"BJP Can't Dictate Akali Policies"
Shiromani Gurdwara Parabandhak Committee (SGPC) president and senior Akali leader Gurcharan Singh Tohra has come out openly against the BJP-a coalition partner in the Prakash Singh Badal government. While Badal is still trying to coddle the BJP, Tohr
Coalition Of Contradictions
Akali and BJP leaders try to gloss over differences on issues like human rights and Sikh 'martyrs'
The Slips Are Showing
To check CRB-like scams, the government now suggests a host of measures. But are they viable?
"We Have Safety Features Absent At Chernobyl"
B.K. Bhasin, director, Health, Safety, Environment and Public Awareness, NPC, defends the VVER reactor buy as a 'dream' deal. An interview with Saira Menezes:
A Costly Nuke Spook
Importing Russian reactors may extract a high price, both in terms of finance and safety
Using The Sledgehammer
US curbs on high-tech exports to India will affect space research; Indian firms aim to fight back
Too Much, Too Soon?
Capital account convertibility by the year 2000 hinges on a set on ambitious preconditions
"The Guilty Are Squirming"
Cleaning the system is never easy, but a beginning has to be made somewhere
Seven Ways To Be Prime Minister
Consensus, transparency, success… the precedents for Gujral span the gamut
Where Is The Prime Minister?
Some say his style is the triumph of consensual democracy.Or is he neutral to a fault, to the point of abdicating his responsibility?
Sellout Hour
Hindu, Muslim and Sikh leaders accept the notion of Partition; Mountbatten picks August 15 on a whim; and Jinnah gets a 'moth-eaten' Pakistan
'We Simply Do Our Job"
CBI director Joginder Singh speaks to <i>Outlook</i> on the spate of legal reverses the agency has suffered recently. Excepts:
Wrong Signals
SEVERAL clauses of the Broadcasting Bill have raised the hackles of satellite TV service providers and India barons:
A River Runs Through It
China proposes to divert the Brahmaputra at source to green the arid Gobi desert
Toward Laptop Federalism
Are Naidu's policies being drafted by the World Bank in exchange for liberal fuds?
'Any Action Will Be A Joint Effort'
Kish Bandhopadyaya, executive personal assistant to Ketan Somaiya, on the takeover talks in progress. Exclusive from London:
The Last Rites?
The search is on for a buyer who can take up a large share of the Big B's troubled company.