Welcome to India Today, July 20, 1998

India Today
July 20, 1998

Rising Prices
Unseasonal rains, over-cautious policies and a falling rupee have collectively driven up prices of essential commodities as never before in the space of a year. There's no respite in sight.

Waving the Red Card
The Congress chief moves to discipline the party, antagonising regional chieftains and rewarding those who have maintained their loyalty.

Ladies Seat
The Congress and the BJP having agreed on the issue of reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies, the bill is likely to sail through.

Storm In a Tea Cup
History is merely the pretext, the real battle is political.

The Freeze Zone
The cold war between the RJD chief and the governor continues as Laloo charges Bhandari with conspiring to oust the Rabri regime.

CM as Santa
Assembly elections are still five months away but Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has already hit the campaign trail armed with sops and schemes for every section.

Practical Way Out
Unable to curb the pugree menace in Mumbai, the Government plans to legalise the transaction.

Thanks for Nothing
An environmental regulator is fired for doing his job.

Old Man at Sea
With the Lyngdoh Government in limbo very little gets done in Meghalaya, more so because the chief minister often forgets what's to be done.

Sporting Defiance
Muslim youth oppose a diktat against TV and radio.

Ready to Log in
The Task Force on IT has laid out plans to wire up the country by removing the supply bottlenecks to propel India into the Information Age.

Race Course by Prabhu Chawla
The Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Mani Talk by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh

Talking About Talking
Negotiators discover that 'opening doors that are closed but not locked' is proving an uphill task.

Mumbai's Monty
Naughty, seductive and even funny -- male strippers are taking the Mumbai's hip women to new highs and sighs.

Ear Today, Gone Tomorrow
A Guru for the Godman
Cyclone PR
Jet, Set, Go
Post-dated Check
Backward Step
At Daggers Drawn
Biennial Ritual
Stolen Limelight
A Dead Man's Tale
Failed Course

Cross-border Terminators
With Chhota Rajan claiming to have eliminated the Nepal MP, the ISI will be looking for replacement killers.

Atomic Age Warfare
Nuclear weapons in South Asia rule out full-scale conflict. The army is devising a doctrine to fight a limited war.

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