| INTERVIEW: P. CHIDAMBARAM |
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COVER STORY: RAILWAY BUDGET |
"There
is nothing populist in
the budget" |
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Vote
Bank Express |
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After presenting his third budget, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
told Editor Prabhu Chawla on Aaj Tak that he had only 40 days
to prepare the 2004-5 budget but had managed to include in
it everything that the new Government intended to pursue.
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With his eyes on next year's assembly polls in Bihar, Laloo
Yadav rolls out a populist railway budget that pleases the
common man and the corporate tycoon. Only the economists are
not happy.
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| GUEST COLUMN:
ASHOK GULATI |
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GUEST COLUMN: YASHWANT SINHA |
| Direction Vs Delivery
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Minimum
Programme |
Finally,
agriculture gets the attention it deserves but implementation
concerns still remain.
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Despite a shining economy, the finance minister fails to
introduce bold and innovative ideas.
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| OTHER STORIES |
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| NATION: TRANSFERS |
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STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH |
| Affirmative
Reaction |
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Promises
And Misses |
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Manmohan Singh wields the scalpel, but hrd Minister Arjun
Singh swings the machete with deadlier effect.
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TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao is convinced Telangana will
be carved out of the state by November but is yet to set the
pace for his goal and would seem content sharing power.
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| STATES: KERALA |
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AVIATION: BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT |
| Stuck
in the Middle |
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On
the Runway |
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An education panel's suggestion on uniform fees for professional
courses angers politicians, college authorities and students
alike.
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With the signing of the concession agreement on July 5,
the last hurdle in the way of India's first private sector-led
international airport project at Devanahalli in Karnataka
has been cleared.
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| WORLD: IRAQ DIARY |
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SPORTS: HOCKEY |
| The
New Thieves Of Baghdad |
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Dangerous
Play |
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Guns, crime, corruption and a collapsing economy make up
the volatile brew that is the new Iraq. And for a daily dose
of drama Iraqis have the trial of the century lined up.
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Just a month before the Games, the Indian Hockey Federation
indulges in its usual game of changing coaches and forgetting
the challenge.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: HERITAGE |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL
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| Elevated
Platform |
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Quest
for Muziris |
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Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
has become the world's only functioning railway station to
be given World Heritage status. It is also India's first colonial
building to get the recognition.
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New findings show that an obscure
village in Kerala could be the site of a first century Indo-Roman
river port and urban settlement.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: UNWED
MOTHERS |
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA |
| The
Burden Of Lust |
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In
its True Colours |
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A sociological time bomb is ticking away in Orissa's coastal
belt as thousands of unwed mothers throng rehabilitation centres
in the vain hope that their lovers will marry them.
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When Mughal-e-Azam is re-released in colour cinemascope
and digital sound this November, it will be the back-breaking
work of nearly 100 technicians working day and night for nearly
365 days.
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: TALAQ |
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OFFTRACK: VADODARA |
| Divorced
From Justice |
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Heart
on the Head |
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Despite initiating some reforms the AIMPLB stops well short
of reviewing the triple talaq, an archaic practice which ruins
the lives of millions of Muslim women.
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A dramatics professor is passionate about turbans, whether
it is a royal item or a humble tribal one.
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YOUR WEEK
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Arts
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