Welcome to India Today, June 7, 1999

India Today, June 7, 1999
June 7, 1999

The Kargil War
With the battle for the frozen heights escalating dramatically, the Lahore bus diplomacy of Prime Minister Vajpayee appears to have got punctured. The deterioration in the relations between the two sub-continental neighbours threaten to undo the gains of the past months.

It's Me Or Nothing
With an emotion-packed speech Sonia bulldozes her way through the AICC and gains total control. But the rebels have dented the party's base.

Unfinished Business
The legacy of Graham Staines lives on in Baripada even as investigations indicates the killing was not political.

The Road Ahead
The state PWD in Maharashtra shows that road project can move ahead quickly with a little bit of pragmatism.

Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Shooting from the Hip by Ravi Shankar
Pavilion End by Anshuman Gaekwad
FlipSide by Dilip Bobb
On the Ball by Kapil Dev

Back With A Bang
Almost done in by the lack of self-belief the Indian team comes up with scintillating play unfettered by the strangehold of orthodoxy.

Coming of Age
With the successful launch of the PSLV, India is poised to enter the billion dollar global market for launching satellites that is dominated by the space giants like the US, Russia, China and France.

Power Speech
Tome Trouble
Shoddy Parallel
Crashlanding

Plan for Inaction
Delayed and truncated by almost two years, the Plan is one of the most telling victims of the raging political uncertainty.

Golden Windfall
The Malayalam feature film made on a shoestring budget fetches London-based Indian filmmaker Murli Nair the coveted best first film award at Cannes.

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