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India Today issue dated June 19, 2000
June 19, 2000

 

Top 10 Colleges
Which are the premier institutions of learning in the country? As 5.5 million students all over the country prepare for admission into colleges, an India Today Gallup survey offers a comprehensive list of top institutions for them to make an intelligent choice.

NATION
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.

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OTHER STORIES
NEIGHBOURS
Wake-up Call
India may have resumed its flights to Kathmandu, but the intelligence report on the ISI activities has put a question mark on the thaw.

BUSINESS

Emperor Dethroned
As ITDC posts its maiden loss in 34 years, the Government accelerates its plans to disinvest in the PSU. But it may face stiff resistance from the unions of India's largest hospitality chain that runs the 26 Ashok hotels.

SPORTS
Split Wide Open
A new cricket body, Asian Cricket Foundation, threatens to widen the chasm between Asia and England.

CINEMA
Sweet Taste of Success

The scriptwriter's secret of success lies entirely on how she bends the rule keeping in mind the popular appeal; A profile of Honey Irani.

COLUMNS NEWSNOTES
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Overstated Case- India is now accustomed to blaming its poverty for all its problems.

Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Save More Grow More- A higher rate of economic growth will be constrained by the rate of home savings.

 

Prickly Crusade
BJP MP Kirit Somaiya is taken to task by his party for his zealous debate on the Indo-Mauritius double tax-avoidance treaty.

Falling in Line
Dilip Ray has unceremoniously been dropped by the Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik.

Word Power
Congressmen flaunt their word power to get close to Sonia Gandhi.

Role Reversal
Rabri Devi is more popular than husband Laloo at least in Raghopur.

Confessional
Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to step in to ensure that former Congress President Sita Ram Kesri had a roof over his head in Delhi.
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From the
Editor in Chief

Editorials
Keeping the Peace- Sierra Leone is a test of India's great power aspirations.
Imaginary Homeland-Why Karunanidhi's free speech is a national danger.

Eyecatchers
Rekha, Madhuri Dixit, Chandrachur Singh and more.

Voices

Books
Hell's Angel
Mutiny's Bounty
Lal Salaam

Offtrack
Let down by the government, Oriya tribals in Manoharpur build a canal on their own.

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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