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 CURRENT ISSUE MARCH 03, 2003
COVER STORY: WORLD CUP
Back from the Brink




At the end of the first week of the Cup it was obvious this would be cricket's most competitive tournament. Despite the win over Zimbabwe—and the brief respite for a cricket-crazed nation where every obsession has taken a backseat—India still walks the tightrope.

  
   
RSS: Sonia stop issuing 'certificates of patriotism'
NAM endorses Kuala Lampur declaration on globalisation
7 rescued, one missing on Gujarat's Dahej port
Jayalalithaa indicted for announcing pre-poll sops
GM to open centre in Bangalore for R&D operations
Gulf war concerns make BSE down to 40.25 points
Akram becomes first bowler to achieve 500 wickets
Aussie mantra: No Shane, no shame, no worry, we're confident
Savarkar row: Govt claims decision on putting up portrait collective
Musharraf says he's keen on Vajpayee's friendship
 
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the USA
 
 
Populist budgets are bad for the economy in the long run. Can India afford to have one?
 
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WEB ONLY FEATURES
The VHP's grand foray into Tamil Nadu begins with more just rhetoric. The huge following it has already managed to build up shows that it is well on its way to striking deeper roots, writes India Today's Arun Ram.
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THE NATION: BJP THE NATION: SCAMS FOLLOW-UP
United Colours of Saffron Smoking Guns
Venkaiah Naidu is fast bridging the BJP-RSS divide in a bid to gear the party for crucial year-end polls.
 Governments sloganeer about curbing corruption but nothing changes on the ground. INDIA TODAY looks at 14 major swindles in the past 15 years that involve Rs 22,376 crore, 221 cases and 149 charge-sheets. Till date there have been just 10 convictions.
STATES: NAGALAND STATES: HIMACHAL PRADESH
The Nation Bogey Bawdy Politic
While the Opposition banks on the Naga identity, the ruling Congress depends on a middle class that has seen through the 'bluff' of sovereignty.
 Hoping to bolster their chances, the BJP and the Congress denigrate the poll campaign to a sewer-level slugfest.
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 OTHER STORIES
ECONOMY: BUDGET 2003 WORLD: THE IRAQ CRISIS
Beginner's LUCK The War Is On
The finance minister has already opened budget proposals to the public. Here's how daring he can be on February 28.
 Unmindful of global protests, the US is set on using military force to oust Saddam.
CRIME: DAWOOD GANG     LIVING: SUPERCYCLONE WIDOWS
Hello Brother     Double Jeopardy
The police suspect the Iqbal-Pathan deportation may be a Dawood issue.
     For women who survived the supercyclone in Orissa, the compensation money has become a bait for tricksters rather than a means of succour.
 
HEALTH: ANDROPAUSE     PROFILE: MANI RATNAM
Dose of Vigour     Instinct Action Replay
Recent research shows that testosterone supplements are able to change the way men think, feel, behave—and relieve midlife crisis.
 		     As the king of organised chaos, the 47-year-old filmmaker has always done the unexpected, including repeated attempts to traverse the psyche of terrorism.
 
SOCIETY AND TRENDS: FASHION      
Same Dash for Less Cash      
Pret is the buzzword in an industry hit by recession and competition as top couturiers cross over to cash in on the booming ready-to-wear garment market.
      
       
 NEWSNOTES
FIRST TAKE CONFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHT DESPATCH DESIGNER CARS WORLDWATCH TABS ON TRIVIA
QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"One of my legs is shorter. To compensate for this I use extra leather padding in one shoe. I sometimes get cramps in one leg."
BHAIRON SINGH SHEKHAWAT, Vice President, who stood up for the National Anthem after he collapsed in Parliament while reading the Hindi version of the President's 75-minute-long speech

 
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An Arthouse Performer
In his comeback novel Sealy brings a rogue maker of biological weapons to Old Delhi.
     Merchant's autobiography is picture-perfect and too politically correct.
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Migratory Birds		      
This Muslim writer has a Hindu alter ego.
      
 
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As land hassles stem the flow of NRI investment in Punjab, the Government takes steps to ease the legal woes of expatriates.
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