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The presidential fight

The July 15 presidential election will witness a direct contest between National Democratic Alliance nominee A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and the Left parties'

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The process and the numbers

EXCEPT in 1977, there has always been a contest since the first presidential election in 1952. In 1977, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was declared elected wit

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A troubling move

A yet-to-be-released strategy paper from the National Commission on Population rejects the "development is the best pill" approach, seemingly reversin

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Farmer power

In Haryana, protesting farmers face police repression after the Chautala government fails to keep its election promise of waiving their electricity du

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Orchestrated terror

Reports of fact-finding teams sent by organisations with a Left and secular outlook reveal credible evidence of official complicity in the post-Godhra

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For an AIDS vaccine

An international conference in New Delhi of policy-makers from across the world focuses attention on the development of a vaccine for AIDS and on stra

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Partnership for progress

Structural changes initiated in the areas of transport, power and industry, and the highly successful 'partnership scheme' are among the highlights of

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Mapping human development

The first Human Development Report of India, released recently, brings to light inter-State disparities and variations and the gap in development betw

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A difficult transition

The court-mandated switch to compressed natural gas as fuel for buses in Delhi proceeds in fits and starts.

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An uphill task

The challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Himachal Pradesh faces from the Congress(I) and the newly formed Him Loktantrik Morcha in the Shiml

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Yet another debacle

The Bharatiya Janata Party is routed in the elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

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Testimonies of terror

Various fact-finding teams record the tales of terror and tragedy in the communal cauldron of Gujarat.

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