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Online edition of India's National Newspaper Tuesday, June 27, 2006

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Mittal and the art of deal-making
The decision of the board of Arcelor to recommend to its shareholders a merger with Mittal Steel — creating Arcelor-Mittal, to be headquartered in Luxembourg — may bring to a close one of the most strenuously contested takeover ...

Autonomy as shield
The standoff between the Union Health Ministry and the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a symptom of the same administrative malaise that saw the country's premier medical institution shut up shop for several weeks in opposition ...

Leader Page Articles
Animals, agriculture, and city planning
By A. Srivathsan

Providing multipurpose farmland within urban areas could help alleviate poverty besides improving the aesthetics of our cities.

News Analysis
Stirring the Hudood pot
By Nirupama Subramanian

A Pakistani TV show has sparked a debate on the contraversial Hudood ordiances.

Corrections and clarifications
The Hindu dated June 24, 1956"; June 24, 2006), the sentence was "Mr. Nehru, who travelled in a Viscount airliner of the IAF, was accompanied by his daughter Mrs. Indira Gandhi, and his two grandsons, Rajiv and Sanjiv". A reader points out ...

Another step forward in strengthening ties
By Pallavi Aiyar

For India and China, resolving the border issue remains the key to developing a truly strategic partnership.

When the shareholder held all the aces
By Vaiju Naravane

Shareholder revolt obliged the Arcelor management to enter into negotiations with Mittal

More questions than answers
By Sushma Ramchandran

The provisional findings of the fifth economic census paint a curious picture.

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