COVER
STORY: THE
RELIANCE FEUD AMBANI
VS AMBANI The feud between Mukesh and Anil Ambani could get messier
as the battle for control of India's biggest private-sector enterprise
threatens the future of the house that Dhirubhai built FULL
STORY
As a seven-year-old sex scandal resurfaces to haunt a Kerala
minister, it is the Opposition, not the Government, that
is beginning to feel the heat, writes India Today's M.G.
Radhakrishnan.
As the police prolong the probe to implicate the Shankaracharya
in a second case, he becomes a Hindu cause for the BJP and
a hot item in the latest Jayalalithaa-Karunanidhi face-off FULL
STORY
NATION:
UPA GOVERNMENT
Death
of a Slogan
The UPA Government's people-friendly image suffers a setback
as some of its allies take strident postures on spiralling
prices, higher inflation and new taxes with coming assembly
polls in mind FULL
STORY
STATES:
MADHYA PRADESH
Bound
To That Midnight
Twenty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy the nightmare haunts
the survivors and the soil still reeks of poison FULL
STORY
NEIGHBOURS:
PAKISTAN
Price
of Freedom
Benazir's husband is released on bail after eight years, hinting
at a deal between her party and an embattled Musharraf trying
to reduce the Government's dependence on jehadi parties FULL
STORY
DIPLOMACY:
PUTIN VISIT
It's
All Business
Vladimir Putin's December 3 visit is an opportunity for Russia
and India to take stock of their debilitated trade relations FULL
STORY
DEFENCE:
LANDMINE MENACE
Living
On The Edge
As landmines laid by the army continue to kill and cripple
hundreds of civilians in areas bordering Pakistan, it is
time India did a cost-benefit analysis of the use of anti-personnel
landmines FULL
STORY
GLOBAL
INDIAN: PETROL RETAILER
Well-Oiled
Machine
The son of a Sikh farmer from a little-known village in
Punjab is now the largest petrol retailer in the land of
opportunity, the US FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
Storm
in a Teahouse
Divakaruni's new novel is a modern American immigrant saga
with a large dollop of the south Asian variety of magical
realism FULL
STORY
NATION:
PM'S NORTHEAST VISIT
Quelling
Fires Of Discontent
Manmohan's Northeast tour was marked by symbolic gestures
that assuaged feelings in the region. But if the Centre wants
sustainable peace, it must follow up with concrete measures FULL
STORY
STATES:
RAJASTHAN
Learning
Curve
Effective governance is a far cry from being an election winner,
the state's first woman chief minister finds out, as financial
successes and administrative slumps mark her first year in
power FULL
STORY
NEIGHBOURS:
INDO-PAK RELATIONS
Talk
The Walk
Though no new proposals were presented, the Pakistan prime
minister's visit proved to be a damage-control exercise aimed
at toning down the verbal battles and reducing the 'trust
deficit' FULL
STORY
DIPLOMACY:
US-PAK AIRCRAFT DEAL
Bolt
From The Blue
The US decision to go ahead with the sale of the P-3C Orion
strike aircraft to Pakistan on the pretext of helping the
war on terror shocks India and undermines the country's naval
superiority FULL
STORY
SCIENCE:
POWER-PACKED PLANTS
A
Green Promise
A father-son scientist duo have shown that plants have the
potential to replace microchips in computers. Their discovery
may revolutionise the electronics industry FULL
STORY
SPORTS:
ATHLETE'S SUICIDE
Losing
the Race
An athlete ends her own life after chronic pain left her with
medical bills she couldn't pay. Could it all have been prevented? FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: FASHION
Big
Fat Weddings
As style becomes the new flash at the Great Indian Wedding,
fashion designers are cashing in on the trend by lending
their expertise and their brand to the celebration of the
event FULL
STORY
SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: CINEMA
Poison
Ivies
From Priyanka Chopra's power woman in Aitraaz to Diana Hayden's
kick-boxing abused wife in Ab...Bas, Bollywood women are
getting an angry makeover FULL
STORY
