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COVER STORY

Top 10 Colleges Of India
Arts
Science
Commerce
Medicine
Engineering
Law
Ready Reckoner

OTHER STORIES

The Final Push
Stemming the Slide
Tamil Fault Lines
Touchdown Stars

Health Without Wealth
The Abandoned

Khushwant, My Father
Picture Imperfect
The New Style Order
Heritage in a Toy Box

 

 CURRENT ISSUE MAY 17, 2004  

COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES

   

Top 10 Colleges Of India

The annual survey of academic excellence across six major streams throws up new winners and major surprises.

 
Sarees distributed by BJP seized, three held
Bomb blast in Kolkata, two dead, three injured
Voting tomorrow for final phase on 182 seat
Bettiah poll - EC advisor rebukes Motihari DM
Abu Salem files petition against extradition
Bharti completes Rs 430-cr Hexacomm deal
BoB to open three overseas branches in '04
EPFO plans to provide NSSN to EPF members
Injured Venus pulls out of the German Open final
Tennis - Bhupathi-Mirnyi enter ATP doubles final
 


 
COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES     COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES
Arts     Science
Loyola retains top spot with cutting edge academics and an informal study environment. Kolkata's St Xavier's powers its way to the second slot. Delhi colleges hang on.
   

Chennai's Presidency soars to the top even as new entrants muscle their way in.

COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES     COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES
Commerce     Medicine
There is no shaking the topper SRCC, not even by new entrants making a splash.
    Aiims retains the top spot but the surprises come from two karnataka colleges as they move up to grab the second and third spots.
COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES     COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES
Engineering     Law
The IITs Continue to Reign. Kanpur leads while Roorkee is back among the winners.
    Bangalore colleges steal the show with the national law school continuing its unchallenged run at the top. and some new faces argue their way to the top.
COVER STORY: INDIA TODAY-ORG-MARG SURVEY ON COLLEGES      
Ready Reckoner      
All that you wanted to know about the hot favourites reason to smile: College life is all about lessons and laughter.
     
       
EDITORIAL     LETTERS

From The Editor In Chief

    To The Editor
 
 OTHER STORIES
E-2004 : THE LAST PHASE     E-2004 : THE LAST PHASE
The Final Push     Stemming the Slide

The shock of the exit polls has challenged the complacence of the NDA, revived the Congress and jumpstarted the Third Front. The crucial last phase of E-2004 may change the laws of political mortality.

    From an also-ran in the past three elections, the Congress hopes that the last minute charge by the dynasty will fetch at least a bronze medal.
E-2004 : THE LAST PHASE     E-2004 : UTTAR PRADESH CAMPAIGN
Tamil Fault Lines     Touchdown Stars

While Karunanidhi is focusing on Jayalalithaa's "misdeeds", she is talking about emotive issues like Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin and her mentor MGR.

   

Far away from armchair politicians who crowd TV screens, three campaigners take to the skies in a last and desperate bid for a state which may well restore the BJP to the Centre.

HEALTH: YESHASVINI SCHEME     SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
Health Without Wealth     The Abandoned

An ambitious cooperative healthcare scheme for the poor launched by the Karnataka Government allows its members to avail of major medical treatment free of cost at 83 hospitals in the state.

   

Shadow lands come alive as Pico Iyer travels from the glow of the Buddha to the museum of evil.

SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS     SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
Khushwant, My Father     Picture Imperfect

Some rare insights but mostly familiar ground..

   

India's first graphic novel fails to stand out with its lines or storyline.

FASHION: INDIA FASHION WEEK 2004     OFFTRACK: CHENNAI
The New Style Order     Heritage in a Toy Box

Fashion wore the dress of democracy on its runway this year, but can the industry live up to the overtures it made at the just-concluded annual extravaganza?

   

In the age of computer games, an innovator reintroduces children to centuries-old pastimes.

       
YOUR WEEK
Arts & Entertainment; Dip, Fall or Crash?
Arts & Entertainment; Fan of fans
       
 INDIASCOPE
HORS D'OEUVRES OBJECT OF DESIRE
 
THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK

The lobbying for the coveted post of Indian ambassador to the US is hotting up. There are four contenders but the surprise is Foreign Secretary Shashank who has joined the fray. Watch this space.

 
EYECATCHERS

Traffic Stopper; Relatively Good, Little Maestro; A Star is Born

 
 
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