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Jacking up oil prices
In effecting an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel for the sixth time in two years, the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre has shown utter insensitivity to people's concerns about its impact on essential commodities. ...

Not yet an e-leader
India's status as a leading global hub for information technology and business process outsourcing industries is acknowledged but the country has a long way to go before it can claim to be really "e-ready." A lack of access to digital ...

Leader Page Articles
Will Prodi pull a rabbit out of the hat?
By Vaiju Naravane

Analysts are worried that there will be too many conflicting pulls, pushes and heaves within the Italian Prime Minister's fragile coalition for him to be able to act decisively.

News Analysis

BJP in a state of siege
By Neena Vyas

All the factors that make for a Bollywood potboiler have come into full play — money, murder, drugs, perhaps even poison, corruption, indiscipline, and defiance.

Legal cooperation across the Himalayas
By Pallavi Aiyar

China is looking to its big southern neighbour for learning in the legal area.

OUT OF LONDON
Looking back at 9/11 unsentimentally
By Hasan Suroor

WHEN IS it the "right" time for a film-maker or a writer to revisit a tragedy such as the 9/11 attacks without appearing insensitive? Indeed, is there a point at all in reopening the old wounds, especially when the bereaved families are still ...

Corrections and clarifications
*In a Guardian report headed "Desert cities are living on borrowed time, UN warns", it was said that "a 310-square mile area of the Sahara could, with today's technology, generate enough electricity for the whole world." The ...

Resist this U.S. backlash
By Ian Gibson

Cuba is in danger of being punished by Europe for Washington's loss of clout in Latin America.

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Skewed priorities

Fuel price hike

President's powers

Inbuilt in Constitution

Reservation debate

Defies logic

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