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Shaky start

BJP Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa tries to look confident but the ground is unstable under his feet.

At a rally in Bangalore on October 7, against the JD(S)s betrayal, B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP State president Sadananda Gowda, national general secretary H.N. Anantha Kumar and former Irrigation Minister K.S. Eswarappa.-V. SREENIVASA MURTHY

Credibility crisis

The JD(S)-BJP attempt to form a government in Karnataka two weeks after a bitter separation is seen as a betrayal of the peoples mandate.

I am true to a secular philosophy

Interview with H.D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister and national president of the Janata Dal (Secular).

The Grand Anicut on the Cauvery in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.-M. SRINATH

Sharing a river

The Cauvery Tribunal's final award, which evoked mixed responses, has a major drawback: it does not offer a distress-sharing formula.

At a rally in Shivajinagar Stadium, in Bangalore on January 19, organised by Jaffer Sharief's Peoples Front to protest against Saddam Hussein's execution. More than 10,000 people took part in it.-AIJAZ RAHI/AP

Stoking up hatred

The recent incidents in Bangalore expose the hollowness of the Janata Dal government's claims of principled adherence to secularism.

Belgaum again

Karnataka sends out a clear message to Maharashtra and the Centre that the State stands unified on the border issue.

Hub of research

Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.

PARVATHI MENON & RAVI SHARMA

Fragile foundation

With the monsoon gaining strength, Bangalore's shaky infrastructure will once again be put to the test.

Iron ore politics

Charges of corruption against the Chief Minister forces the government to order an inquiry into the irregularities in iron ore mining.

At Kalapet in Pondicherry, lighting a candle at the place where the body of his cousin, an 11-year-old girl, was found.-T. SINGARAVELOU

HOPES AND FEARS

A year after the tsunami strike of December 26, 2004, which altered landmasses and killed about three lakh people in countries on the Indian Ocean rim

Pappu Raj with the prizes he won. One of them is for a State-level quiz conducted by the Tamil Nadu Science Forum.-M. SRINATH

Tender minds with big dreams

"MOTHER gives me love and care, Father shows me how to fare... " goes the enthusiastic chorus of fifth standard pupils at the Annai Sathya Government

Rising to the challenge

Life is slowly returning to normal in Nagapattinam district as houses are built and fishermen return to the sea, but the psychological scars left by t

PARVATHI MENON M. APPANASWAMY in Nagapattinam