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STORY : CYBER
PORNOGRAPHY INDIAN
PORN.COM
Spurred by a growing demand, pornography centred on India and Indians
has become a global phenomenon. Websites promising women who are
"hotter than curry" have purists up in arms and law enforcers scrambling
to keep tabs on the latest flavour of Internet sleaze. FULL
STORY
They once stood shoulder to
shoulder, committed soldiers of the socialist brigade. Yet,
the three Yadavs are today sworn enemies. Can one of them
be a pan-Indian leader, asks India Today Bhavdeep Kang.
As the party of eternal dissent mistakenly plays the role
of the earnest Opposition, it is appropriating the Congress'
aam aadmi slogan, much to the ruling ally's embarrassment FULL
STORY
NATION:
LIBERHAN COMMISSION
Countdown
Begins
The final probe report on Babri Masjid demolition will soon
be out amid speculations that a political hurricane is in
the offing FULL
STORY
STATES:
GUJARAT
Quietly
Flows a Dream
Chief Minister Modi is striving hard to see Kalpasar, his
pet project, completed in record time. An administrator's
rectitude and not a politician's acumen will be put to test
here FULL
STORY
BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: PSU MERGERS
PSU
Megalomania
Merger, not privatisation, seems to be the UPA Government's
way to strengthen PSUs. Will it work? FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BLOOD MONEY
Death's
Ransom
Tradition becomes a means of extortion as montanna, a tribal
compensatory measure to help the family of a person killed
in unusual circumstances, is grossly misused in Rajasthan
and Gujarat FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: DISCOTHEQUES
It's
No Time To Disco
If the refrain of the 1990s was 'let's go dancing', the
new decade is about 'chilling out'. Night birds today choose
lounges, shisha bars, music bars, resto-bars, sports bars
and pubs over discos FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
Performer's
Progress
Sarabhai's autobiography is as much about Bharatnatyam as
it is about her place in its pantheon FULL
STORY
NATION:
CONGRESS
Coalition
Chakra
The Congress is still learning the politics of accommodation,
always afraid that it is yielding too much territory to its
allies. After Maharashtra and ahead of Bihar, it takes stock
of alliances FULL
STORY
STATES:
CHHATTISGARH
Courage
Under Fire
Hungry for perks that come with the honour, some policemen
manage to win gallantry awards with the alleged connivance
of senior officers FULL
STORY
BUSINESS
& ECONOMY: L.N. MITTAL
Steel
King
In less than 28 years L.N. Mittal has traversed the globe
to emerge as the new steel mogul with a $31 billion empire.
Size does matter but the tycoon has to invent new mantras
to ensure scale does not become a liability FULL
STORY
NEIGHBOURS:
INDO-MYANMAR RELATIONS
Hunting
With The Hounds
India lays out the red carpet for Myanmar's military strongman
Than Shwe to get him to act against Northeast insurgents FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: CINEMA
British
Invasion
Actors from England flock to Mumbai in search of work, and
maybe fame FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
The
Buddha Comes Home
Pankaj Mishra, armed with ideas and memory, travels through
a world abandoned by the Enlightened FULL
STORY
WORLD:
US ELECTIONS
A
Fight to the Finish
If push comes to shove on November 2, the crucial Indian-American
vote might just be the arbiter. And if reality plays out as
indicated by two surveys, John Kerry might well be the next
President FULL
STORY
