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MAHARASHTRA
Series of low intensity blasts shock Pune
Four bombs went off within an hour's time on Wednesday evening, one person has been injured

INDO-PAK TIES
India allows investments from Pakistan
Allowing foreign direct investment is the latest in a series of confidence building measures between the neighbours


OPINION
Lessons From the Blackout
The worst power outage in India was caused due to bureaucratic mismanagement. While the perpetrators have been absolved, those at the helm of affairs refuse to draw lessons.

KERALA
Tension prevails following senior CPM leader's arrest
Party workers clash with police, stage protests against P Jayarajan's arrest in connection with Abdul Shukkoor murder case

POLITICS
Delhi police asks Team Anna to get its fasting members hospitalised
The logjam between government and Team Anna continues on eighth day of Team Anna's agitation

UTTAR PRADESH
Mulayam pulls up Akhilesh’s govt for non performance
Gives an ultimatum to his ministers, says they might lose their ministries if they didn’t act on their responsibilities

CRIME
Couple murdered, their 6-year-old daughter attacked with iron rods
Karnataka Police is on the lookout for the missing Assamese cook, as the dead couple’s child battles for life in hospital

KARNATAKA
Three more arrested in the Mangalore resort attack case
Fifteen Hindu Jagran Vedike activists have been arrested till now for their role in last week's attack

ASSAM
ULFA triggered blast kills one jawan in Lower Assam
The blast hit an Army convoy when it was on its way out of riot-hit Kokrajhar, it also injured six jawans

OPINION
Human Resource needs a human touch
Manjula Lal wonders why the danger signals at Maruti did not lead to course correction

MARUTI CLASH
Fear of a dead future haunts Manesar
Local village economy has suffered a huge blow after the labour-management dispute at the Maruti plant in Manesar


OPINION
If Oprah Winfrey is ignorant, so are we
Pali Reen says the TV host’s remark shows our failure to educate the West about ourselves

SOCIETY
Dalit women walk bare foot to show respect to 'upper caste'
Karauli district administration has taken steps to ban the discriminatory practice after Change.org brought it to light

FIRST SHOW
An autumn in Kashmir that goes beyond the bronzed chinars
Sometimes a film needs to be seen because things have to be said. Harud is one such film, says Karuna John

 

  KARNATAKA
No way to teach a lesson in class
The RTE was supposed to empower poor students. Instead, they’re branded and separated like cattle in private schools

ANDHRA PRADESH
Can Jagan crack the caste code?
Riding high on a sympathy wave, Jagan Reddy is busy preparing poll strategies from inside the prison, writes TS Sudhir

KERALA
No end to the red bickering in Kerala
Will the CPM be able to tame the unending factional feud as it censures VS yet again, asks Jeemon Jacob

WHAT ON EARTH
When animals are fair game
Sporting spectacles have a historical fascination for animals. Be it sacrifice or celebration, the cruel tradition continues

LOKPAL DEBATE
‘Kejriwal is the architect of this movement’
Prashant Bhushan tells Prakhar Jain that there is no dissent within Team Anna

PROS&CONS
Don’t blame the rain gods, Plan better for drought
Over 60 percent of India’s cultivable land depends on the monsoons. So why are our farmers being forced to adopt water-guzzling hybrid crops?

CARTOON CONTROVERSY
No humour in uniform
The Thorat Committee set up after the cartoon contoversy seems afraid of a key educational building block: a doubting mind

PHOTO ESSAY
The 13th President Of India: Pranab Mukherjee
With almost 50 years of experience as a politician, Pranab Mukherjee took oath as India's 13th President on 25 July


  OLYMPICS
The gold quest
India is poised for its greatest ever medal haul in a summer Olympics. Publishers are looking to take advantage by rushing out sports-specific titles. Two in particlar have whet Shougat Dasgupta’s appetite

FARMAN BASHA
Lifting the world on his shoulders
Weightlifter Farman Basha contracted polio when he was two. Preparing for the London Paralympics, he tells Nishita Jha that winning a medal is not enough

FILM
Budget, What Budget?
Srinivas Sunderrajan made a feature film for Rs 40,000. Trisha Gupta paid Rs 850 to watch it. He tells her how life is stranger than fiction. Or vice versa

MUSIC
Rabbit redux
Mumbai band Medusa shuffled the line-up and changed their name to Sky Rabbit. Gae Emilio Leanza checks out their new, relaxed sound

CINEMA
The burden of death
Cyrus Mistry’s second novel sweeps through eight decades in the life of a Parsi ‘khandhiah’ or corpse bearer. Does it bite off more than it can chew, wonders Jai Arjun Singh

FILM REVIEW - THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
The Bat Goes Nuclear
By Shougat Dasgupta

PSYCHOLOGIES
‘Artists are not a breath of fresh air, but a storm’
By Aradhna Wal

PERSONAL HISTORIES: PERSONAL HISTORIES
‘She was shipped to my aunt’s house, without being asked’
By Anonymous

     
 



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