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| NATION:
PARMOD MAHAJAN
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| Farewell
To A Hero
With the death of the BJP's most
dynamic leader, the party now has to come to terms
with the loss of a skillful parliamentarian, smart
strategist and charismatic campaigner
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STORY |
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| STATES:
GUJARAT
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| Razing
and Rioting
When a dargah in Vadodara is demolished
as part of a civic drive, a law and order situation
turns into a political and communal one
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STORY |
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| ELECTION 2006: RAE BARELI
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| Family
Matters
As Sonia Gandhi campaigns with
her children Rahul and Priyanka in tow, her opponents
blame her for imposing an election on the constituency
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STORY |
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| INTERVIEW
OF THE WEEK: P. CHIDAMBARAM
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| "People
Have To Pay For The Oil Price Hike"
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
took time off from campaigning in Tamil Nadu and cleaning
up the IPO market to speak with Managing Editor Shankkar
Aiyar and Principal Correspondent Puja Mehra on the
politics of economics.
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STORY |
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| DIPLOMACY: TALIBAN KILLING
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| Terror
And Tragedy
The killing of a Hyderabad engineer
in Afghanistan by the Taliban poses a serious challenge
to the Indian Government, even as the family tragedy
turns into a farce back home in India
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STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| General
Testament
The former army chief makes an
admirable attempt to set the record straight and refurbish
his reputation
FULL
STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| Family
Mystique
It's everything you wanted to
know about the great Indian institution
FULL
STORY |
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| SPORTS
WATCH: CRICKET
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| Money
and Muscle
'Asia' gets the 2011 World Cup-but wouldn't some other
country benefit more by hosting it?
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STORY |
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| NATION:
INDO-PAK EXCHANGES
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| Culture
of Conflicts
One man's remark puts a crimp
on a special India-Pakistan moment, but the relationship
is exactly where it was before the screening of Taj
Mahal: lots of promise, little performance
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STORY |
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| STATES: JAMMU & KASHMIR
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| The
Doda Deathtrap
The massacre of 19 villagers
in the remote J&K district aims at driving out
the minorities and uncannily echoes Pakistan President
Musharraf's blueprint for a religious division of
the state
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STORY |
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| ELECTION
2006: POLL MALL
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| POLL
MALL
A candidate in Nagapattinam who
promises to physically stop the next tsunami, a media
empire that cares a hoot for objectivity and a film
actor who campaigns for both sides in Kerala. Election
wonders never cease.
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STORY |
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| BUSINES
& ECONOMY: IPO SCAM
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| Cleaning
Up
Sebi's probe may not have unravelled
the scam fully, but investors will benefit from its
corrective measures
FULL
STORY |
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| CONTROVERSY: SARDAR SAROVAR PROJECT
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| Reaping
Rewards From Rehab
The Narmada Bachao Andolan's push
for rehabilitation has the Government scrambling to
clean up its act even as the oustees rake in the benefits
FULL
STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| The
Last Romantic
A star-struck biographer's panegyrical
narrative fails to capture Manjit Bawa in his colourful
wholeness
FULL
STORY |
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| SOCIETY
& THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| How
Kaavya Lost It
A young Indian-American author's
rise to fame turns into a tabloid circus as questions
about packaging in the publishing industry get glossed
over
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STORY |
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