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India Today issue dated June 12, 2000
June 12, 2000

 

Generation Next
Here comes the fizz-kids of Bollywood. They are hot, happening and hyper. They have the industry all bubbly. And they are raring to wow the audience.
NATION
 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.

It's all about money, honey!

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OTHER STORIES
ECONOMY
Free for All
 Communications minister Ram Vilas Paswan sends corporatisation economics into a tizzy with his free-phone largesse for employees.

On a Tightrope
The RBI's strategy to keep the rupee from appreciating against the dollar paid off till recently. But it can slide down as well as seen in the last month.

ENTERTAINMENT
Must-See of the Month
Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta and Shahrukh's Josh. 

CRIME
Intrigues In Academia
The mysterious disappearance of a Banaras Hindu University dean gives rise to allegations and speculations.

SPORTS
Day of the Wrong 'Un
Indian cricket was never so bad with embattled coach, clueless administrators and players under tax scrutiny.

Dark Side of the Moon
Bindra reopens an old controversy before the CBI. ICC chief Dalmiya is accused of bias in awarding the contract for the 1996 World Cup inaugural ceremony to an Italian firm.

COLUMNS NEWSNOTES
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
 Stop the Perks- The Government must stop subsidising MPs before preaching about cost-cutting.

Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Those 100 days Again-The monsoon is predicted to be normal for the 12th consecutive year.

Cyber Chatter  by Samar Halarnkar
The News This Time- News portals are waning the use of televisions at home; the net is really expanding.

 

 Free Economy
Former finance minister Manmohan Singh's economic policies will be reviewed.

The Ex Files
Maharashtra Deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal summons his administration to fish out some files pertaining to the 'misdeeds' of his arch rival Bal Thackeray.

Transfer Truce
President K.R.Narayan suggests his daughter's name for ambassador's post in Colombo, and Vajpayee readily agrees.

Poll Fault
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Ram Prakash Gupta is petitioned.

Confessional
 Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh speaks to Subhash Mishra about his recent electoral victory.
REGULARS WEB EXCLUSIVES 

From the
Editor in Chief

Editorials
Phoney Capitalism-Welcome to Ram Vilas Paswan rajya. Welcome to bankruptcy.
PG Accommodation-Professional loungers have no right to state-sponsored MAs in Uttar Pradesh.

Eyecatchers
Alanis Morissette, Anil Kapoor, Pahlaj Nihalani and more.
Voices

Books
Plenty's Scarcity
Skull Sutra
Monk Mysteries

Offtrack
 In Kutch, water conservation is arty with a folk singer teaching the villagers.

Bodyline
 by Ravi Shankar

Centrestage
 by Ajit Ninan

 

Game Theory 
Tales from the wide world of sport by Rohit Brijnath.

Beat Street 
Listen to the experiences on the job by INDIA TODAY correspondents

Tall Tales by S Kalidas

Friday Fundas  
Musings on trends, shams and life by Ravi Shankar

24 Frames Per Second  
Sensuous and mesmerising account of the Tinsel town by Anupama Chopra

Loose Change  
An incisive take on the business and economy by Sudeep Chakravarti

Au ContrAiyar  
A contrarian take on stock markets, policy and practice by V Shankar Aiyar

Dispatches
Exclusive stories for the web

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Interviews

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