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 CURRENT ISSUE FEBRUARY 18, 2002
 
COVER STORY: ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Neck & Neck
Later this month, India will witness elections in one
of the country's richest states and one of its poorest. The scenarios couldn't be more different: Punjab has shrugged off the memory of insurgency with ebullience; Uttar Pradesh remains a madhouse of caste,
criminality and lax governance. According to the poll commissioned by the Aaj Tak channel (a part of the India Today Group) and conducted by C-Voter, the Samajwadi Party is running the ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party close in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress
is well ahead in Punjab while it is the BJP that has
the edge in Uttaranchal.

 

 
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WEB ONLY FEATURES
Differences between the mayor and deputy mayor of Chennai take an ugly turn, bringing little cheer for the city. A lowdown by India Today Special Correspondent Arun Ram.
Civic Casualty
 
 
COVER STORY: PUNJAB

COVER STORY: UTTARANCHAL

The Final Onslaught Uphill Task

Muck-raking and populist agendas come to the fore as the no-holds-barred campaign draws to a close.

Statehood has created a large number of small far-flung constituencies which are being wooed by a jumble of aspirants.
  

COVER STORY: POLL DIARY STATES: WEST BENGAL
Battle of the Other Bahu Left Right Left

Ameeta Kulkarni Singh is contesting the Amethi assembly seat once represented by her husband Sanjay Singh.

Politics stifles governance as the Left Front reins in Buddhadeb's anti-terrorism drive that mirrored the Centre's concerns.

     
     
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From The Editor In Chief
To The Editor

  Reforms & Returns
The Government knows the market but doesn't know how to market itself.
     
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ECONOMY: REFORMS
Spark or Sputter

MONEY MATTERS
Best of Both Worlds

The recent economic measures are good. But for investments to materialise the main course of reforms must follow.
  Banks have made their savings accounts more attractive by offering a combo account that works both as SB and FD.

DEFENCE: INDIA-US TIES
Dramatic U Turn

NEIGHBOURS: DANIEL PEARL'S ABDUCTION
Winding Trail

After the Pokhran low, India and US sail full steam ahead with joint military exercises, and sale of sensitive weapons.     JeM, Al Qaida, Pakistani intelligence or India—with Sheikh Omar now suspected, the drama gets murkier.
 

CRIME: FILMS DIVISION
Scandal Babu's Files

OFFTRACK: KENDRAPARA, ORISSA
Breeding Trouble

Evidence of sex, lies and misuse of tape tumble out of chief producer Kapadia's closet after the CBI raids his office.

   

Man and reptile at Kendrapara in Orissa fight for space after a successful conservation project.

LIVING: GENDER EQUATIONS
Mr She

SPORTS: CRICKET
Play And Miss
The rules of romance could well be rewritten with the alpha male making way for the uberwoman.
   

India vies for the World Cup inside a year. If the series against England is any guide its chances are next to nothing.

CINEMA: ABHISHEK BACHCHAN
Make or Break

Dharmesh Darshan's new film releasing on Valentine's Day, may be A.B. Baby's last chance to prove his box office worth and come out of his father's shadow.

     
 COLUMNS

FIFTH COLUMN: TAVLEEN SINGH
Dangerous Delusion

 

KAUTILYA: JAIRAM RAMESH
Geoeconomy, Not Geometry

America's terrorism war doesn't include India's battle against the scourge.

 

The idea of a Delhi-Moscow-Beijing strategic triangle surfaces once again.

       

POLITICALLY CORRECT: P. CHIDAMBARAM
Costly Dangers

The theory that moderate inflation spurs growth is as spurious as it is callous.

       
 
 
 NEWSNOTES
CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan   QUOTE OF THE WEEK
  "Being lucky does not pay in politics. Neither does intelligence matter. What counts is the stupidity of your opponents. Here I am lucky."

Punjab chief minister Parkash
Singh Badal
 CAPLOOKS
Secretary Spats   All Eyes on the Coup Brigade

Sonia Gandhi's Additional Private Secretary and Officer on Special Duty are at war.

 

The Rawalpindi-based 111 Brigade is called Pakistan's Coup Brigade.

Unholy Analogy   Junior Vajpayee?
Vaiko's much flaunted show of support for the LTTE seems to be going a bit too far.   The BJP in Gujarat is doing little to cleanse the madarsas of jehadi elements.
Confessional   Tremors
The former prime minister V. P. Singh reverts to his original agenda: corruption.
 
Update on Indo-Russian Ties.
MEDIA  SIGNPOSTS  GOLDEN PUMPKIN   SPOTLIGHT POACHING CONSUMER FORUM
WORLDWATCH FUN QUIZ TELLY SCOPE  MUSIC REVIEW SOTTO VOCE  
 
 
 
 REGULARS
BOOKS
Truth, Love & A Little Malice: K. Singh   Conflict Unending: Sumit Ganguly
The best part of Khushwant's memoirs is his early life as a pampered son.  

Ganguly is good with Indo-Pak facts but his argument is quite faciler.

 
Circles Of Silence: Preeti & Stoughton   New Releases
This is Mills and Boon with a dash of
the Gothic.
 


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