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For some, drought is the season to make money
"Nobody bothers about us. My village hardly exists to the outside world." Sheela Bhatt reports from the drought-hit Kutch.
Kerala: The LTTE Connection
Among the large number of Tamils who migrate to Kerala from Sri Lanka are said to be LTTE agents, middlemen and cadres who use the state's airports to fly onward to foreign destinations.
'India and Pakistan have to approach the situation in Kashmir as if they were starting all over again'
'India can take a less rhetorical position with respect to the Kashmir issue and to the CTBT perhaps. Nationalism is fine to a point but I think India is secure as a nation." Dr Richard Cohen tells the Rediff Chat.
Passage to Lanka
Kerala has emerged as South India's safest transit point for foreign nationals, especially Sri Lankans suspected to be the members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
An elephantine problem
Trade in rare species should be permitted, but only if it can be monitored to ensure it does not endanger the species's survival.
'All through the attack, they kept saying mar dalo, khatam kar do'
The attack on St Theresa's Convent at Kosi in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh is the latest in a chain of violent incidents in the state where Christians have been made a target.
A house for Mr Gowda
The former prime minister is desperately looking for a house so that he and his family can start living happily ever after in Bangalore, which he has now made his political base.
More Sun Temple, for the same price
A large of part of the 13th century Sun Temple in Orissa, out of bounds for both casual visitors and
researchers for almost hundred years, is likely to be thrown open to public soon.
'They wanted to make me sign a statement
against Nawaz Sharief'
When I returned to my country security personnel began interrogating me about my stay in India.
Though I explained it was just a study tour, they continued to harass me." Pak poet Aftab Hussain,
verbatim
'These alarmist descriptions only encourage those who indulge in terrorism'
President Narayanan's speech at the banquet for Bill Clinton last fortnight still provokes controversy. What did the Rashtrapati say?
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