TOP STORIES India will seek Bangladeshi help to
raid insurgent training camps Delhi is convinced Bangladesh is colluding with Pakistan's ISI in running at least 195 training camps for north-eastern insurgent groups, and will ask propose a joint operation to dismantle them...
Outlook Saving Private Mandal
Is affirmative action for SC/STs in the private sector another name for reservations? wonders SMITA GUPTA
Indian Express Look at the big picture
The Bangladesh government may be acting difficult but not its people, who include the intelligentsia, freedom fighters and their children. They want close relations with India, says KULDIP NAYYAR
Asia Times India's drive to rule the world
Asia is expected to emerge as a major player in the auto component sector by 2006, and India is poised to play a major role in this global shift, fueled by low costs, rich human resources and the determination not to simply be a sub-contractor of low value-added components, reports KUNAL KUMAR KUNDU
India Together The Census revelations
The brouhaha over the data on religious communities has subsided after the Census Commissioner withdrew the initial analysis on Muslim growth rates. But the greatest revelation (some would say confirmation) of the Census is about the missing girl child, says N P CHEKUTTY
The Hindu Reforms in the power sector
The Centre has to clearly spell out the power policy. The Tenth Plan target is to add over 41,000 MW of generation capacity and time is running out, says V JAYANTH
Water and river management
in South Asia Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
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