From music to porn, the desert-city of Jaisalmer has taken on a distinct French character brought on by an influx of tourists
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Plagued by hiccups, invisibility and bad press, BiTVs feisty chief is neither down nor out
As part of its feverish brand-building exercise, BPL ties up with ABCL in a Rs 25-crore deal. Will the association pay off?
The global giant arrives at a trot, tying up big stars, pitching for major sponsorships
Rohan Gavaskar is on a nasty wicket, trying to live up to his surname and live it down at the same time. Will he face it square on?
Plagued by hiccups, invisibility and bad press, BiTVs feisty chief is neither down nor out
High airtime charges impede the cellular revolution in India
As part of its feverish brand-building exercise, BPL ties up with ABCL in a Rs 25-crore deal. Will the association pay off?
The army prepares to take on the LTTE in its stronghold
The global giant arrives at a trot, tying up big stars, pitching for major sponsorships
Rohan Gavaskar is on a nasty wicket, trying to live up to his surname and live it down at the same time. Will he face it square on?
OTHER STORIES
Indian lesbians remain a closeted community and struggle to break free
Marketers are increasingly enlisting housewives as their sales force
A new kid on the bhangra block boogies up the charts
Scotch majors are launching cheap Indian brands instead of relying on the real thing
Chief Minister Jyoti Basu sees the reforms as a success and outlines future plans
Instead of helping the small farmer, West Bengal’s land reforms have created a new zamindar class
Farooq Abdullah says he will not participate in elections
With prominent Kashmiri leaders threatening to stay away, the planned state polls could trigger off widespread violence.
Enforcement agencies have finally received the go-ahead to probe the assets of Jayalalitha's confidante Sasikala
Washington puts final touches on a new immigration law that threatens to keep out many Indian hopefuls
Balaji Tambe has cultivated a varied clientele of the rich and famous with his ‘hava, dava and dua’ formula
The India Habitat Centre is to be stripped of all five-star frills
The arms package for Pakistan sends out confusing signals
An increasing number of men are breaking the barriers of social prejudice and taking up dance as a full-time career
The CPI makes a serious bid to infuse new spirit into the party
Party MPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of the Prime Minister
G Sanjeeva Reddy makes a virtue of his old associate Rao's passivity
OUTLOOK-MODE Opinion Poll
With the BJP in disarray and the National Front-Left Front unable to combine, the future of the Congress seems suddenly brighter. Or is it a chimera?
The Supreme Court ruling against K.P.S. Gill vindicates Rupan Deol Bajaj. But is the Punjab supercop repentant?
A retrospective of the master's early works, resurrected from old damaged prints, enthrals audiences across the US
When Finance Minister Manmohan Singh contended at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington last week that he would be able to keep his budget promise to keeping the fiscal deficit at 5.5 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product
The Brighton meet focuses on the troubled state to woo Asians
Botham's life—in his own words
Even as a young man, Anand took himself seriously and sought to cultivate the lions of English literature in the 1930s before he got down to writing his first novel.
In a difficult book, Kundera asserts the primacy of fiction
The Gujarat issue is put on hold till the party's presidential election
The toppled TDP leaders shows signs of recouping