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CURRENT ISSUE JUNE 16, 2003

COVER STORY: THE PRIME MINISTER

Will Atal Retire?

A.B. Vajpaye unleashed a political storm by announcing that L.K. Advani would lead the party campaign in the next elections. The enigmatic statement has confounded allies and antagonists as they analyse what the implications could be for them and the nation without his leadership.


	Anand- Politics has taken over world chess

	24 Cong MLAs seek CM Antony's ouster in Kerala

	7 Councillors held for assaulting municipal commissioner in Kolkata, get bail

	Capital shame: 2 AIIMS staff arrested for raping woman patient

	Suu Kyi well- UN envoy meets Myanmar opposition leader

	Bush to send team to clarify Indian troops' role in Iraq

	Forging ties- Advani invites Bush to India

	Chandigarh graft case- Accused Judge Bhardwaj surrenders

	Honda launches new-look "Accord", targets 32 pc turnover rise

	HDFC Bank not to tread the M&A route

Has the standard of beauty queens India is sending to beauty pageants declined?


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THE NATION: CONGRESS			CONTROVERSY: MURDER TRIALS

Miles To Go			Reaching A Dead End
The Srinagar conclave gives a boost to Sonia's image but the two-day deliberations reveal internal differences on key electoral issues.			These were crimes of passion so sensational that they once hogged media attention but languish in courts today. Here's where the cases stand.



LETTERS			EDITORIAL
From The Editor In Chief To The Editor			Talking Sense Election debates should be qualitatively different — as in Madhya Pradesh.

OTHER STORIES

OFFTRACK: BILASPUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH			ECONOMY: BANKING

Art of Living			Soaring Gains
A family overcomes immobility trauma to help the similarly affected.			Surging profits and ballooning share prices, the performance of public-sector banks has evoked awe and disbelief.
DIPLOMACY: FOREIGN POLICY			NEIGHBOURS: PAKISTAN
In The Big Leaugue			Taliban Effect
Despite constraints India makes a determined bid to join the elite club on the world stage. It has begun well but it is a long haul ahead.			The imposition of Shariah laws in NWFP is a sign of the growing clout of the extremists who are beginning to pose a serious challenge to Musharraf.
LIFESTYLE: MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE			ARCHAEOLOGY: MARITIME EXPLORATION
Get The Picture			Clues In A Ghost Ship
SMS ushered in a communication revolution two years ago. Now MMS is adding emotions to it.			Archaeology in India gets a new dimension with the salvaging of the remains of a medieval merchantship from the Arabian Sea.

WEATHER: THE MONSOON			CRIME: DAWOOD IBRAHIM
Killer Heat			Don Undone
Sky-rocketing temperatures across the country have killed more than a thousand people. And a delayed monsoon means that number may rise.			The Mumbai Police have nipped in the bud the D Company's audacious plan to revive operations.
MEDIA: CAS CONTROVERSY			CINEMA: NEW PRODUCERS
CAS and Effect			The Deal Makers
The Government sticks to its guns on implementing the Conditional Access System by July 14, splitting the television industry down the middle.			A new breed of independent producers is rewriting the rules of making films in Bollywood—the scripts are the new stars.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The focus of our election campaign will be a combination of both the Vikas Purush (development man) and Lauh Purush (iron man)"
M. VENKAIAH NAIDU, BJP president, on the party's poll strategy to project both Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani

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Diary of The Dark			Fanny's Fables
Encounters of the beloved witch.			A memsahib romps through the cultural delights of early colonial India.

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