NEWS
Dara Singh arrested
Early on Tuesday morning, he walked into a trap laid by the Orissa police. Singh, prime accused in the murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, has been at large since January 22, 1999.

NEWS
11-member committee to review Constitution
The names of the members, however, have not yet been revealed and it is also not clear who will head the panel.

NEWS
Govt allows FDI in all sectors
Now onwards the FDI will be through an automatic route, except in six categories.

NEWS
Shabana puts onus for Water on State
'Now it is being said that a law-and-order situation is being created. But we are not the people who have created that. We are the victims of that. So how can we be penalised?' demands the actress-parliamentarian.

MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
Officers and Gentlemen
'A service career brings contact with thousands of people, many of them quite remarkable. One's own colleagues are perhaps the most memorable.' J B D'Souza on memorable civil servants. A Millennium Special.

INTERVIEW
'The film has to be shot in Varanasi'
"Isn't NRI a non-resident Indian? When I am getting awards the people in India like to write about me and hail me. But now they accuse me of all sorts of things," says an angry Deepa Mehta.

INTERVIEW
'The PW always repays its blood debts'
Andhra Pradesh and the other states where the People's War operates are set to witness more violence. The Naxals have promised to pay blood homage to their slain leaders. "Their murders will be avenged," pledged PW general secretary Muppalla Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy.

INTERVIEW
'I don't know how we can talk about Kamaraj rule by supporting the DMK or ADMK'
'I don't expect any split. I have resigned as MLA, but I have not resigned from the party. I still love my party. I still adore my leader,' says R Chokkar, former chief whip of the TMC in the Tamil Nadu assembly.

THE REPUBLIC, 50 YEARS ON
Celebrating 50 Years of the Indian Republic

'The present generation is waiting for a leader who will inculcate a sense of responsibility which falls on every citizen of a free society.'
Nani Palkhivala on his vision for India.

SPORTS
We tried, but it wasn't enough: Sachin
Coach Kapil Dev when asked if he had missed any key players in the team, quipped: ''I missed a lot of players...Sunil Gavaskar for instance.''

MOVIES
Anil Kapoor is our new Star of the Fortnight

MOVIES
'Pukar' gets Army's nod
Boney spends Rs 240 mn on film

MUSIC
The Right brothers
Cool, crazy and controversial, Right Said Fred was in Bombay recently for a concert. A tete-a-tete with the band.

COLUMNS
The time seems ripe for India to pile on the pressure on the military dictator
'If in 52 years since two UN Security Council resolutions, Pakistan has not secured withdrawal of its forces and nationals from the earlier uninvaded State of J&K and not prevented their terrorist intrusion into that part of the State held by India, what locus standi does it have today of demanding a plebiscite as per that resolution,' asks Arvind Lavakare.

R P Gupta floats a trial balloon
'What is going to matter in the heartland are not glib terms like Kargil, economic reforms, women's empowerment, I-T revolution et al, but Advani-ism. Which, in short, translates into Ram, Ram, Ram,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Cricketers Anonymous
'There are stars. And then there are players like Robin Singh. Cent-per-centers who, day in and day out, go about their business of delivering with bat, ball and in the field. Question is, do we recognise them? Appreciate their efforts?' says the resident Armchair Expert.

Bon appetit
Harsha Bhogle in an earlier article had talked of the need for Indian players to feel 'hungry'. Sonia Savkar, taking him at his word, tries to find out just how 'hungry' the Indians are. A completely imaginary interview -- in good humour, of course.

To pay on performance
Rohit Gupta delves deep into the mess that is Indian cricket and offers suggestions to tidy it up.

Time to strike
The first of the best-of-three finals in the triangular series in Australia will be played on Wednesday. Wasim Akram vows to go all out for a win since that will put pressure on the Aussies.

Slow death
Baichung Bhutia laments the decline of Indian football.