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Congress wins but TDP rises
The results of the two-phase Panchayat elections in Andhra Pradesh have provided comfort to both the ruling Congress party and the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP). They have come as a huge embarrassment to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), ...

A clash to relish
A FIFA World Cup finals that was on the verge of turning out to be a mediocre affair has been redeemed with two worthy teams set to fight for the title. Football-lovers can get over their disappointment at the dearth of classical contests; ...

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Who is perpetuating reservation in jobs?
By Sharad Yadav

In a bizarre turn, the Union Public Service Commission and the Department of Personnel and Training have transformed the policy of reservation into a policy of communal awards. They have treated general seats as seats reserved for people belonging to non-reserved categories.

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Assessing the nuclear balance sheet
By Siddharth Varadarajan

The U.S. wants a decisive say in the scripting of India's safeguards and additional protocol agreements with the IAEA but is withholding "full" civil nuclear cooperation.

7/7 — "One year on and what has changed?"
By Margaret Beckett

On the streets of the U.K., people of diverse faiths and views still talk to each other, sharing ideals and building friendships. Our commitment to the values that matter most to us — liberty, tolerance, and justice — has grown even stron ger and deeper.

Benazir-Nawaz alliance keeps up the tempo
By Nirupama Subramanian

PAKISTAN'S OPPOSITION leaders-in-exile, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have managed to keep up the tempo that their initial pact in May injected into the country's political scene. Repeated statements by Ministers that the two are ...

Corrections and clarifications
* In "Kerala for inclusion of Professional Colleges Act in the Ninth Schedule" (July 6, 2006), a reader points out that while the wording in the promo is "Seeks 50 per cent seats in non-minority, unaided colleges for socially, educationally, ...

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