Dhirubhai Ambani has always equalled extraordinary ambition. His canny business sense and
understanding of the Indian system has resulted in a
Rs 65,000-crore business empire. Right now Reliance
is in the midst of a critical transition. The group is expanding ambitiously into telecom, IT, power, financial services and retailing of petroleum products. Will it be able to grow as rapidly without Dhirubhai's captaincy? Now as he battles for life, India Today recounts the legacy of the legend and how his sons Mukesh and
Anil Ambani plan to steer the megacorp.

Narendra Modi goes into election mode projecting himself as a multifaceted leader of Gujarat.
 

Failure to recover loans from influential persons leave the Orissa State Financial Corporation facing closure.

The BJP has begun the countdown for Marandi's removal by fielding his detractor in the by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat.

The Government is saddled with Rs 200 crore worth of real estate that no one
wants to buy.

The Government of India overturns a
57-year-old ban on foreign equity in
print media.

The pressure on Musharraf to show results on infiltration while continuing to reassure his constituency has put him in a tight spot.

Spurred by a court order, the Assam Government attempts to clear the state's reserved forests of 15 lakh encroachers.

Young children help themselves and others with some handy tips in this remote village of West Bengal.

Last month, villagers moved into the 58 houses that were built with Care Today's support in Nani Dadhar village of Bhuj.

Indian males face a hairy future with new follicular fads.

The midriff and the butt cleavage make a new fashion statement.

Engaged in fending off the world's ills is a new breed of activists—famous and ready to lend their names to a worthy cause.

World Cup finalist Brazil's flair and Asia's game rose steadily during this Oriental odyssey.

The poorly paid male leads of southern sleaze continue to dream of making it big in mainstream cinema.

A spate of made-in-Mumbai English films is in the pipeline. Is it enough to be called a new genre?

The issue of Time with the now infamous and unflattering "Asleep at the Wheel" article on Vajpayee has been a sell-out.

India's first referee in the World Cup football, Komaleeswaran Shankar, is back in Chennai after supervising three matches.

Which is the sexiest city in India? Believe it or not, it's Hyderabad. That's the finding of a recent poll on sexual habits in India.

Fortunes of Political Scions.

An Asian teenager's road trip to
maturity.

Safina Uberoi , Shamita Shetty , Bob Christo & Tom Alter, Kamal Sidhu