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 COVER STORY: KASHMIR QUAKE
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Devastation
in Pakistan
Till three days after the killer earthquake
the commodity in the greatest demand was coffins. Now it
is simply food and anything that would make the survivors
of the calamity pull through the next desperate hour as
relief teams struggle to reach the victims.
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COVER STORY: KASHMIR QUAKE
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Seismology
With the Himalayan region becoming a
hotbed of seismic activity, scientists predict that an even
more powerful earthquake could strike soon. In the line
of danger are Delhi, Kolkata and Lucknow.
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STATES: GUJARAT
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Stumbling
Block
The Modi Government's blocking of funds
to an earthquake rehabilitation project of the reputed NGO
SEWA reeks of vendetta and deprives thousands of poor families
of their earnings.
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STATES: ANDHRA PRADESH
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Protocol
Fracas
An alleged breach of protocol by a government
order leads to a clash of egos between two wings of the
state administration.
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GUEST
COLUMN: FALI S. NARIMAN
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Read the
Constitution Please
There was no need to hustle the President
to a precipitate decision on the Bihar dissolution.
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MT: RETIREMENT PLANNING
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For Old
Age's Sake
By launching long-term retirement schemes
that promise good returns, financial companies are encouraging
today's youngsters to plan for the future and invest early.
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MT: TOP UP LOANS
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Topping
It Up
Your home loan could be the key to financing
many other dreams. Top-up loans offered by banks leverage
on your existing loan to give you fast and easy cash to
fund anything from a car to studies.
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA
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Jest In
Time
Powered by the success of wink-and-nudge
comedies, a spate of new movies learns to love irony, repackaging
flirtation as fun and criminality as cool.
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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Gently
At The Crease
Ramachandra Guha returns to an
age when cricket was a peripheral pastime and not a national
obsession or a sexed-up television story.
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SPORTS: CRICKET
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Lion In
Winter
As the Indian cricket team looks for
stability in a season of slander and setbacks, the Master
returns after his longest break from cricket.
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COVER STORY: KASHMIR QUAKE
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First Person
There was little water, fewer medicines,
no food and no shelter.
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COVER STORY: KASHMIR QUAKE
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Paradise
Lost
Families are wiped out, towns reduced
to rubble, survivors suffer as relief falls short. People
on both sides of the LoC unite in misery as the worst ever
disaster rocks Kashmir.
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NATION: MARRIAGE LAWS
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Knot Right
The Delhi High Court reduces the legal
age of marriage, sending human rights' activists into a
tizzy and revealing many loopholes in the existing laws.
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STATES: RAJASTHAN
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The Battle
Zone
Dissidents in Rajasthan are fighting
the chief minister, each other and against a serious attempt
to bring investment and jobs to the state.
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STATES: BIHAR
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Assembly
Poll
On the eve of the first round, it is
bravado and caution, tokenism and wild promises. Bihar from
the backrooms to the battlefields.
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MT: RETIREMENT PLANNING
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Crorepati
At 60
A combination of starting early, long-term
investment and periodical review of savings can make you
a multi-millionaire in easy instalments.
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MT: MUTUAL FUNDS
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Rs 50,000
Crore in 6 Months
That's how much assets under management
of mutual funds have risen in six months. That's a record.
Are funds finally becoming the preferred investment option
for Indians?
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MT: MY MONEY
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Safe Ground
They are well-known names in show biz
but when it comes to investments, most of these celebs steer
clear of the risky stockmarket and prefer real estate.
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STORY
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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The Last
Emperor
Governments scurried for cover
and editors fell like ninepins as Ramnath Goenka reigned
in Express Towers.
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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Polls Apart
The neighbours wonder why democracy
thrives in India and fails in Pakistan
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