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2 days to vote: SP crumbling, UPA stumbling

With the Samajwadi Party unable to hold together its flock, the Congress-led UPA is banking on “surprises from some unexpected quarters’’ to win the trust vote, report Saroj Nagi & Amit Baruah.
Special report
India Inc grapples with rash of fake CVs
India Inc is hit by an onslaught of CVs with fake degrees and employer information. C Sujit Chandra Kumar and Neha Tara Mehta report.
Legally Speaking
Deconstructing the Deal
If a reasoned debate had taken place on the nuclear issue, the answers could have been found through the application of law and logic, writes P Chidambaram.
July 19, 2008: day in pics
Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and  Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan after a meeting of UPA leaders at External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee's residence in New Delhi.
India in Sri Lanka
Indian batsmen struggle
Indian batsmen struggled against Board President's XI on a wet and soggy day at A Club ground in Colombo during their warm-up game.
Big Picture
After the hype, time for a reality check
Even in this season of Test cricket, the T20 bug refuses to leave us. The BCCI, in an extraordinary diktat, has told its players that they cannot play for any English county which has an ICL player in it. Read more on this column by Pradeep Magazine.
Sunday Sentiments
Nuclear deal and the BJP
I want to share with you alleged details of how senior BJP leaders gave their word to support the Indo-US N-deal only to back out either under pressure from their own colleagues or because they changed their mind, writes Karan Thapar.
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Indian worker thrashed in Saudi Arabia
An Indian worker, who was allegedly manhandled by his superior for protecting his co-worker from assault, is fighting for life at a hospital in Riyadh.
Hindustan Times Special
She lived to tell her story
Girija Kanna's home burned for three days when militants set it on fire. But there was a far greater tragedy unfolding before her eyes: Kashmir burned for twenty years. Neelesh Misra narrates her story.
Spl: Kashmir moves on
19 days to go
Foreign-born athletes take Olympic stage
As the US struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance next month to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms at the Beijing Olympics.
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Dining right
A dining room with good feng shui contributes to health and a strong bond between family members, says Raman Dutta.
Exploring forms
Silk becomes canvas, colour and relief in artist Sujata Mehta's new series of paintings, reports Damini Purkayastha.
Book extracts: Khallas
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Always wanted to talk like a gangster but didn't have the guts to ask those D-Company guys? J.Dey provides an 'A to Z guide'to the underworld.
IGNOU to train students for career in BPO
The India Gandhi National Open University will soon start a diploma programme to train students from across the country to take up jobs in BPO.

UP plans drive against unqualified teachers
The UP government is planning to launch a state-wide drive to check mushrooming of private schools with unqualified and untrained staff.