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| Caught In Its Own Web
The CBI may have been looking to quietly bury the Bofors case but hurried to cover its tracks after the Supreme Court's vigilant intervention
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| The Final Push
After the Trinamool Congress' disastrous show in the 2001 Assembly and the 2004 Lok Sabha polls, the forthcoming state elections in West Bengal could be Mamata Banerjee's last bet
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| LAW: PROSTITUTION |
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| Tightening the Screws
The Government is contemplating relaxing the law for sex workers and handing out harsher punishment to clients. But this may lead to a boost in AIDS cases in the country.
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| SPORTS: CRICKET |
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| Tour De Farce
Flat pitches and bad scheduling reduce a high-profile series between traditional rivals into days of unending dreariness
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: SATISH GUJRAL
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| Material Man
The National Gallery will celebrate the multi-faceted genius of the hearing impaired Punjabi painter next week
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Lovelorn In Goa
Where one can actually die from too much love. This lyrical first novel of romantic suffering is rich with dark visual imagery.
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| NATION: CONGRESS
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| Idle Worship
The Congress plenary session in Hyderabad was notable for its desperation for more of the Gandhi mystique than any ideas for reviving the organisation
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| NATION: PARLIAMENT
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| Collision Course
The Supreme Court notice to the Lok Sabha Speaker on the MPs' expulsion case has set the judiciary and legislature on a confrontational path with serious consequence
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| DEFENCE: PROMOTION DENIED |
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| Brass Attack
A Kargil veteran goes to court and the army and Ministry of Defence dig in for a potentially embarrassing court battle
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| WILDLIFE: RANTHAMBORE |
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| Law Acquires Teeth
The Rajasthan administration has launched a massive drive against encroachments near its forests. Among its most prominent targets are some of the state's best known wildlife activists.
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| No Time For Love
As jobs and careers become increasingly important, sexual intimacy becomes the main casualty if the couple fails to strike a balance between boardroom and bedroom
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The Indian Melting Pot
Why the re-mapping of urban India in the new century is a lesson in culinary geography
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