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|  NATION: CRACK IN UPA
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| No
Tears For TRS
Chandrasekhar Rao's resignation
from the Union Cabinet may be the first crack in the
UPA, but it hasn't rocked the Government. However,
the Congress has to learn to deal with other testy
allies.
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STORY
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| INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKE: MAHINDA RAJAPAKSE
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| "India
Should Play A Much Bigger Role"
With his brawny good looks, Mahinda
Rajapakse could easily pass for a hero of South Indian
films. He did, in fact, act in a Sinhalese film but
first chose law and then politics as his main vocation.
"If I had continued in films, I would have been
another Karunanidhi (the Tamil Nadu chief minister),"
he joked, settling down for an exclusive interview
last week with Managing Editor Raj Chengappa in Colombo.
FULL
STORY
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BUSINESS & ECONOMY: HOT WHEEL
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| Auto
Invasion
With 11 companies offering over
a 100 models and the buzz that another 30 will be
hitting the road this year, the auto customer's choice
is bound to expand. The reason for the surfeit: Carmakers
are zooming in on India which is poised to become
a three-million passenger car market by 2010.
FULL
STORY
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: MARKETING MOVIES
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| The
Persuaders
Movie producers exploit
media hunger for glamour and consumer products' desperation
for celebrity endorsements by generating enormous
pre-release hype, and getting big numbers in Hollywood-style
opening weekends
FULL
STORY
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| OBITUARY
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| The
Pied Piper Of Banaras
An enduring mascot of Hindu-Muslim
culture, the maestro raised the shehnai to the global
platform
FULL
STORY
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| STATES: KARNATAKA
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| Stepping
On A Minefield
A BJP legislator's bribery allegation,
coupled with dissidence in the ruling JD(S), encourages
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy's opponents to set the
stage for a possible return to power
FULL
STORY
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| INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKE: AMARINDER SINGH
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| "I
Will Nail Badal Both Politically And Legally."
Combative as ever and brimming
with confidence, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
spoke with Editor Prabhu Chawla and Managing Editor
Shankkar Aiyar on politics, development and bete noire
Parkash Singh Badal of the Akali Dal.
FULL
STORY
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| SPORTS: CRICKET CONTROVERSY
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| Fever
Pitch
Cricket's old faultlines resurface
as the first Test match in history is forfeited after
a charge of cheating
FULL
STORY
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SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS
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| Power
Plays
The covers are off Indian cricket
as former coach John Wright's insider account of life
with the men in blue reveals details of the team's
tangles with authority and its singularly eccentric
Board
FULL
STORY
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| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: FASHION
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| A
Season Change
Fashion makes a new statement
as it enters spring-summer 2007. Drama and design
set the tone for the capital's couture week.
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STORY
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