August 23, 1999

COVER STORY
The Vajpayee Wave
An exclusive pre-election opinion poll indicates the BJP-led alliance will win a comfortable majority in the next Lok Sabha. An overwhelmingly high rating for Atal Bihari Vajpayee suggests the voter trusts a tried and tested hand over the relative inexperience of Sonia Gandhi.

ELECTIONS 99
Clutching the Hand
By promising support to a secular government, Congress-only if necessary, the Left Front hopes again to wag the dog.

Poll Talk
The Buzz about Rahul, Naidu woos the ladies, Naina Balsaver stands for the BSP.

NATION
Creek Crisis
The strange encounter in the Rann of Kutch leading to the shooting down of the Pakistani Atlantique sets both countries on the path of confrontation again.

OTHER STORIES

E C O N O M Y
Here comes the Recovery
So say industrialists and experts unless bulging deficit and high interest rates rates stunt the upturn.

C I N E M A
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