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NOVEMBER 1

Crescent Of Terror
As Prime Minister Gujral and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharief attempt to normalise relations between the two countries, a US Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare report claims that a devious plan is being hatched to transport Islamic terrorism across India and Afghanistan.
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'Prabhakaran said he did not trust either RAW or the ministry of external affairs'
J N Dixit continues his account of why LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran turned against India and Rajiv Gandhi.
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The War Against The Status Quo
C Rajagopalachari was among the first to challenge the dominance of the Congress in Indian politics. Free India's first governor general was also the first to attack the permit-licence Raj, the move towards socialism and the imminent wave of corruption and stagnation. Rajmohan Gandhi, his grandson -- who was also the Mahatma's grandson -- chronicles the birth of the Swatantra Party, India's main Opposition party through the sixties.
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The Ghost of Diwalis Past
'Who'd have believed that life changes? That Diwali itself would change?' asks Varsha Bhosle. 'Just as global warming has played havoc with the nature of Bombay's now-nonexistent winter, so have the pace and stress of modern city-life with the length and essence of our Diwali.'
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'Cartoonists should be liberals and radicals'
Legendary cartoonist Abu Abraham, in a lively interview.
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'There is give and take in politics. It is not unusual'
Did the UP developments tarnish the BJP's image? Why were criminals inducted into the Kalyan Singh ministry? A cornered BJP vice-president Krishan Lal Sharma struggles for answers.
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Tainted giants
Anant Gaundalkar compiles a list of top world leaders who faced trial in criminal cases...
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OCTOBER 31

A Mission Of Hate
Why did the LTTE and its supremo V Prabhakaran turn against India? Why did they feel betrayed enough to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi in the summer of 1991? J N Dixit, India's high commissioner in Colombo during those tumultous years when the Indo-Sri Lanka accord was signed and the IPKF was sent to Jaffna, casts fresh light on this most traumatic phase in India's contemporary history.
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Diplomacy Or Disaster?
Despite all the hype about Gujral's expertise in foreign affairs, the fact is that at the end of nearly one-and-a-half years at the helm of foreign policy in the UF government, India stands smaller than at any time in recent memory in the community of nations, isolated than ever before.
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Give the Gujral Doctrine A Chance
B G Verghese says the Gujral doctrine is the only thing that will work in India's relations with its neighbours.
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The American Plan
Washington is keen to strengthen Indo-US ties. But is Gujral interested?
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Arson and killing don't make news anymore in southern Tamil Nadu
Because even a death or three is 'acceptable', or so the feeling goes, when set against the situation of April through June this year, when entire families were decimated, and entire villages evacuated to prevent wholesale slaughter.
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Mother Roy
The daughter is a literary superstar, but Arundhati Roy's mother has her own claim to fame.
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OCTOBER 30

Indo-Pak relations:
The Turning Point
How the hawks at the external affairs ministry converted Prime Minister Gujral to their cause. Their trump card was evidence gleaned from a video footage of interrogation of prospective terrorists being trained by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and the Taliban militia in camps in Afghanistan.
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US ambassador-designate confident of finding 'common ground' with India
India and the US can find solutions to 'critical issues' such as arms control, nuclear non-proliferation and missiles through intensified dialogues, says Richard F Celeste.
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'The political atmosphere needs a overhaul'
An exclusive interview with Uttar Pradesh Congress chief N D Tiwari.
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THE STATES

Laloo Yadav gets bail in Bihar fodder scam
President urged to protect Christians from violence in Bihar
Maharashtra govt pulled up for atrocities against Patkar
AP CM favours Presidential form of govt

NEWS BRIEFS

Pak ratifies chemical weapons ban

OCTOBER 29

Parikh sworn in
as Gujarat CM
The 16-member Rashtriya Janata Party ministry includes three independents.
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Advocates save TN judge's life as criminals go berserk
The four accused, including notorious criminal Surla, were furious with the "inordinate delay" in the commencement of the trial and denial of bail in the V S Chandralekha acid attack case.
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'Any struggle against the communal BJP is welcome'
An exclusive interview with Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislature Party leader Pramod Tewari.
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Fear may have inspired DMK's stand on Article 356
An adverse report from the Jain Commission is looming large. And the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu is using the past as an insurance for the future.
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1947, A Soldier's Story
Both were men of arms, both were of the same rank, both were good friends. But they were in different camps -- India's Mohinder Singh Chopra and Pakistan's Nazir Ahmad.
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THE STATES

Dhawan fails to end Kerala Congress crisis
Malaria epidemic may hit Goa's tourism industry

NEWS BRIEFS

CBI blames Rao for St Kitts

Yeh Hai India!

Oh dear, no deer!
No deer meat will be served at the four-course dinner on Tuesday night for Delhi's elite to celebrate the Nagaland festival.
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OCTOBER 28

It's Parikh!
Industry Minister Dilip Parikh will be Gujarat's next chief minister. Parikh was unanimously elected leader of the Rashtriya Janata Party Legislature Party in Gandhinagar on Monday evening.
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Jumbo Cabinet for UP
Kalyan Singh brings in 70 new faces, increasing the strength of his ministry to 93. All the 38 defectors, who saved the BJP government, have been accommodated.
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Indo-Pak foreign secretary talks soon
''With a person like Sharief at the helm of affairs in Pakistan, the Kashmir issue could be sorted out,'' said Gujral.
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India's decisive victory at Commonwealth meet
Gujral's suggestion on the issue of cross-border terrorism was incorporated in the political resolution.
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Shopper killed, 33 hurt in Delhi blasts
Shaheed Khalsa claims responsibility, but the police arrest three Tahariq-ul-Mujahideen activists, carrying RDX.
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Rs 500,000 offered for information on Delhi blasts
Maximum security cover promised to informant. Delhi CM asks people, specifically shopkeepers and DTC bus staff, to watch out for suspicious-looking objects.
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Kesri, Deve Gowda, Kanshi Ram blast BJP
What has happened in Uttar Pradesh, where the party engineered defections, has exposed it completely, the Congress chief said.
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Golden jubilee of J & K's accession celebrated
It was exactly 50 years ago that maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir signed the instrument of accession making Jammu and Kashmir an integral part of India and the government sent military aid for the deliverance of the Srinagar valley from foreign marauders.
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People equally to blame for Delhi's woes
Experts are also suggesting mild punitive action against residents found dirtying their environs.
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THE STATES

Hurriyat leaders arrested in Srinagar
HP to make primary education compulsory

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Yeh Hai India!

Bengal elephants to receive pension
About 30 forest department 'staffers' have been shortlisted.
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