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 Why
should the RBI tell banks where to invest their money or how to recover
loans, asks India Today Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au
Contraiyar.
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Despatches
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It's
good news for a change from Jammu and Kashmir. Business is actually looking
up. INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Ramesh Vinayak reports on
the boom and what it means for the state's threadbare economy in Despatches.
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After
a week-long chase, INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Ramesh Vinayak
finally caught up with the enigmatic chief of the Hizbul Mujahideen,
Syed
Salahuddin, on his mobile phone for an interview from Pakistan.
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100
people who shaped India in the 20th century |
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COVER STORY : ATAL BIHARI
VAJPAYEE |
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How Fit is He? |
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 The
prime minister cut short his trip to Nagpur for the BJP National Executive
and then truncated his visit to the US on doctor's orders. The health
of the ageing leader is suddenly a matter of speculation. What does this
mean for the party and the ruling coalition that he has held together?
Full
Story...
Few
Expectations
A
truncated itinerary, a prime minister wanting a respite and a president
on his way out conspire to make the much vaunted visit a zero sum gain.
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SPORTS : OLYMPICS SPECIAL |
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One Billion Hopes |
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Indian athletes who set out for Sydney travel with the awareness that
there are those among them who have the chance to touch the sky. Will
they be able to come back with the long-ellusive medals?
Full
Story...
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DEVELOPMENT: RAIN HARVESTING |
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How Green Is My Village |
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 A
unique build-your-own-dam scheme helps transform the arid Saurashtra
region in Gujarat into an oasis.
Full
Story...
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BUSINESS
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TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Dressing
Down
Shutdowns,
idle looms, stagnant markets and cheap imports-the industry is fighting
battles on several fronts with its hands tied.
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CINEMA:
ABHISHEK BACHCHAN
Missing Magic
Though box-office glory eludes the star son, in an industry where
lineage is everything, nobody's writing Abhishek Bachchan off. Yet.
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TELEVISION:
NEW SHOWS
Star
Struck
Kaun
Banega Crorepati has triggered a makeover mania on TV, with
rival channels scrambling to capture the lucrative prime-time slot.
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STATES:
ANDHRA PRADESH
Naidu
Under Siege
Opposition
to a hike in power tariff dents the chief minister's reformist zeal.
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HEALTH
Dry-Eye
Syndrome
We've
not become heartless-but modern mores are costing us our tears.
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ESSAY:
Biology
VS Ideology
Perhaps
our doddering comrades are the last residues of history's biggest
ghost story. |
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VOICES
"In
the Puranas, we have a Bhola Shankar. There are many similar Bhola
Shankars among today's politicians."
P.V. Narasimha Rao, former prime minister, decrying the growing
tendency among politicians to take recourse to populism
"I
never wanted to be an Olympian. All I wanted was to keep breaking
my own record. I never competed to defeat anybody."
P.T. Usha, India's best ever woman athlete
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TREMORS
Where
the Bilateral Commissions Stand.
CAPLOOKS
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Bun
Of Contention
Towards
the end of Parliament's monsoon session, MPs were surprised
to find a new-look Sonia Gandhi...
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Ignorance
Is Bliss
While alighting from a Mercedes Benz, K.N. Govindacharya was taunted
for using a videshi vehicle... |
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Courting
The Pennies
Bansi Lal has fallen on hard days, both politically and
financially...
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Plane
Lucky
The Veerappan mania grips the Karnataka Government. Everybody plans
meetings keeping him in mind... |
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Confessional
Tamil
Maanila Congress General Secretary Peter Alphonse on why
coalition rule is a must in Tamil Nadu...
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METRO TODAY |
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MetroScape
Optical
Collusion
Victor Vasarely, the greatest crusader of the mid-20th century Op Art
movement.
more...
Looking
Glass
Mumbai:
Tourism
Bangalore:Store
Neemrana:
Swimming Pool
Chennai:Cafe
Delhi:Concert
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Full
coverages
With columns, infographics, audio reports.
»1971:
The Untold Story
This is a story not told in Pakistan. A secret inquiry into the
splintering of Pakistan in 1971 held army atrocities, widespread
corruption, cowardice, even loose morals, among its generals in
East Pakistan as prime reasons in losing the war. The explosive
Hamoodur Rahman report, obtained exclusively by NEWS TODAY's Samar
Halarnkar, has never seen the light of day—until now.
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Veerappan
Strikes Again
Kannada filmdom's top star Dr Rajkumar at
his rural farmhouse was rudely interrupted when one of India's deadliest
killers, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan,50, burst in a half hour before
midnight.
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The
Tiger Catastrophe
India's national animal is in crisis in the hands of its keepers.
The death toll at Nandan Kanan Zoo in Orissa is now 12, nine of
these rare white tigers.
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The
Sri Lankan Crisis
Exclusive interviews, columns and infographics
that track the battle for Jaffna.
» The
Kashmir Jigsaw
With both the governments and militants
taking strong positions, talks on autonomy could be heading for
a major showdown.
» The
Nepal Gameplan
A 'secret' new report obtained by INDIA
TODAY lays bare the ISI's infiltration in Nepal
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