UPFRONT
PUNJAB BANS THE
RED BEACON PG 4
POINT OF VIEW: THE
BUDGET’S DEFICITS
PG 12
22
INSIDE
STATES
SAFFRON MARCH IN
DIDILAND PG 14
THE LOWDOWN
ON CM s
PG 16
C OV E R S T O RY
THE YOGI’S
UP GAME
PLAN
UP’s new chief minister seems to
have hit the ground running. But is
he trying too much too soon? What
are the challenges he faces?
B H O PA L
54
SHARP
SHOOTER
Hard work and the Madhya Pradesh
Shooting Academy help Manisha Keer,
daughter of a fisherman, defy all odds
and become the top trap shooter in
the country
LEISURE
57
K AZIR ANGA
BEGUM
JAAN
BALAN
40
Vidya Balan essays another worthy
role as the madam of a brothel caught
on the dividing line of Partition
POACHING
Inside Kaziranga to
assess if a trigger-
happy conservation is
the only way to counter
rhino poaching
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