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Top
10 Colleges Of India
The
annual survey of academic excellence across six
major streams throws up new winners and major
surprises.
It
could not be better for Telugu Desam Party supremo N. Chandrababu
Naidu. As the first day of the five-phase polling in the country,
when half of Andhra Pradesh went to vote on April 20, coincided
with his 55th birthday, he made a final fervent appeal for votes. BIRTHDAY
BOY
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ready Reckoner
All
that you wanted to know about the hot favourites reason to smile:
College life is all about lessons and laughter.
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.
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.
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