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Cover Story

The 'Phoren' Bug

OUT of the 7.14 million tourists who made a beeline for Singapore last year, 1,88,524 were Indians, registering a growth of 8.5per cent over 1994.

Jul 03, 1996

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Cover Story

Tourist Profile

IN a study by Tourism Features in 1991 on domestic tourism some interesting points surfaced.

Jul 03, 1996

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Cover Story

Trash Trail

The Indian tourist is a callous and irresponsible traveller

Jul 03, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa
Cover Story

Going Places

Finally, leisure travel booms in India

Jul 03, 1996

| Aniruddha Bahal

Urea Scam

Chasing Crooked Shadows

Though all fingers point at the Raos, the CBI has been slow in taking action against Prabhakar

Jul 03, 1996

| Rajesh Joshi
United Front

In Fits And False Starts

UF constituents squabble over policy matters, but there's no immediate danger to the coalition

Jul 03, 1996

| Ishan Joshi K.S. Narayanan
- Karnataka Safe, For Now
Tamil Nadu

Nemesis Is Here

Jayalalitha's aide, Sasikala, is finally arrested for FERA violations

Jul 03, 1996

| Ajith Pillai
Spotlight

In The Royal Durbar

Prime Minister Gowda grants an audience to all those who seek it

Jul 03, 1996

| Ishan Joshi
Opinion

A Specious Vision

A nice little drama—or the first act of one whose duration is as yet uncertain—has just been played out before our eyes.

Jul 03, 1996

| Sandipan Deb
Labour

Samant Strikes Back

Eclipsed politically, the labour leader makes a comeback bid

Jul 03, 1996

| Lekha Rattanani
Focus

Spies In The Sky

The CBI comes under a cloud as the ISRO case is reopened

Jul 03, 1996

| Krishna Prasad Y.P. Rajesh
Congress

Still Going, But Not So Strong

Rao may have mastered the art of survival; but as reverses mount, the rebels prepare to finally dislodge him

Jul 03, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
- 'Rao Must Quit One Of The Two Posts'
- Trouble Brews In Punjab
Bjp

Eye On The Future

A poll-minded BJP takes a leaf out of the radical left book

Jul 03, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire
Appraisal

A Seamless Hindu Vision

Deoras personified the RSS paradox: reformist on caste, close-minded on all things non-Hindu

Jul 03, 1996

| Yubaraj Ghimire

Russia

Courting The Loser

A retired general holds the key to the presidential run-off

Jul 03, 1996

| Ramananda Sengupta
Pakistan

Yes, No, Yes Again

That has been Islamabad's reaction to a dialogue with India

Jul 03, 1996

| Sunil Narula Syed Nadeem
Israel

Mixed Signals

Is Benyamin Netanyahu working to destroy his Likud Party?

Jul 03, 1996

| Pinhas Inbari
Interview

'India Thinks It Is A First Division Player, It Won't Waste Time On Us'

FAROOQ Sobhan, foreign secretary of Bangladesh, is the quintessential diplomat. As Bangladesh's high commissioner in New Delhi (1992-95), he was popular on the diplomatic and social circuits. A day after the Bangladesh elections, he spoke to Sunil Na

Jul 03, 1996

| Sunil Narula
Controversy

Unguided Missiles

The US fudges over Pakistan's deployment of M-11 missiles

Jul 03, 1996

| Ludwina A. Joseph
Bangladesh

Jamaat's Debacle

The party's ambiguous stand confused many supporters

Jul 03, 1996

| Arshad Mahmud

Television

Star Trekking Ahead

Murdoch meets Deve Gowda with big plans for India

Jul 03, 1996

| Sagarika Ghose Saibal Chatterjee
Policy

The Insurance Paradox

Differences in the United Front may hold up attempts to liberalise the insurance sector yet again

Jul 03, 1996

| Bharat Ahluwalia Shekhar Ghosh
- 'Consumers Will Benefit'
- 'Small Market, Big Potential'
Maruti

Pressure Tactics

The Government attempts to pull its weight in MUL's management

Jul 03, 1996

| Bharat Ahluwalia
Capital Markets

Shaping Up The Bourses And Letting Loose The Bulls

SEBI toughens up its act with a series of investigations and penalties against shady operators. Which may be one of the reasons why the FIIs are suddenly so bullish about India.

Jul 03, 1996

| Shekhar Ghosh
- Sebi's Moves
Andhra Pradesh

A State Of Crisis

The Naidu government struggles to save the economy from ruin

Jul 03, 1996

| Arindam Mukherjee

Media

For Generation Xxx

Now, an attempt to launch a late-night adult channel, in Hindi

Jul 03, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa
Lifestyle

The Cinderella Manoeuvre

Bombay's nightlife is in danger as the Sena regime clamps down on pub owners and bar girls

Jul 03, 1996

| Saira Menezes
- Double Victim
Food

Eat And Run?

Pizza Hut draws clientele but under police cover

Jul 03, 1996

| Y.P. Rajesh
Education

Learning: Age No Bar

Having fulfilled their commitments, an older generation is bitten by the higher education bug

Jul 03, 1996

| Soma Wadhwa Saira Menezes

Review

Dubious Patriarch

A new expose reveals Joe Kennedy as a ruthless satyr

Jul 03, 1996

| Julie Chatterjee Mehta

10 Questions

Randhir Kapoor

The inheritor of Raj Kapoors legacy discusses life after Prem Granth

Jul 03, 1996

| Biswadeep Ghosh
Goa Diary

On The Make

Jul 03, 1996

| Tarun J. Tejpal
Review

Ghetto Of Cynicism

Exploring the challenges posed by communal neuroses in society

Jul 03, 1996

| Alok Rai
Review

The Art Of Slaughter

The put-down exponent's profiles are quite unputdownable

Jul 03, 1996

| Som Benegal
Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news