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ANDHRA PRADESH
Jagan and the tumultuous politics of Andhra Pradesh
His fear that the Central govt is hatching a conspiracy to get CBI to arrest him adds fuel to the burning landscape of AP

ANTI CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE BILL
‘Every child has the right to untroubled childhood’
It’s not enough to be happy that the Bill is here. We need to ensure that it is implemented, says Harish Iyer


TRAIN MISHAP
Hampi Express rams into stationary goods train, killing 25
Accident occurred at 3 am on Tuesday, at Penukonda station, 147 km from Bangalore

ALLAHABAD BLAST
Crude bomb explosion leaves 4 children dead, 13 injured
UP police says such incidents are commonplace when making crude bombs gather proportions of a cottage industry

AIR INDIA
Air India accused of financial irregularities worth Rs 4,324 cr
Indian Pilots Guild is ready to talk to government only if the sacked pilots are taken back

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
“Law is fine, but we need to spread awareness through education”
Child right activist Hasina Kharbih says that new bill will help the Judiciary bring the offenders to book

CRIME
Reebok India ex-MD, COO accused of fraud worth Rs 870 cr
The FIR, however, due to a typing error, put the sum at Rs 8,700 crore—10 times the actual sum of loss

PATERNITY SUIT
Will the ND Tiwari paternity suit reach a conclusion?
Tiwari has been ordered by the Joint Registrar of the Delhi HC to appear on 26 May and submit his DNA sample

BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY
Ministers call for German proposal to dispose Bhopal toxic waste
GIZ, the German agency, had earlier offered its services to airlift the toxic waste and safely dispose it in Hamburg

MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT
“Securing the elephant corridors is our only hope”
Death of an elephant in Assam has once again highlighted the conflict the state has been witnessing

TELECOM
Call tariffs to rise by 90 paise per min in metros: COAI
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had said that costs would increase by 50p
per min

OPINION
The crusade against corruption
must last

Saul Pereira on how Team Anna should steer its way in the face of multiple
attacks

KASHMIR
The healing touch deserts the Valley
Jaibans Singh on why Kashmir politics must shift from emotive issues to pragmatic ones

OPINION
Time to learn about Proxy Servers and Virtual Private Networks
The recent court orders to block torrent sites will only create more awareness about how to bypass blockages, says Angad Chowdhry

OPINION
The superior is equally liable for his subordinate’s acts
Both amicus curiae and SIT’s reports should be considered in the Gujarat 2002 case

DELHI
Delhi moots congestion-free roads
The state government has approved three different infrastructure projects worth Rs 3,015 crore

CARTOON CONTROVERSY
Who slowed the Constitution Assembly?
Ram Puniyani on how forces inimical to social transformation are using identity politics

HEALTH
Take time out for yourself to
beat stress

Dr HK Chopra says we should save ourselves before it is too late by coping with stress in a positive manner

CINEMA
‘There’s nothing unfilmable. Interpretation is everything’
Says Deepa Mehta, director of Midnight’s Children, and believes that the film has enough elements to appeal to everyone

MUSIC
Make way for The Gods of Metal, again
Lamb of God has a brand new album set for release. And they gave up a US promotional tour for a concert in India

 
  TAMIL POLITICS
‘Raja’s future depends on him coming out clean’
DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan speaks to Sai Manish about the party’s predicament

KASHMIR
Grassroots Democracy Threatened in the Valley
The LeT wants the state’s sarpanches to quit. But the lack of remuneration and functional power is already doing the trick, says Riyaz Wani

KAZIRANGA
Renewing Licences to make a Killing?
Even afer a green tribunal restricted stone quarrying activities around the Kaziranga National Park, the state has renewed mining licences in the area, says Ratnadip Choudhury

WHAT ON EARTH
Why the Sariska Siege Never Ends
The boundaries of Sariska Tiger Reserve are nowhere demarcated on the ground. This perfectly suits the mining mafia and land sharks while keeping the poor villager on tenterhooks

OPINION
The Absent President
Pratibha Patil is the first woman President of India. Is that the only way she will be remembered?

PROS&CONS
Milking the cash cow of Cricket to its bare bones
The BCCI was quick to suspend five players caught in the spot-fixing scandal. But it has turned a blind eye to the larger malaise of corruption plaguing the IPL


  MEDIA
A sting op gets its bite back
Satyamev Jayate has sharpened the focus on female foeticide. Baba Umar speaks to the two intrepid journalists who panned their camera over an endemic crime seven years ago

OPINION
News Re-corp
Will rebranding Star News as ABP make a new news channel?

BOOKS
A demand for rites
Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya recasts a Greek tragedy with the conflicted actors in the Afghan war for a powerful parable, says Timeri N Murari

CINEMA
Wild Things
Billed as an ecological thriller, The Forest runs amok with thrillls but keeps the ecology on a leash, says Janani Ganesan

FILM REVIEW - ISHAQZAADE
Juliet’s Got a Gun
By Sunaina Kumar

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘X-rays are a sane and detached way to see people’- Dhiraj Singh, 39, Artist
By Aradhna Wal

PERSONAL HISTORIES:DAUGHTER
‘I often wished myself away instead of my brother’
By Mohita

     



 





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  At The Heart Of It
A video editorial by Shoma Chaudhury on Operation West End and the Conviction of Bangaru Laxman

  The Music Project
A series of video portraits, documenting independent music

  Cinema & Me
'The Godfather is the best film about a family that I have seen,' says Zoya Akhtar

 
 
 
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