STRAIGHT FIGHT
The NDA's Nitish Kumar makes another attempt to oust Lalu Yadav from Bihar. But will the Nyay Yatra bring the desired results, asks India Today's Sanjay Kumar Jha.

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  COVER STORY: AL-QAIDA

The New Matrix Of Terror

Radical Islam is still influenced by bin Laden's hate ideology. But its new network of terror is an intricate web of nationalist insurgent groups that act autonomously and are difficult to track down.

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  COVER STORY: US REACTION

America's New Fears

Pressurised by Iraq and domestic priorities, the US' war against terror was losing steam. The London blasts serve as a wake-up call.

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  COVER STORY: INDIA UNDER ATTACK

Villain No. 1

Lashkar-e-Toiba has emerged as India's most dreaded terror outfit with Ayodhya being its latest strike and is Pakistan's Plan B in case peace talks fail

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  MONEY TODAY: CREDIT CARDS

Restoring Credit

The credit cards business is booming, but so are user complaints. The RBI steps in with guidelines to stem the growing harassment of card users. MONEY TODAY checks out how far the guidelines go.

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  MONEY TODAY: RETIREMENT PLANNING

Posters Of Profit

Affordable and offering the collector a slice of history, film memorabilia is emerging as a good investment option

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  MONEY TODAY: IPO MONITOR

IDFC Ltd

IDFC has the backing of the who's who of India's financial sector. But it faces competition from banks which are aggressively going into infrastructure funding and have access to low-cost deposits.

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  NATION: LEFT PARTIES

Feeling Left In The Lurch

Left parties are miffed over not being consulted by the UPA Government on key policy issues. The monsoon session of Parliament could see them playing the role of opposition.

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  CONTROVERSY: VOLKSWAGEN SCAM

Taken For A Ride

Eager to attract investments, the Andhra Pradesh Government gets trapped in a swindle thought up by a discredited India representative of a German car maker

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  COVER STORY: BRITISH RESPONSE

Paying A Heavy Price

As Britain comes to grips with the serial blasts, questions are being asked about its soft approach towards extremists

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  COVER STORY: GUEST COLUMN

The Iraq Trigger

The London blasts only lend conviction to the growing feeling across the globe and especially among Muslims that the war on Iraq cannot be deemed as a war on terror

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  COVER STORY: PAKISTAN

Facing The Heat

Even as the London blasts bring into focus Pakistan's role in the terror network, hostile hardliners hound Musharraf at home

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  MONEY TODAY: MID-CAP STOCKS

Is The Mid-Cap Party Over?

Mid-caps are beginning to slow down after a dream run. Here's why and what to do with your investments.

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  MONEY TODAY: STOCK TAKING

Whatever Happened To... MSGF

In the second part of our series on old investment schemes we profile one of the first private sector mutual funds to be launched in India-the Morgan Stanley Growth Fund

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA

The Indie Spirit

The National Awards recognise two made-in-Mumbai movies, neither of which should be confused with mainstream masala

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  DIPLOMACY: INDO-US RELATIONS

Seizing the Moment

As Manmohan Singh meets George Bush in Washington, it will be the best opportunity for India to extract mileage out of its relationship with the US

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

Oriental Odyssey

Geography meets history as a modern-day Marco Polo hits the oldest superhighway and climbs a sand dune higher than the Eiffel Tower

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

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Much serious discourse on Bollywood and many delightful sidelights

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