTER THE TESTS.
  • INDIA/SATELLITE Voice of America 07 May 1999 -- INDIA WILL LAUNCH SATELLITES LATER THIS MONTH ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. THIS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS A MILESTONE FOR INDIA'S SPACE PROGRAM AS IT SIGNALS THE COUNTRY'S ENTRY INTO THE LUCRATIVE GLOBAL SPACE MARKET.
  • INDIA/B-J-P Voice of America 02 May 1999 -- INDIA'S HINDU-NATIONALIST PARTY HAS CONCLUDED A TWO-DAY POLITICAL STRATEGY MEETING IN NEW DELHI. THE MEETING COMES TWO-WEEKS AFTER THE HINDU-NATIONALIST-LED-COALITION WAS TOPPLED FROM POWER, AND MID-TERM ELECTIONS WERE CALLED.



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