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| NATION:THREAT ANALYSIS | | | NATION: TAINTED LAWMAKERS |
| VIP Insecurity | | | Judicial Stumping |
| A Home Ministry committee reviewing the security cover of VIPs puts forth some radical proposals to bring new categories under its ambit.  | | | In a series of bold court orders the judiciary has begun to take up cudgels against political criminals. But all hopes will turn to despair unless criminals are debarred from contesting polls.  |
| NATION: EDUCATION | | | STATES: KERALA |
| Historic Mess | | | Hard Lessons |
| The Human Resource Development Ministry decides to let the post-NDA textbooks co-exist with the old ones, causing havoc with schoolchildren's notion of what history is.  | | | The suicide of an engineering student, which has sparked off an agitation and renewed the debate on the state's education policy, has come at a time when the chief minister is besieged with problems.  |
| STATES: MADHYA PRADESH | | | EXCLUSIVE: 100 YEARS OF J.R.D. TATA |
| Ready To Blow It Up | | | JRD: Titan of the Times |
| With no official plans for investment or savings, victims may fritter away the Bhopal gas tragedy relief money.  | | | On the birth centenary of J.R.D. Tata, one of India's pioneering industrialists, the Tata Group chairman who nurtured the empire reminisces about the colossus.  |
| BUSINESS & ECONOMY: DIAMONDS | | | BUSINESS & ECONOMY: GLOBAL TRUST BANK |
| The Rock On A Roll | | | No Trust Bank |
| Diamonds, long considered elitist, are making a quick entry into middle-class homes, thanks to increased affordability and variety.  | | | A quick intervention by RBI has saved the depositors, but till a year ago the Central bank was full of praises for GTB.  |
| WORLD: 9/11 PANEL REPORT | | | ATHENS 2004: IN SIGHT OF A BREAKTHROUGH |
| Not Guilty As Charged | | | Ready, Aim, Aspire... |
| Although the 9/11 panel exposes Pakistan's role in global terrorism, it will not affect US policy towards Islamabad but may have unintended consequences for the Indo-Pak dynamic.  | | | Only three countries have qualified in both the men's and women's archery team competitions for the Olympics. Surprise, surprise, India is one of them.  |
| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS | | | SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS |
| The Crescent And The Cross | | | The Unsung Gandhi |
| The patriarch of Middle Eastern studies explains why a regime change in Iraq alone won't ensure freedom.  | | | Ghaffar Khan, the non-violent warrior who was unceremoniously erased from the Congress mythology, gets a second life.  |
| SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS | | | SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CHAMPANER-PAVAGADH |
| It is Not Cricket | | | Rediscovering A Lost City |
| But Majumdar digs up old facts to show scandals were part of the game.  | | | The 15th century architectural marvel was recently declared a World Heritage Site after 20 years of lobbying by a local NGO. Will the Government now wake up and take charge?  |