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INDO-PAK
Pak offers joint investigation into Abu Jundal's revelations
Bringing the guilty to justice will be the biggest confidence building measure says India

CRIME
Will starlet’s murder probe lead to Delhi HC blast revelations?
Laila Khan’s car, which allegedly carried the explosives for the blast, was traced to Kishtawar


PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
No surprises here, it’s a staid First Family
Arkadev Ghoshal offers a glimpse into the personal life of the politician who put service to the Congress before family

UTTAR PRADESH
Mulayam makes Akhilesh recall govt financed car proposal
Decision withdrawn within 24-hours SP says, babus made proposal without consulting party

PAKISTAN
Foreign secretary invites Kashmiri separatists to Pakistan
Assures them of diplomatic, political and moral support and keeping Kashmir the focus of Indo+Pak talks

TAMIL NADU
Stalin, Kanimozhi court arrest in anti-AIADMK protest
DMK had called for a Jail Bharo agitation to protest arrest of senior leaders including Veerapandi S Arumugam

AGRICULTURE
Reaping Israeli Fruit on Indian Soil
Indo-Israel joint ventures have given a new fillip to agriculture in arid Indian states, says Kunal Majumder

ASSAM
Life limps back to normalcy in flood-hit Assam
While road and rail connectivity is being restored, over two lakh people are still sheltered in relief camps

KASHMIR
Home department report
reveals 2,080 unmarked graves in Poonch, Rajouri

Government says the graves are those of unidentified foreign militants killed over two decades

KERALA
Police interrogate controversial CPM leader MM Mani
Denies role in political murders, says his speech was aimed at building cadres’ confidence

KASHMIR
SAS Geelani opposes separate settlement for Kashmiri Pandits
The Hurriyat chairman says this can create permanent divide, instead opts to support other resettlement methods

OPINION
Does Bt cotton kill pests or
farmers?

Neha Saigal says the lives of farmers
are more important than the profits
of MNCs

FIRST IN TEHELKA
The larger question should certainly be asked of the Army
Tehelka was the first to publish excerpts of Col Purohit's conversations with army officials and those accused in the Malegaon blasts case in 2009-2010

KARNATAKA
Rebels obey party bosses, withdraw resignations
No promises have been made, but doors have been left open for negotiations on CM post

CHHATTISGARH
Bastar deaths: Activists demand Chidambaram’s resignation
Seek Supreme Court intervention and ex-gratia payment of Rs 25 lakh each for the families of those killed

OPINION
How are legitimate citizens converted into public enemies?
It happens when half in the name of combating terrorism, inadmissible evidence meets a paranoid piece of legislation, says Ilina Sen

CONSERVATION
Government plans threaten
2 unique species

Two projects in the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago threaten to jeopardise two bird species

WILDLIFE
Why leave the Cheetah out?
A misleading petition in the Supreme Court will endanger already threatened species and habitats, writes Milind Pariwakam

 

  MEGHALAYA
Running One Race to Win Another
PA Sangma’s desire to run for President is a calculated move to sway voters in the Meghalaya Assembly elections

WHAT ON EARTH
A Pittance to Save the Priceless
The widening of NH-6 is slicing apart the central Indian forest landscape. WII prescribes flyovers worth Rs 1,200 crore to protect over 15,000 sq km of wilderness but the NHAI worries the cost is too much. By Jay Mazoomdaar

RTI ACT
Why only Babus as information commissioners?
Most State Information Commissioners in India are retired bureaucrats once close to the government. Shonali Ghosal puts the spotlight on this curious conflict of interest

TRIBUTE
‘The only foolproof precaution to work in a place like Dantewada is to not work at all’
Photographers have front-row seats to the end of the world. Tarun Sehrawat was the one who walked into it sans suspicion, says Javed Iqbal

KARNATAKA
Wakf land scam report in cold storage
One month after the Karnataka CM ordered for a probe into the scam, the Lokayukta is yet to receive any official nod, says Imran Khan

OPINION
In Pakistan, the Court is the New Kingmaker
After the ouster of Gilani, the judiciary should exercise restraint if it wants democracy to succeed

INDO-NEPAL TIES
Enter the Dragon
China’s big-ticket push into a politically unstable Nepal should force an Indian rethink, says Avalok Langer

BIODIVERSITY
Inaction: India’s Environment Story
As New Delhi prepares for the biggest conference on biodiversity this October, are its claims to global leadership in conserving ecosystems really valid?


  BOOKS
The Justice Leak
Anjali Deshpande’s novel on the Bhopal gas tragedy sounds alarm bells to our collective consciousness. By Indra Sinha

OPINION
R.I.P. Chest Bumps
By Vishwanathan Krishnaswamy

DEEPA MALIK
Heads and shoulders above
Paralysed from the waist down, Deepa Malik went on to set records for biking and swimming. Now she wants to drive her point home with a javelin at the 2012 Paralympics, says Nishita Jha

INTERVIEW
‘Children are more intelligent than what’s being written for them’
Gulzar's latest offering is a book called Magical Wishes: The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha, where his version of the beloved children’s story has been retold in English. In an interview with CS Bhagya, the writer, poet, director refused to discuss his distinguished career arc, choosing instead to highlight the urgent need to revitalise children’s literature in India

PROFILE
The Violence of Violins
Debut filmmaker Karan Gour tells Janani Ganesan how the humdrum notes of everyday life can build up to a crescendo of terror

BOOKS
Power Failure
Ahmed Rashid offers an incisive critique of Pakistan’s political class, holding it responsible for almost everything that ails the State today, says Ajay Darshan Behera

FILM REVIEW - GANGS OF WASSEYPUR
Guns And Glory
By Shougat Dasgupta

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘Dialogue and debate from street plays inspire change’ - Arvind Gaur, 63, Writer and Director
By Esha Vaish

PERSONAL HISTORIES: CONFLICT JOURNALISM
‘We thought of hiding the memory card in our underwear’
By Raksha Kumar

     
 



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