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Manoeuvres in Uttar Pradesh
Politically volatile Uttar Pradesh is again in the news — this time thanks to the growing clamour for the dismissal of the Mulayam Singh Government ahead of the State Assembly election. That the Chief Minister is in some trouble is evident ...

Chavez remains unassailable
While Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's victory in the presidential election was expected, the size and nature of the mandate he received on December 3 indicate that he might be unassailable for a long time to come. Diehard critics of the ...

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STATECRAFT
Selecting the next Rashtrapati
By Harish Khare

The choice of the next President is less about this or that individual and more about a vision of the presidency under the Constitution of India.

News Analysis

Don't lose sight of hurdles in last lap
By Siddharth Varadarajan

Between Manmohan Singh's assurances in Parliament and the changes sought by Condoleezza Rice is a big gap that is unlikely to be addressed by the "reconciled" text of the proposed U.S. legislation on nuclear cooperation with India.

Corrections and Clarifications
A reader points out that D. Raja is CPI National Secretary, and not a CPI MP as stated in "Dalit rally foiled in Nagpur" (December 5, 2006). It is the Representation of the People Act, and not the Representation of People's Act as ...

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Singur drama

Repeal AFSPA

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