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Six Degree Test

The Outlook panel formulated six categories for identifying candidates unfit to contest elections...

Feb 23, 1998

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The Panelists

The eminent jury that pronounced verdict on the guilty.

Feb 23, 1998

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Nominees Facing Criminal Cases

A Panel Of Four Eminent Persons Shortlisted 72 Candidates Who Have Criminal Proceedings Pending Against Them And Who, In Their Opinion, Ought Not To Contest Elections.

Feb 23, 1998

| Janaki Bahadur Kremmer Rajesh Joshi Bhavdeep Kang Ramananda Sengupta K.S. Narayanan
Cover Story

Men In Black

Just a representative list of some of the men with a past.

Feb 23, 1998

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Cover Stories

Towards A Cleaner Poll

An eminent panel identifies 72 Lok Sabha candidates facing criminal cases

Feb 23, 1998

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West Bengal

An Eye On Delhi

Local issues are forgotten as Jyoti Basu harps on 'Dilli chalo'

Feb 23, 1998

| Soutik Biswas Ashis K. Biswas
- Equal Lack Of Opportunity
The Untouched

Aliens Everywhere

Half a million repatriates whose forefathers had been uprooted from Tamil Nadu to work on Sri Lankan estates find that they are Indian only in name

Feb 23, 1998

| A.S. Panneerselvan
Travelogue

The Die Is Caste In BJP-Land

Saeed Naqvi crisscrosses Avadh, eastern UP and the Kumaon hills to gauge the voters' mood

Feb 23, 1998

| Saeed Naqvi
Trafficking

For Sale: Childhood

HIV is what India's given them. Nepali girls—some as young as nine—rescued from Indian brothels, recount their tragedy.

Feb 23, 1998

| Soma Wadhwa
Statescan

Maharashtra: A Surprise Dynastic Swing

In Sena state Sharad Pawar stands high on the Gandhi-Nehru plank

Feb 23, 1998

| Lekha Rattanani
Madhya Pradesh

Dacoit Appeal

Malkhan Singh, ex-Chambal bandit, is the SP's star campaigner

Feb 23, 1998

| Raajkumar Keswani
Focus

A Promise To Betray

Translate the manifestos into real numbers, and they read: mislead the people and get power

Feb 23, 1998

| Gautam Chikermane
Campaign Trail

Star-Studded Roadshow

Cinestars leave behind the glitz and glamour of tinsel town to take on the heat and dust of Elections '98, spicing up the poll tamasha

Feb 23, 1998

| Saibal Chatterjee A.S. Panneerselvan Y.P. Rajesh
Bjp

The Onus Of Optimism

The BJP's grand total of six Muslim candidates are pinning all their hopes on Vajpayee

Feb 23, 1998

| Ishan Joshi
- The Band Of Six
Assam

Holding Polls To Ransom

Militant strikes and boycott calls put pressure on an already beleaguered administration

Feb 23, 1998

| Nitin A. Gokhale
- "Democracy Has Failed The Test"

Spotlight

Meeting Mr Maino

"After Sonia's marriage, everyone thinks we have got rich. But the marriage has been an expensive thing for us."

Feb 23, 1998

| Jawid Laiq

West Bengal

Fleeing The Reds

Corporates are shifting out of the state, but Basu claims all is well

Feb 23, 1998

| Ashis K. Biswas Nikhil Mookerjee
Economy

What's The Real Story?

Poll-eve, the government releases data that says GDP grew 7.5 per cent last year. Can we believe it?

Feb 23, 1998

| Paromita Shastri

Cricket

The Ball's In Court

Further hearings into match-fixing charges may put a premature end to Akram's career

Feb 23, 1998

| Amir Mir Iruddha Bahal
- Foul Play

10 Questions

Sumatheendra Nadiq

The NBT chairman is confident that books will survive the multimedia onslaught

Feb 23, 1998

| M.K.
Calcutta Diary

No Locust Stand I

Feb 23, 1998

| Rahul Jacob
Review

Ode To Liberalisation

Leading economists pay tribute to the father of Indian reforms

Feb 23, 1998

| Srivatsa Krishna
Review

Dylan With Drivel

If only Gustad could write

Feb 23, 1998

| Sunil Mehra
Review

The Sikh Psyche

A well-crafted history marred by a digression from facts

Feb 23, 1998

| Amrik Singh
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