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Wages
Of Peace
The Centre's decision to extend its cease-fire
with the NSCN(I-M) to three other north-east states leads to large-scale
violence in Manipur.
Man
Of Letters
Naveen Patnaik's skill with
the quill has the PMO busy acknowledging his missives.
Governance
On The Hold
Absent ministers, coalition politics and an unwell prime minister paralyse
all decision making at the Centre. With business sentiments diving and
industrial growth rate receding, the alarm bells have begun to ring.
Miss
Adventure
Is Mamata trying to return to the NDA once more?
Fostering
Ill-will
The
arrest of Jayalalitha's foster son may be linked to the sour relationship.
Caught
In A Tangle
The turf war between ministers and bureaucrats
bothers Babulal Marandi.
Crescent
Classroom
An organisation has given madarsa education in the
state a communal slant.
In
Quest Of Numbers
There's a scramble for
winning combinations, from caste-based alliances in Tamil Nadu to
political pragmatism in Bengal.
Wannabe
Weds A Has Been
The BJP's decision to tie up with the AGP is driven
by electoral arithmetic and the arms deal expose.
Ill-Timed
Divorce
Vaiko's
parting of ways with Karunanidhi will help neither him nor the DMK in the
coming polls
The
Importance Of Being Brajesh
The Opposition, and the Sangh Parivar launch an attack on the PMO by
targeting the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Brajesh Mishra.
The Vajpayee camp finds itself fighting a grim political battle to retain
credibility even as the Establishment tries to discredit the Tehelka
allegations. An analysis.
Supercrat
In His Labyrinth
There are 240 secretaries to the Government, but
N. K. Singh is always a cut above-in style, networking, and power. The
economic policy wizard gets defensive.
The
Ways And Means Of Ranjan
Ranjan Bhattacharya's role as nursemaid to Atal
Bihari Vajpayee gives the fun-loving foster son-in-law the image of one
who dabbles in government decisions.
Coalition
Flight Grounded
With sceptic constituents, Congress President
Sonia Gandhi's plan to form an alliance just before the assembly elections
in five states, may backfire.
Desperately
Seeking loopholes
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Samata Party find
discrepancies in the charges levelled against them by Tehelka. But
it's just details.
NDA
Under Siege
With Tehelka.com's spy-camera taking a heavy
political toll after the damning revelations of corruption in defence
deals, the beleaguered Vajpayee Government will have an uphill task
restoring its credibility, and undoing the damage to its image.
Wheeling
A Good Deal
The battle for BALCO degenerates into a political
chess match between Ajit Jogi and Arun Shourie. Jogi holds most of the
aces at the moment--but will he play them all when it could mean loss of
investments to Chhattisgarh?
The
New Targets
Policemen in Kashmir are caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, they are
the target of militant attacks, and, on the other, the Army sees them with
suspicion. It is not just themselves, but their families that policemen
worry about as they struggle to battle militancy.
Battle
For Bengal
As political violence engulfs the state, Jyoti Basu finds Mamata Banerjee's
offensive and the threat of Central intervention serious enough to reconsider
his decision to bow out as chief minister after 23 years.
Naidu Under Siege
Opposition to a hike
in power tariff dents the chief minister's reformist zeal.
A Whimsical Goodbye
The impulsive streak
in Uma Bharti shows up again, this time making the sadhvi resign from
the Lok Sabha and the BJP National Executive.
Peace Takes A Knock
The Hizb has resumed
battle, the killings continue and the Hurriyat is in a quandary but the
Government feels these are temporary roadblocks to peace.
Shadow Boxing
The Centre extracts a ceasefire call from the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. But
it may not be easy to adhere to the conditions of the pact.
Mother of All
Rows
By rushing to rescue daughter Aditi's pal Ajay Jadeja, the
Samata Party president has stirred a hornet's nest.
Clause Celebre
The ruling combine is on the defensive after the courts throw
out the case against Sena Chief Thackeray. But has the last
word on the issue been said?
Kumar vs Kumar
Two union ministers divide the BJP in their home state in a
battle for brownie points.
Threatening
Tiger
As the Congress-NCP state Government attacks Thackeray
with an eight-year-old case, the Sena swears revenge, causing panic in
Mumbai.
Why Can't Gupta Go?
Turning a blind eye to party pressure and electoral logic, the BJP
leadership is paralysed by its interim arrangement.
Torture
Chamber
Despite the Congress ultimatum and Laloo's bluster, Lalit Yadav is
unlikely to be jailed.
Holy War Within
Ahmed Patel quits as treasurer complaining of a jehad against him
while other rebels take on Sonia's establishment before the party
elections.
Troubled Shooter
The controversial Govindacharya seems to have fallen from grace as his
critics in the party hold him responsible for its decline in the
states under his charge.
Double
Fault
The outright rejection of the autonomy report by the Centre puts Chief
Minister Farooq Abdullah on the wrong end of the political see-saw and
robs him of a chance to upstage the Hurriyat Conference.
Belligerent
Posture
By playing the autonomy card, the besieged chief minister
Farooq Abdullah tries to strengthen his hold on the valley but puts
the Centre in a fix.
Luddites on the Prowl
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch's assault on the Centre's economic policies
and the defeat in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls are a twin
reminder of the BJP's Parivar troubles.
e-Fail
A website that can't place the PM, tenders that closed last year and
posts that changed six months ago-the Government's presence on the Net
is a joke.
Feuding Lords
With the lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh threatening legal proceedings
against the governor, the row between the two has taken a turn for the
worse.
Red in Danger
Mamata shatters the Left's 15-year run in the Calcutta Municipal
Corporation and strengthens her resolve to defeat the front in the
assembly elections.
A House Divided
Jagmohan pursues his demolition drive despite drawing flak from the
BJP and the Government.
Gauging modernity
The new enumeration exercise has begun with a house survey which
counts, for the first time, television sets, cars and other such
indicators of affluence.
Warring comrades
Erosion of vote base sees long-time partners CPI and CPI (M)
increasingly on a collision course.
Repeating history
The debate on autonomy has helped Farooq hit back at the Centre for
its offer of talks with the Hurriyat and divert attention from his
misrule.
Christians under Siege
The BJP-led Government has been on the defensive after a series of attacks on the Christian community.
Probity Posers
The resignation of Haren Pandya in the Gujarat ministry reveals the inner discontent over the BJP's flirtation with criminal
elements.
Unczeched
In a bid to outdo his rivals, Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi throws coalition caution to the wind by calling for Sri Lankan division along the lines of Czechoslovakia.
Poll Vault
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, on an unsure footing, has appointed pointsmen to ensure her re-election in the forthcoming polls.
Taxing Treaty
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha is facing flak for the Double Tax Avoidance Treaty that was signed 18 years ago as there are doubts about its potential benefits.
The Kathmandu Nexus
The ISI is consolidating its hold in Nepal through politicians and businessmen after the infamous hijacking of IC 814, says a 'secret' report. The Government has woken up to the reality and plans to enlist Nepal's help to combat the menace.
Powerless in Power
As a journalist, Arun Shourie spared none and chewed up the government. Now as a minister he realises how difficult it is to change the system.
Twilight Zone
In search for a new president, the BJP realises it is saddled with ageing leaders.
Weakening Hold
In West Bengal, the ruling Left Front's armour looks a bit rusty amidst burgeoning clashes ahead of next year's assembly elections.
Master Blaster
Urban Affairs Minister Jagmohan's efforts to clean up Delhi invites flak but the determined minister says he will not give up.
Eelam Unease
With the ruling DMK doing a flip-flop and the Opposition AIADMK not taking the bait, the reaction to the Jaffna battle in Tamil Nadu remains muted for now.
Zzz Files
Tossed around by its political bosses, CBI finds its credibility on the wane as it struggles to cope up with a logjam of pending cases.
On the Rocks
Certain provisions of the legislation have angered the community and
set its leaders on a collision course with the Government.
Dry Rot
Corrupt officials, scamsters and entrepreneurs see the drought raging
through the state as an opportunity to make a quick buck. Testing
the Waters
The centre changes its policy and offers to talk, throwing the ball
into the Hurriyat's court.
Summer of Discontent
Wracked by dissidence, parties and political formations in the state
are struggling to save their marriages and keep their flock together.
The Big Bang Theory
The Congress is divided against itself on whether India should have
more nuclear tests.
Scuttled
for Now
Her grand plans to oust the CPI(M) may have received a setback but
Mamata knows that the Congress needs her more than she needs it.
Not tonight, Naidu
The TDP chief is mounting pressure on the Centre for his pet
high-speed datalink project even though a House panel wants it
reviewed.
Power
Hungry
Forced to go without electricity and water, MPs are finally beginning
to pay their staggering dues.
Second Guessing Naveen
The sauve Naveen Patnaik is too reserved for others to pre-empt his
actions. But he must show results to really silence the detractors and
bring succour to his blighted state. He seems to be on the way.
Shrinking of Sonia Gandhi
Stumped by electoral
setbacks and revolts in state units, the Congress president finds her
leadership and ability to take the party back to power under serious
scrutiny.
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