Sept 20, 1999

COVER STORY
In the Land of Dara
Arguably the most wanted criminal in the country today, Dara Singh has been eluding the police dragnet for several months now, thanks to the forbidding terrain in the Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts if Orissa and his carefully cultivated support base among tribals in the region.

ELECTIONS 99
Old Hand vs New Face
In the most presidential campaign ever Vajpayee portrays himself as the great Indian patriarch and asks the voter to trust him.

Splits and Swings
Judging the outcome isn't all that hazardous if past results are monitored. The campaign provides the chemistry, the rest is organised number-crunching. 

Poll Diary
News, Views, Footloose.

OTHER STORIES

DEFENCE
Major-General V S Budhwar: "Singh was removed for his inept conduct"