Brazen Display

The elections to the Lucknow University Students' Union are an unabashed show of the hold of the political mafia over the campus. India Today's Subhash Mishra reports.

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  NATION: ONSCREEN TOBACCO BAN

Statutory Warning

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is on a one-man mission to ban smoking on screen. But sparks fly as he tramples on other areas-from MBBS curriculum to control of Medical Council.

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  NATION: MANUFACTURING

Dreaming Again

The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council bravely flags irritants holding back the sector. But can it get policies past the coalition logjam?

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  STATES: KARNATAKA

The Invisible Hand

With Congress ministers keeping a low profile in the Dharam Singh-led coalition, it is the ally JD(S) under Deve Gowda that is calling the shots in most policy matters from IT to welfare.

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  STATES: ORISSA

Song Of The Politician

Political leaders love the mike. In Orissa, however, they stride across the stage not to give long, boring speeches but to entertain the masses with songs, dances and acts.

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  B-SCHOOLS: OVERSEAS OPTIONS

Indian Versus Foreign

Indian business schools offering international faculty are fast gaining popularity. But will they be able to match the brand value of the best foreign management schools?

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  B-SCHOOLS: SPECIALISATION

Choosing A Stream

As business schools focus on training complete managers, the choice for students is not so much about what stream-finance, marketing or HR- but which industry to choose

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: PARSI COMMUNITY

A Wider Embrace

A group in Mumbai breaks from tradition to bring non-Parsi family members into the Zoroastrian fold.

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  CONTROVERSY: VACCINES

Prestige Pinpricks

Manufacturers wrangle over who first indigenously produced an important four-in-one combination vaccine in the country.

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

The Dour Darshan

Bhaskar Ghose's Mandi House memoir is more a litany of wicked politicians and witless colleagues.

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: HERITAGE

Wind Out of its Sails

A centuries-old sailboat wallows in a dank paddy field as the Kerala Government dilly-dallys in preserving the historical find.

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  EDUCATION: TECHNICAL COURSES

Cracking The Whip

The technical education regulatory authority clamps down on arbitrary management courses and sounds an alert against commercialisation.

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  NATION: CONGRESS

Yes, Madam

Both performance and loyalty will come under scrutiny when party President Sonia Gandhi takes stock at the Congress Chief Ministers' Conference next week.

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  STATES: ASSEMBLY POLL

The Three Musketeers

For the second time in less than eight months, Bihar goes to the polls. The results this time will impact not just the key state leaders but could alter the political equations at the Centre.

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  STATES: KERALA

Left's Demolition Drive

The Congress-led ruling front gets a drubbing at local polls. This is at best a wake-up call before the assembly election.

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  B-SCHOOLS: ENTRANCE

How To Bell The CAT

Close to five lakh aspirants take the entrance tests to scores of business schools across the country every year. Here's how to prepare for and what to expect in the examination paper.

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  B-SCHOOLS: FUNDING

Education Loans

The cost of a two-year MBA degree has reached record levels. Here's how to finance the course of your dreams without wading in to college knee, chest or neck deep in debt.

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: CINEMA

Breakthrough Act

A handful of intrepid first-time directors is bringing a whiff of experimentalism to Bollywood. Unconventional themes are getting praise and finding bands of charmed followers.

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  DIPLOMACY: OIL DEALS

Running Into Rough Weather

India's tough stand on charges of nuclear violations against Iran angers Tehran and puts recently signed oil deals with it in jeopardy. With agreements with other countries too facing roadblocks, the energy security strategy is under serious threat.

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  SOCIETY & THE ARTS: BOOKS

The Last Temptation

The art of regaining humanity. Anita Nair builds her new novel on the structure of a Kathakali performance.

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Morality of War

A provocative essay analyses the ethics of jehad and Al-Qaida's future

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  HERITAGE: DALHOUSIE SQUARE

Historic Facelift

In a rare show of teamwork, government agencies, global donors, NGOs and private companies come together for a project to refurbish one of the most famous landmarks of Kolkata.

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