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Editorials
Rooting out ragging
The slew of directions issued by the Supreme Court on ragging in educational institutions supplements and strengthens the May 2007 order to check the menace. In that order, the Supreme Court — acting on the recommendations of the R.K. ...

New deal for urban transport
One of India’s failings is the absence of reliable, modern and efficient urban public transportation systems. Given the pace of urbanisation, the government that will assume office soon at the Centre will have to give top priority to ...

Leader Page Articles
How is a Prime Minister appointed when there is a hung Parliament?
By K. Subramanian

It seems virtually guaranteed that the 15th general election will produce an inconclusive outcome. So what will be the options open to President Pratibha Patil under Article 75 of the Constitution and in light of the relevant constitutional conventio ns?

News Analysis
No to multi-ethnic Italy
By John Hooper

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has defended his government’s decision to return migrants found off its shores to Libya by declaring that his party rejected the idea of a “multi-ethnic” Italy. His remark ...

Corrections and clarifications
* * The Turkish President is Abdullah Gül. The sixth paragraph of a report, “Obama to address Muslims from Egypt” (May 11, 2009), had it as “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan”. Recep Tayyip ...

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INTERVIEW WITH PRACHANDA
‘The perception that Nepal is tilting to China is exaggerated’
The Maoists want an integrated Nepal army to be loyal to the state, not their own party, insists Prime Minister Prachanda.




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