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2G SCAM
Tehelka interprets the Supreme Court order on 2G
By ASHISH KHETAN
  ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
If we don't win in UP it will be our fault: Uma Bharti
By BRIJESH PANDEY
 
[Opinion] Meet UP: The New Bihar | By Ashok Malik

Death and deliverance in Bundelkhand | By Revati Laul

SERIES At The Heart Of It with Shoma Chaudhury Tehelka presents The Music Project In Conversation with Writers Cinema & Me: The Movies That Made Me
2G SCAM
We have accepted our responsibility: Singhvi
Says party accepts its mistake on the first come first serve policy, asks BJP to do the same

TAMIL NADU
Jaya ex-aide Sasikala’s brother arrested
VK Diwakaran has been remanded to judicial custody for 15 days on charges of property demolition


SLY CULTURE
Wedding bells and discovering India, tongue firmly in cheek
What happens when babus snooze, assembly line magazines get produced and a old masterpiece gets a new edge


JAMMU AND KASHMIR
'It really feels good when somebody stands up for us'
The families of the five civilians who were killed at Pathribal now see a hint of justice at the end of a dark tunnel

ASSAM
Three killed in train-vehicle collision at unmanned crossing
Earthmover was crossing even as speeding train approached, 16 people seriously injured

CHILD ABUSE
Ventilator taken off, a glimmer of hope for Falak
Despite responding well to medicines,
the two-year-old may require more surgeries

SOCIAL MEDIA
‘Google cannot use India’s IT laws as shield’
Lawyer argues Google not just a search engine, is generating business using content from other sites

ELECTRICITY
Activists demand CBI probe into power project
Narmada Bachao Andolan says purchase of power from Maheshwar Hydro-Electric project would cost Rs 10 per unit

UP ELECTIONS
Maya plays Dalit card, reminds voters of EC ‘humiliation’
CM accuses Congress of using CBI to settle political scores despite being ‘neck-deep’ in corruption

OPINION
My name is Nobody, not Anna Hazare
MPS Reen assesses why an old man has become a symbol of our flaws and strengths

ELECTIONS
India: More of a psephocracy than a democracy?
CP Bhambhri examines the dark side of elections in India as seen in the ongoing
polls

CASH CRUNCH
Baba Amte’s ashram faces financial squeeze
Institution that was set up to treat leprosy patients appeals for a grant of Rs 55 crore in the land of many billionaires

FILM REVIEW
A thrilling weekend is awaiting you at the theatre
Hollywood flicks rule the roost, take your pick between a thriller, a drama and a romance

ART
‘We are, in some sense, duplicate artists’
Artist Manjunath Kamath bemoans the lack of Indianness in contemporary
Indian art

 
  KARNATAKA
Maya’s white elephant down South
The southward thrust of the BSP has achieved modest success so far but the state party chief is under a cloud, writes Imran Khan

ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Giving a Dam to Forests, Holy Site
Wildlife and forest concerns are given a go-by as the MoEF plans to clear a mega power project close to a holy site citing strategic reasons. Ratnadip Choudhury reports

ANTRIX-DEVAS DEAL
The Truth is Out There
A year after the $300 million Antrix-Devas agreement was spiked, there is dismay about how our scientists are being treated. Abhishek Bhalla and G Vishnu report

PRESIDENTIAL POLL
UP Vote Holds Key
The Assembly poll result will also decide the outcome of the July Presidential elections, writes Samarth Saran

TEHELKA IMPACT
Supreme Court turns the heat on fake encounters by Gujarat Police
Apex court asks Justice (retd) MM Shah to supervise the probe into the 22 alleged fake encounters, including that of Sameer Khan, exposed by TEHELKA in 2007

IN COLD BLOOD
‘I resigned to prove that I’d nothing to do with the rape’
Odisha ex-minister Pradeep Maharathy tells Bibhuti Pati that he is a victim of a media trial in the Pipili gangrape case

PROS&CONS
Setting right the diesel skew can’t be a smooth ride
The automobile industry may not like it but the proposal to hike excise duty on diesel vehicles is good for the State exchequer and the environment


  JITISH KALLAT
Jitish makes alocal Call
Artist as genius. Artist as star. Artist as object of neighbour’s envy and owner’s pride. Nisha Susan explores why post-globalised India needs Jitish Kallat and his art

IDEAS 2011
Romance, Revolution And Bigotry
Shashi Tharoor and Hari Kunzru talk about the asset and liability that is the social media, with Vikram Chandra

PROFILE
The Keeper of Faith
The 14th century cathedral in Paris has been in the safe hands of Joachim Irudayanathan for seven years. Adeline Bertin meets the Indian who holds the keys to Notre Dame

BOOKS
Our Fertile Critic
AK Mehrotra’s essays across 30 years provide a scathing view of our absent literary culture, finds Alok Rai

BOOKS
Backstage Boys
Kiran Nagarkar’s sequel to Ravan and Eddie is bawdy and implausible, says Sanjay Sipahimalani

FILM REVIEW - AGNEEPATH
A Bleeding Blockbuster
By Mona J

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘Are there any rules in love and lovemaking?’ - Bose Krishnamachari 49, Artist
By Aradhna Wal

PERSONAL HISTORIES: READING
‘A story being told can never be as great as the story being lived’
By Kavitha Buggana

     



 


 

Vijay Simha's 'Inside Out'
What the mirror in the pavilion says


  Sly Culture
Wedding bells and discovering India, tongue firmly in cheek

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

  At The Heart Of It
The Lokpal Face-off. A video editorial by Shoma Chaudhury

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

 
 
 
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