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India Today issue dated July 10, 2000
July 10, 2000

Belligerent Posture
By playing the autonomy card, the besieged chief minister Farooq Abdullah tries to strengthen his hold on the valley but puts the Centre in a fix.

NATION
Luddites on the Prowl
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch's assault on the Centre's economic policies and the defeat in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls are a twin reminder of the BJP's Parivar troubles.

e-Fail
A website that can't place the PM, tenders that closed last year and posts that changed six months ago-the Government's presence on the Net is a joke.

STATES
Feuding Lords
With the lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh threatening legal proceedings against the governor, the row between the two has taken a turn for the worse.

Red in Danger
Mamata shatters the Left's 15-year run in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and strengthens her resolve to defeat the front in the assembly elections.

 
OTHER STORIES
BUSINESS
Locking Horns
Encouraged by the rising demand for dairy products, a host of companies is fighting for a slice of the Rs.36,000 crore market.

DIPLOMACY
SI! No! May be..
Vajpayee's visit to Rome and Lisbon arises hope in Indian circles but results range from vague to iffy.

SCIENCE
Choose Your Genes
..this may be the reality now that the human genome has been mapped. But it will be a while before we reap the benefits.

 

SPORTS
Cricket's Cop-out?
A new chief with new controls. But cricket's bosses still drag their feet over the scandals threatening the game.

Missing Mr Mehta
Rattan Mehta tops the CBI's bookies suspect list. Blame his eloquent mobile phone record.

LIVING
Occult Obsession
More and more Indians turn to esoteric healing techniques in their search for lasting cures-whether it's chronic cold or stress

COLUMNS NEWSNOTES
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Clueless in Kashmir-If Delhi can discuss azadi with the Hurriyat, why not autonomy with Farooq?

Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Vasco To Vajpayee-The Prime minister's Lisbon sojourn evokes Lusitanian memories 

Flipside: by Dilip Bobb
Cracking the Code

Economic graffiti: by Kaushik Basu
An individual's honesty is reflected in the prosperity of his community 

Cyberchatter: by Samar Halarnkar
Watch the Rain Tree

 Way to Go
The sweltering summer keeps our honourable ministers away from home.

Time to Say Nay 
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, former Rajasthan Chief minister kicked his 50 years old habit of tobacco consumption. 

Level Headed
Sonia Gandhi's decision to enlist the services of her Private Secretary Pulak Chatterjee led to some needless embarrassment.

Laloo's Last Shy?
Rushdie's "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"  haunts Laloo even in sleep.

Confessional
 Cyril Mar Baselios took over last week as president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India after Archbishop Alan de Lastic's demise.
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From the
Editor in Chief

Editorials
Deadwood Forest-Purging the bureaucracy of laggards is a great idea. But who'll do it?
Clueless Crowd-The CBI's cricket inquiry could do with a sense of urgency

Eyecatchers
Noyonika Chatterjee, Devang Patel, Aditya Chopra and Monica Bedi
Voices

Books
Tales from Tagoreana
Piquant Pakistan
Bomb Theory

Offtrack
 Hiss Excellency-An autorickshaw driver is the most sought after snake catcher in Mysore town

Centre stage
by Ajit Ninan

 

Game Theory 
Tales from the wide world of sport by Rohit Brijnath.

Beat Street 
Listen to the experiences on the job by INDIA TODAY correspondents

Tall Tales by S Kalidas

Friday Fundas  
Musings on trends, shams and life by Ravi Shankar

24 Frames Per Second  
Sensuous and mesmerising account of the Tinsel town by Anupama Chopra

Loose Change  
An incisive take on the business and economy by Sudeep Chakravarti

Au ContrAiyar  
A contrarian take on stock markets, policy and practice by V Shankar Aiyar

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