NEWS
BJP dissolves unit in Kalyan's home district
The former chief minister scotched all speculation about forming a new party in Ayodhya on Dec 6 with the announcement that he would not visit the town that day.
NEWS
Navy to equip subs with cruise missiles
Admiral Sushil Kumar said the navy requires at least two operational carriers for effective combat capability, but the long-term objective is to have a three-carrier navy.
INTERVIEW
'This is the time to take corrective measures'
'When the AICC observers met the MLAs a couple of days back, a majority of them reportedly suggested my name. So how could there be 47 against me? The arithmetic does not seem correct,' says J B Patnaik, who nurses the dream of becoming Orissa CM again.
BUSINESS
Re-made in Japan
The curry patent is a budding row over taste.
BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'Infrastructure won't get any funds if insurance is privatised'
'There is a high rate of failure of private insurance companies in the US. That private companies' service will be efficient is debatable. Private companies will invest their profits according to what the market considers important,' argues Prakash Karat of the CPI-M.
MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'Sunny was the first to bring professionalism in the game in India'
Our Millennium Special takes a comprehensive look at the last 1000 years via a collection of fascinating lists provided by the best-known Indians. Today, Tiger Pataudi expands on his favourite Indian cricketers.
SPORTS
Topless, Down Under
Sun strong enough to make Madras-born Ramesh hunt for sunblock. A women's football team that promotes the game by posing in the buff. And some serious cricket as the Indians gear up for the big one. Harsha Bhogle, from a ringside seat in Sydney.
MOVIES
In search of truth
Brilliant cinematography, but there's little else to Thakshak.
MUSIC
'I want to sing every song with my whole heart'
He could have been another Punjabi munda doing bhangra pop. But Sukhwindara Singh -- the voice behind several chartbusters -- has gone one step ahead and given film songs a Punjabi touch.
TRAVEL
Empty airports?
A number of airlines have cancelled flights into/out of India on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day.
SPECIAL
Of litchis, mangoes and 4 o'clock rains
Artists and writers once looked upon Doon as a haven for pursuing their creative endeavours, but the muses seem to have departed now, what with the pollution and bustle.
DIARY
Orissa's Sorrow
'Biswal, swinging like a pendulum, derailed Patnaik's ambitious surge. First he sided with the latter and demanded Gamang's removal. But when the time came, Gamang managed to win him over, obviously with allurements.' Bibhuti Mishra on the political wheeler-dealing in the cyclone-stricken state.
COLUMNS
Karma Chameleon
'And who are these guardians of Indian pride, anyway? Maharishis with penance on their mind? Hardly. For the most part, the liberated desis around this part of the planet can't tell a shloka from one of Leno's monologues,' says Ashwin Mahesh.
A war without winners
'Will Mulayam Singh Yadav risk losing his Muslim constituency by embracing Kalyan Singh? Especially after he has just announced his renewed determination to take up the Ayodhya issue?' wonders T V R Shenoy.
Economy's overlords bungle in cyclone-hit Orissa
'The post-cyclone phase should be a time of introspection for India's 20 million-strong, multi-tiered bureaucracy which costs the economy an estimated Rs 400 billion annually. The government needs to earn its keep and learn the rudiments of disaster prevention and management,' says Dilip Thakore.
On the back foot, to come good
Dilip Vengsarkar on the technique needed to counter the Australian bowlers in Australia.
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