Recently added articles from India Today:
Shiney's shine wears off ; The cracks beneath Bollywoods Botoxed faade get an ugly public airing as Shiney Ahuja is accused of rape.
Jun 29, 2009; ... In his first release in 2005, Shiney Ahuja played a Catholicpriest who forces a young girl to have sex with him on her weddingnight. He calls her to his chamber, flings her on the bed and thenforces himself on her. The movie was called, quite appropriately,Sins.That scene may ...
Flu fears ; As the swine flu virus spreads in India, concerns grow about the Governments ability to contain an epidemic.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Outside Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in Delhi, a lone man ina mask walks around a bend. Is the official nodal point for swineflu on such a war footing? Inside, you expect a flurry of people inmasks and rubber gloves. But the humdrum of a big-city hospitaltakes you by surprise. ...
Factories of graft ; The OFB scandal proves that corruption still thrives in defence deals and highlights the Governments inability to usher reform in defence production.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Its the worlds largest government production departmentaconglomerate of 40 defence factories which kits the Indian armedforces with everything from boots, rifles and ammunition to militarytrucks. The bribery scandal which has now hit the 200-year-oldOrdnance Factory Board (OFB) has ...
Against all odds ; An HIV-positive woman with three children braves widowhood and the stigma of AIDS to script a tale of resilience and survival in the face of adversity.
Jun 29, 2009; ... From the outside, Vimla Devi is just another woman in mofussilIndia. The slender, talkative 39-year-old is self-reliant, earningjust about enough to sustain her family. Her daughter is married andVimla is already a grandmother. Whats more, this single mother ofthree is also a ward member ...
Books: Caught in a time warp ; Sporadic empirical data and a blinkered view mar the outpourings of a brilliant mind.
Jun 29, 2009; ... THE CAGED PHOENIX: CAN INDIA FLY?by Dipankar GuptaPenguin/VikingPrice: Rs 550, Pages: 322 The eminent professor, Dipankar Gupta, has at least one admirabletrait: he is brutally honest about his intentions. Thus, he sums uphis mission in writing this voluminous monograph quite ...
Books: Crime and detection ; A tubby, chilli-eating, brainy private investigator enlivens a mystery.
Jun 29, 2009; ...THE CASE OFTHE MISSING SERVANTby Tarquin Hall Hutchinson Price: Rs 425, Pages: 312 Vish Puri is the founder, owner and managing director of MostPrivate Investigators Ltd (Confidentiality is our ...
The liquidity squeeze ; The finance minister has repeatedly urged banks to lend to businesses and enable growth. But banks, fearful of rising bad loans, have failed to deliver.
Jun 29, 2009; ... The Oxford Dictionary describes compulsion as pressure forcingsomeone to do something as well as an irresistible urge to dosomething.When Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met the chiefs of publicsector banks (PSBs), including State Bank of India chief O.P. Bhattand then ...
T20 WC: The seven deadly spins ; Riding high on their victory in the inaugural Twenty20 tournament and the IPL roller-coaster, Dhonis boys ran into some serious cricket. This is why they lost it.
Jun 29, 2009; ... If the merrie folk of Nottingham, who watched India on its laststop in the World T20, could speak in one voice, it would probablybelong to someone called the Old Trent Bridge regular. And he just didnt get it. Quiet people, Indians, he said, ever sopolite, but something just ...
Glitter of faith ; An ambitious project aims at covering the Tirumala temple entirely with gold, using the donations of the faithful and not the resources of the worlds wealthiest Hindu shrine.
Jun 29, 2009; ... A Golden Age is about to dawn on the Tirumala temple. KarnatakaTourism Minister and Bellary mine baron Gali Janardhan Reddys recentdonation of a Rs 42-crore diamond-studded crown to the reigningdeity, the biggest donation to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala sincethe Vijayanagara kings 400 ...
IIT: The tough achievers ; They are children of marginal farmers, petty shop-owners and jobless people. Yet nothing has come in the way of these young men from Bihar as they reach for the stars.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Rahul Sharmas family of four stays together in a single roomwhere the mother cooks on a gas cylinder kept at a safe distancefrom her sons study table. The old refrigerator his father purchased during the good days nolonger works. Noisy fights in the neighbourhood liquor shop ...
Judges on trial ; The Gujarat High Court takes the lead in cleaning up the judicial system by forcing 17 judges to retire.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Gujarats development model is held up as an example to the restof the country, but one model thats earning a rather differentreputation is its judiciary. Consider this:A few monthsago, a lower court judge was dismissed for manipulating courtrecords. He would give a hearing date ...
NCP: The clock is ticking ; After its poor show in the Lok Sabha polls, the NCP is at its most vulnerable. Despite holding plum portfolios, the party has little to show.And now it is faced with a resurgent Congress that will dictate terms.
Jun 29, 2009; ... After 10 years, the Congress is back to playing Big Brother withSharad Pawars Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. TheCongresss strong showing has taken the wind out of Pawars outsizedpolitical ambitions.Of the 26 seats it contested, the Grand Old Party walked ...
High and dry ; From being the land of milk and honey, the state emerges as a transit point for narcotics smuggled from the Af-Pak region to the West.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Patialas Manmeet Singh, 24, lost his father to alcohol. That,however, did not deter this only son from taking to drugs. It tookjust a scolding from his mother about not being serious about hiscareer to cross over to where his friends had already arrived bythen. The family had land and ...
IIFA 2009: Starry nights ; Sushmita Sen gambled, Lara Dutta shopped, Abhishek Bachchan cried and Sonam Kapoor danced at the recently held IIFA weekend in Macau.
Jun 29, 2009; ... At the witching hour of 4 a.m., director Madhur Bhandarkar was indeep conversation with actor R. Madhavan. Five feet away, AnilKapoor was standing with brow furrowed. At a stones throw, NeilNitin Mukesh was waiting for his fate to take a right turn. All fourwere trying their luck ....
The lotus eaters ; A tired and discredited leadership short on ideas and a demoralised cadre tak the BJP to a new low. A major overhaul is due if the party is to bounce back.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Cricket is a gentlemans game where fielders are known to applaudan opposing batsmans century or an exquisite shot.But last week, when BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley, ensconcedon the balcony at Lords, was seen on TV applauding a boundary byKevin Pietersen in the India-England ...
Exotic beauty ; Diana Penty on her ramp walk at New York Fashion Week.
Jun 29, 2009; ... After Ujjwala Raut and Laxmi Menon, another Indian model isfinding her space internationally. Diana Penty, the face ofMaybelline, will soon walk the ramp at New York Fashion Week and hasalready shot for Neiman Marcus and Bluefly campaigns. The 24-year-old gets talking. Q. What ...
Child lock ; Afsha Musani and Dhairya Sorecha will be hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs new season.
Jun 29, 2009; ... It isnt enough that children on TV are playing lead roles,dancing, singing and even doing stand-up comedy. Now twobespectacled kids, five-year-old Afsha Musani and 10-year-oldDhairya Sorecha, will be hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs newseason.Like all other reality show ...
Sree Dasari in Big Brother ; After Shilpa Shetty, Sree Dasari enters the <i>Big Brother </ i>house.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Look what Shilpa Shetty has set in motion. Now another Indian hasentered the Big Brother house in UK. Sree Dasari, a business student at the University ofHertfordshire, is quite an entertainer in the 10th season. Hesalready threatened to walk out, ...
Quiet a wedding ; Antara Mali ties the knot with magazine editor Che Kurien.
Jun 29, 2009; ... From acting to directing, she tried almost everything under theguidance of mentor Ram Gopal Varma. Since nothing worked, AntaraMali went into hibernation. Apparently, ...
Signposts ; Gopal Subramaniam, senior advocate in the Supreme Court, has been appointed the solicitor-general.
Jun 29, 2009; ... Appointed: Gopal Subramaniam, senior advocate in the SupremeCourt, as the solicitor-general. He was the additional solicitor-general during 2005-09. He was the counsel for the Justice K.Venkataswami Inquiry Commission that probed the Tehelka tapesexposing corruption. Ordained: ...