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COVER
STORY: STOCKMARKET CRASH |
Victims
Of The Crash |
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With
stockmarkets losing more
than Rs 4,000 crore a day in March, small investors like Girish Patel
of Ahmedabad have lost much of their
life's savings in the stockmarket crash. A profile of some middle-class
investors who burnt their fingers.
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| Villains Of The Crash
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SEBI Chairman D.R. Mehta, along with bankers
and brokers, must share the responsibility for allowing yet another
scam by their acts of commission and omission.
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| What's Next For The
Economy? |
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For the third time since 1997, a combination
of sliding stockmarkets, political instability, and global slowdown
threatens
to turn the hopes of an economic take-off into despair.
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THE NATION: BJP |
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Numbed By Disgrace |
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The BJP, still in shock, begins life after
the Tehelka expose with
a new president and a combination of hope and bluster. A
SWOT analysis.
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BUSINESS: BALCO |
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Official
Obstacle |
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi eggs on workers
to go on
a strike that is adversely the affecting production and profits of
the establishment.
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LETTER |
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From
The Editor In Chief |
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EDITORIALS |
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Banned
Wagon |
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now the Congress will wage war on Indira's biographer. |
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Undertrial
And Error
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jails demand quick justice--not amnesty schemes. |
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INTERVIEW:
BENAZIR BHUTTO
"I'd choose Musharraf Any
Day"
B. Bhutto in conversation with INDIA
TODAY Editor
Prabhu Chawla.
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DEFENCE: ARMS DEAL
Fire Fighting
As the Tehelka controversy slows defence
deals, the Government takes steps to streamline the weapon procurement
system.
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SPACE: GSLV
Mission Aborted
The launch of GSLV was halted after
an engine snag. What went wrong?
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OFFTRACK: RAIPUR
Action
Station
The future of urchins is on track, thanks
to a visionary police officer.
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THE ARTS: BHUKHAMB
Earth, Body
And Sky
The sensuality of Sharvani projects
her as the future of Indian dance.
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LIVING:
MONKEY MENACE
Rhesus Rage
Primates strike at humans in the
Capital, but nobody seems to have a solution.
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FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
George
Is
No Saint
His riches indicate how
the doorkeepers of the Durbar can hit paydirt.
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KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
A Level
Paying Field
Financing
the democracy surplus is as important as reducing the fiscal deficit.
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POLITICALLY CORRECT:
P. Chidambaram
Return Of
The Curse
Post-Tehelka pressures will
see reforms come to a standstill.
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RIGHT ANGLE:
Swapan Dasgupta
Two Wrongs
Isn't Right
Norms set by the secular
Taliban are governing the BJP's actions.
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CENTRESTAGE
By Ajit Ninan
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VOICES
"Dirt should not
be pushed under the carpet. It should be thrown out."
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,
former Rajasthan chief minister, asking his party, the BJP, to show
Bangaru Laxman the door.
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| CAPLOOKS
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Not
Out Yet
For a doghouse man, George is doing well.
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Language
Weapon
Sushma
Swaraj will now campaign in West Bengal.
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His
Open Sky Policy
Badal's penchant for air travel
costs Rs 11.66 cr.
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Business
Holiday
Om Prakash Chautala turns business-savvy.
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TREMORS
The Offshoots Of The Congress Party.
CONFESSIONAL
Congress leader A.K. ANTONY
does not believe infighting in his party will affect the UDF's chances
in the Kerala polls.
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