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Little Relief

As the tractor drove off into the setting sun after distributing food packets at the relief camp, Sushila and her two sons, both under five years old, watched helplessly.

THE CASE OF THE MISSING CABINET

Since coming to power in 2004, the Prime Minister has convened 217 Cabinet meetings till June-end this year—about one meeting per week...

Deal signal: Govt offers land for yatra period

After two months, during which Jammu and Kashmir was caught in a spiral of violence and agitation over the Amarnath land row...

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Trouble in J&K sparks gunbattles along LoC Cong-SP coordination panel holds 1st meeting NSG: revised draft circulated among member countries

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McCain's choice of Palin is a gamble Taliban commanders among 40 militants killed in Swat valley Three candidates in fray for Pak Presidential poll

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OPERA OVERLOAD Tanushree Shankar lets us on the secret of a stunning actTHE CLASSIC IN MY HEAD
AN AMAR BOND
Amar Chitra Katha got Amin Jaffer, international director of Asian art at Christie’s, hooked to Indian art and history

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STAR POWER by Peter Vidal

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People jostle for food at the Jankinagar relief camp in Purnia, Bihar.
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SMALL SCREEN, THE BIG BOSS

From politicians to molls, Bollywood stars to stand-up comics, reality television is the launch pad for a million ambitions

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IN TERROR’S SHADOW

They are the alleged perpetrators of the worst terror strikes on India in recent years, but back home, their families are still to come to terms with it. The Sunday Express meets the families the accused SIMI members left behind

The Big Story More

BIG PICTURE
DOWN THE DARK ROAD
Violence-hit Phulbani in Kandhamal district of Orissa is separated from Kanya Ashram in Jalespeta, where VHP leader Lakshmanananda Saraswati was killed, by a distance of 140 km. It’s a distance measured in violence, where burnt houses and churches are the new landmarks.

Knowledge More

TV’S LATEST CHIC GEEK An MIT-ian challenges human perceptual limits in a new Discovery Channel showCONSERVATION:
THE POWER OF CUDDLY
The North Sea puffin may be the most visible victim of our sick oceans, but is it cute enough to inspire a rescue effort?

Footloose Foreign More

Excerpts From the Spanish Diary Woody Allen on shooting Vicky Cristina BarcelonaIT’S A DATE, OR IS IT? Profit-hungry studios push movie releases back and forth, timing them for maximum impact

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The Idea Exchange
‘I am not willing to believe that Muslims are behind all acts of terror in this country’
Mahmood Madani, Rajya Sabha MP of the Rashtriya Lok Dal and till recently general secretary of the Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind, is the bearer of an illustrious legacy. He is the latest in the line of the Madanis, a family that has played a key role in India’s freedom struggle. Madani is known for his candid views on terror—he was at the forefront of the first anti-terror Conference of Muslim clerics in 2006 and the anti-terror fatwa issued by the Deoband Darul-ul-Uloom this year. In this Idea Exchange moderated by Resident Editor Seema Chishti, he speaks on the need to fight terror without bias

Sports More

The lost world Andy wakes up in time to party

Sports Line

OUT OF THE BOX, OUT IN THE STREETS After the Bhiwani boys brought their sport into focus, our correspondent finds a small hut with big dreams bang in the middle of Mumbai, where dozens of young boxers trading punches is a way of life

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thinking ALOUD

Lessons from Beijing and Bundelkhand A successful Indian businessman—indeed, one of the most successful in the telecom sector—had this to say after his return from Beijing, where he had gone to watch the Olympics.

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