Lack of funds and facilities
leaves state-run medical colleges and hospitals in Uttar
Pradesh crippled. India Today's Subhash Mishra looks at
the root of the malaise
The UPA Government takes the battle against corruption into
the opposition camp by scrapping the commission probing into
the Tehelka scandal and handing the case over to the CBI FULL
STORY
MARASHTRA
POLL: ESSAY
Now
Or Never
For Mahajan, Thackeray and Pawar these elections are a high-stakes
war to justify existence and signal succession in the state
as well as in national politics FULL
STORY
MARASHTRA
POLL: NCP
Maratha's
Last Stand
The stakes are high for Sharad Pawar. To remain relevant at
the Centre, the NCP must get enough seats to retain its position
as a powerful regional party and a key ally of the Congress FULL
STORY
MAHARASHTRA
POLL: CONGRESS
Dividend
Hopes
As the campaign enters the final phase, the ruling party says
Sonia's appeal and Shinde's governance will ensure its return FULL
STORY
BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: LAPTOPS
Lapping
It Up
Mobile lifestyle, falling prices, multiple options and new
user segments are setting the notebook computer market on
fire FULL
STORY
SPORTS:
ANIL KUMBLE
The
Hand of History
The invisible man of Indian cricket gets into the super
league by becoming the third fastest bowler to get to 400
Test scalps FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Edifice
of Excellence
The concept of green buildings is catching up in India as
many organisations realise that environment-friendly architecture
also makes eminent economic sense in the long run FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
Gandhi's
Woman
Mira remains an enigma and the Mahatma a bit of a caricature
as Sudhir Kakar fictionalises their extraordinary relationship FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: FASHION
Whose
Line Is It Anyway?
Indian fashion is taking a bow internationally. So what
if most of it is not created by Indians FULL
STORY
STATES:
UTTAR PRADESH
Where
Is The Party?
Even as 13 by-elections loom on the horizon, the Congress,
shrunk to the Gandhi bastions, finds itself in disarray in
the state FULL
STORY
MAHARASHTRA
POLL: BJP
On
a Pressure Trip
Pramod Mahajan's fortunes are linked with his party's poll
performance. Victory will restore his place in the leadership
battle. Loss is a four-letter word he would rather not discuss FULL
STORY
MAHARASHTRA
POLL: SHIV SENA
Man
of the Moment
Uddhav Thackeray leads the way for the Shiv Sena with punchlines,
admonishments and promises. This poll will decide if the heir
apparent has come of age politically FULL
STORY
STATES:
KERALA
Behind
Enemy Lines
Organisational elections bring the fight between the hardliners
and reformists in the CPI(M) to the fore FULL
STORY
SPORTS:
CRICKET
Going
Out of Control
The recent election circus and TV rights imbroglio offer just
a glimpse of the lack of professionalism in the BCCI. A comparison
with cricket boards the world over only makes it that much
more glaring FULL
STORY
CRIME:
DEATH ROW
Noose
in Knots
As many as 40 mercy pleas of convicts, whose appeals have
been rejected by the Supreme Court, are gathering dust in
the Home Ministry due to the absence of legal guidelines for
their study and of a time frame for their disposal FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
Think
Evil, Think Pran
Bollywood's most favourite four-letter word gets a biography
that is short on style and surprises FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
Identity
Crisis
Another diasporic novel on multiple personalities and immigrant
woes FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: LUCKNOW
Clash
Of Cultures
Oldtimers warn of a civilisational rot while the youth claim
that the slow-moving city of nawabs is finally catching up
with the rest of India FULL
STORY
