Never in India's 46-year-old history of adult franchise has female representation in Parliament crossed the 10-per cent mark.
-
COVER STORY
-
What prompted the Harvard-educated lawyer to quit the Congress ministry and join hands with G.K. Moopanar? The former commerce minister explains his position.
Congress may only win 16 seats. DMK will win assembly poll with majority.
Both have suffered, and responded differently. While Kalpnath Rai opts for rash charges against Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, Sunil Dutt prefers to quietly withdraw from the electoral arena
-
In Ron Brown's death, US business hardsell abroad may suffer
-
The Indian cricket team's new manager ruminates on life after Ajit Wadekar
-
What prompted the Harvard-educated lawyer to quit the Congress ministry and join hands with G.K. Moopanar? The former commerce minister explains his position.
-
Congress may only win 16 seats. DMK will win assembly poll with majority.
-
A major swing against the AIADMK spells trouble for Narasimha Rao
-
-
-
Both have suffered, and responded differently. While Kalpnath Rai opts for rash charges against Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, Sunil Dutt prefers to quietly withdraw from the electoral arena
-
A study dispels the myth that cotton is less prone to fire
OTHER STORIES
-
Liquor control attempts will hit
-
<b>Vijay Mallya,</b> chairman UB Group, is disappointed and angry at the recent initiatives by various state governments. Excerpts from an interview with the Bangalore - based liquor baron.
-
Political moves to make prohibition a poll issue may have economic ramifications for state exchequers
-
An expat writer's latest book about Japanese war crimes creates waves in the West
-
-
The common voter has tried to keep the democratic fibre of the country alive and vibrant. But now there is a pervading sense of despair. What can the voter do, given the choices he has?
-
Political parties find it difficult to get suitable candidates
-
Asian immigrants are being blamed for the ills plaguing the country, including tuberculosis
-
Today, label-hoppers are gathering the best deals
-
Western-style stress management is here-democratic, violent, sadistic, vicarious and it's all legit...
-
Titan, the watch-maker with the Midas touch, is branching out into a multifaceted corporation
-
On election eve, a question paper leak embarrasses the Sena
-
The NC opts out, counter-insurgents float parties, and the common people wonder how many will fall victim
-
-
The chairman and managing director of Hindustan Construction Company on the Government's unfinished agenda
-
Fuelled by TV and a new confidence, the subcontinent's cricket managers prepare to wrest control of the game
-
In the north, Congress prospects remain abysmal. Now, even the south is fast slipping from under its feet
-
A battered and bruised Congress pins its hopes on a hung Parliament and counts on non-BJP parties supporting its bid for another minority government
-
'Raajkumar' has stunning special effects, but will that suffice?
-
In India the entry coasts into public life are appallingly low,crowding out the more upright people.
-
A rather tedious look at normal Indian life in extraordinary times
-
The market is poised for a takeoff. At last.
-
-
The gay community wins official acceptance and a space
-
But militant posturing by Khaleda Zia threatens the pre-poll calm