COVER
STORY : VEERAPPAN DEATH
OF A BANDIT
In a grisly finale to the largest, longest and costliest manhunt
ever launched by the Indian police forces, outlaw Veerappan fell
to a meticulously laid trap of the Special Task Force. FULL
STORY
Faeza Begum, the granddaughter
of the last Nawab of Bhopal Hamidullah Khan, is deported
to Pakistan along with her husband and two sons. A lowdown
on the high-profile drama by India Today's Neeraj Mishra
Advani takes over as the president of the BJP at a time when
it is in disarray, demoralised by successive electoral defeats
and wracked by infighting. Can he halt the downslide? FULL
STORY
NATION:
MAHARASHTRA POLL FALLOUT
Pawar
And Glory
While Pawar emerges as the only leader of stature in the state
and establishes the NCP as a credible regional force, the
Congress finds itself pushed to the second place. The pre-election
bonhomie is clearly under strain. FULL
STORY
STATES:
UTTAR PRADESH
A
Criminal Record
More than half the MLAs in the state have criminal cases,
reveals a secret police document FULL
STORY
BITE:
INVESTMENT REVIVAL
A
Bloom, Not Yet A Boom...
... is how the BITE would like to describe the investment
revival in industry. That dashes hopes of any large-scale
job creation. The upshot? The worst of investment drought
is over and job losses in industry should cease FULL
STORY
ENVIRONMENT:
MELTING GLACIER
Siachen
Snow Under Fire
Global warming and army activities are taking their toll on
the fragile environment of the Siachen glacier and one of
the world's largest sources of water is shrinking. To make
matters worse, the glacier is also fast turning into a garbage
dump FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
The
Days of the Dead
In her piquant new novel, Anita Desai tracks a world-weary
ethnographer's search for roots in Mexico FULL
STORY
SPORTSWATCH:
CRICKET
The
Day After Tomorrow
Why India need to build what Australia have-not just a competitive
cricket team, but a dynasty FULL
STORY
NATION:
BY-ELECTIONS
Advantage
Incumbents
It is seldom that the political pitch is raised during by-elections,
but parties left nothing to chance as 42 assembly and three
Lok Sabha constituencies faced by-elections last week. When
the results came out, by and large there was relief and respite
for the incumbents. FULL
STORY
NATION:
NEW CULTURAL AGENDA
Swept
Under The Red Carpet
Detoxification, the Left's most innovative contribution to
political vocabulary, has forced the Government into cultural
cleansing mode FULL
STORY
STATES:
ANDHRA PRADESH
Round
One Match Tied
Their talks with the Government remain inconclusive but by
agreeing to meet again, the Naxalites show that peace is high
on their agenda FULL
STORY
BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: CHILDREN'S CHANNELS
Serious
Business
With three new channel launches since January and a few more
likely to enter before the end of the year, 2004 could well
be the year of programming for children like 2003 was for
news channels FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: HERITAGE
Money
for Nothing
Over Rs 50 crore meant to salvage the country's dying heritage
languishes unspent in the National Culture Fund even as some
of the best known monuments cry out for a helping hand FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
The
Nowhere Man
Vassanji returns to the half-way house of Indians in Kenya
and the world of innocence shattered by games of race, class
and identity FULL
STORY
