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Course correction for Congress
The second half of a ruling party's tenure is traditionally thought to be tougher than the first half. With the honeymoon years behind it, the regime is presumed to have entered a turbulent phase marked by anti-incumbency, internal dissent, and ...

No room for chauvinism
For Karnataka, it is a historic event. The State legislature is holding its first session outside Bangalore, in the northern town of Belgaum that borders Maharashtra. The Kumaraswamy Government took the momentous decision to hold a joint session ...

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STATECRAFT
Nainital conclave: rediscovering the party
By Harish Khare

There is a realisation among Ministers that inputs from the Congress party need not be treated as irritants. Ideas and policies have to be necessarily synchronised with ground realities and electoral compulsions.

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In Assam, the guns open up again
By Sushanta Talukdar

There is renewed pressure on both sides to return to the negotiating table.

South Asia's most militarised society
By B. Muralidhar Reddy

A study details the effects on Sri Lanka of the 23-year-old ethnic conflict.

Corrections and clarifications
The sentence in "Meiktila battle hero dead" (September 26, 2006) was: "Major General (retired) Ranvir Bakshi, hero of the battle of Meiktila (then Burma) died in Dehra Dun on Monday." A reader points out that Meiktila is a place in Myanmar ...

The race to choose Annan's successor is hotting up
By Dmitry Kosyrev

Russia is not against any of the three front-runners from Asia. But are the Americans trying to fix the result?

Curbing the film world's male bias
By Natasha Walter

Going to movies directed by women as soon as they are released is a pragmatic and enjoyable form of feminist activism.

A boost for Osama
By Richard Norton-Taylor

It is absurd for our leaders to go on denying that the Iraq invasion increased the terrorist threat.

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