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Cover Story

"Congress Has Become Isolated"

In a strong indictment of the Congress, Madhavrao Scindia lashes out against the party's inept functioning. Excerpts:

May 01, 1996

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Cover Story

Fragmented Force

Scindia and Arjun Singh could spell trouble for the Congress in the state

May 01, 1996

| Sagarika Ghose
Campaign '96

Back In The Picture

Rajni's return causes panic in the AIADMK camp

May 01, 1996

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Campaign '96

DMK The Frontrunner

Rao's alliance with Jayalalitha may rock the ruling state government's boat

May 01, 1996

| A.S. Panneerselvan Padmanand Jha
Campaign '96

Banking On Berhampur

The Andhra-Orissa border constituency is a safe bet for Rao

May 01, 1996

| Ranjit Bhushan
Campaign '96

Sunset In East For Rao?

The key question: will the BJP make inroads into enemy territory?

May 01, 1996

| Ashis K. Biswas Saibal Chatterjee Ranjit Bhushan Ishan Joshi
Campaign '96

Saffron Edge In The West

Wracked by infighting, the Congress floors most of its chances

May 01, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire Krishna Prasad Frederick Noronha Lekha Rattanani
Diminishing Returns

The PWG's ritual-like boycott call may fall on deaf ears

May 01, 1996

| Krishna Prasad
Campaign '96

South May Dump Its Son

Strong regional aspirations strengthen the Third Force

May 01, 1996

| Ajith Pillai A.S. Panneerselvan Y.P. Rajesh S. Sivanand
Campaign '96

No Temple Bells Clang, But...

The BJP may win by default in Faizabad's 'battle of rogues'

May 01, 1996

| Sunil Mehra
Campaign '96

Bloom-time For Lotus?

The North-side view: Delhi looks too distant for Rao

May 01, 1996

| Sagarika Ghose Soma Wadhwa Rajesh Joshi Amit Prakash
Campaign '96

Election Without An Issue

Despite Seshan's smoking gun, the campaign circus steals into the Indian small town

May 01, 1996

| Padmanand Jha

Photoessay

Fighting A Lone Battle

A scholar out of sync with the mases, a leader alienated from his party, or a PM who decides not to decide and yet marks an epoch? PRASHANT PANJIAR captures the enigma as he seeks another term.

May 01, 1996

| Padmanand Jha
Perspective

An Independent Agenda

National perceptions have little impact on the caste alliances that determine Bihar's electorate

May 01, 1996

| Mushirul Hasan Saeed Naqvi
Intelligentsia

Cerebral And Cynical

The academic and creative community registers its disgust with the poll process by staying away

May 01, 1996

| Saibal Chatterjee Y.P. Rajesh
Focus

Vote Merchants

And now, tycoons, bankers, and a beedi baron jump into the poll fray

May 01, 1996

| Lekha Rattanani
- Settling A Score
- The Political Option
Election Expenses

Spy Versus Spy

Parties keep a close watch on each other for poll violations

May 01, 1996

| Charubala Annuncio Aniruddha Bahal

Pakistan

Strange Charges

Pakistani police feel Imran Khan may have engineered the blast at his hospital in Lahore in order to gain political mileage

May 01, 1996

| Amir Mir
Narcotics

The Triangle Widens

Cambodia is the new headquarters on the world's heroin map

May 01, 1996

| Ethan Casey
Bangladesh

Nibbling At The Boom

Unlettered, rural women show the way to population control

May 01, 1996

| Arshad Mahmud

Opinion

Mind Your Business

May 01, 1996

| Sandipan Deb
Industry

The Amber Light Is On

A 'caution or bust' mood grips industry, and no one's crossing the line till the polls are over

May 01, 1996

| Shekhar Ghosh
Business

Printers' Devil

The seasonal boom eludes traders as Seshan cracks the whip

May 01, 1996

| Bharat Ahluwalia Arindam Mukherjee
Asia-pacific

Continental Drift

Australia and New Zealand seek closer trade ties with Asia

May 01, 1996

| Debashish Munshi

Impressions

Small Bites Of The Big Apple

It's big, it's bad, it's New York, a city on the make, where anything can happen and probably will

May 01, 1996

| Padma Rao Sundarji

10 Questions

Ed Turner

In Delhi recently, the CNN vice-president spoke of the networks expansion plans

May 01, 1996

| Saibal Chatterjee
Mussoorie Diary

Dev Bhumi And All Its Angels

May 01, 1996

| Bill Aitken
Review

Beyond The Myths

Finally a book that puts Bhagat Singh's trial in proper perspective

May 01, 1996

| J.N. Dixit
Review

Following The Lifeline

East to west, insightful lenswork brings alive the Grand Trunk Road

May 01, 1996

| Bill Aitken
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