King Dipendra is dead
Meanwhile, several royal family members injured in Friday's shooting have been moved out of intensive care to a VVIP unit at the army hospital in Chhauni.

Queen was firm on choice of bride for Dipendra
The strong-willed Aishwarya had zeroed in on King Birendra's maternal aunt's granddaughter for the crown prince, but he was in no mood to oblige.

Curfew imposed in Kathmandu
Officials in the Nepal government said the curfew has been clamped fearing that the situation would worsen by Monday evening, when King Dipendra's funeral will take place.

Two killed in protests
People believe that Dipendra was not responsible for the death of the 12 royals, but was a pawn in a larger conspiracy and were objecting to the investiture of Gyanendra as king.

MONEY
India's 1st electric car on roads soon
The car 'Reva' will be priced around Rs 250,000 and run 80 kms on a charged battery.

Rating firms harsh on India
Analysts say there are no grounds to downgrade the country's outlook.

Monsoons on schedule
The IMD said that the rains had covered Kerala, and parts of interior Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

NEWS
Musharraf's Lucknow kin not excited about visit
The family happens to be that of the late Hayatullah Ansari, a well-known Congressman of his time and founder editor of the one-time powerful Urdu daily Qaumi Awaz, that had played a major role in the freedom movement.

Pant is ready to talk to anyone
He referred to his tour of Jammu and Kashmir as phase-I of his attempt to understand the problem.

MARKET REPORT
Market@June 4
Market moves in a narrow range in mid-afternoon trades. Satyam and Infosys are dull on institutional as well as speculative selling pressure. Telco, Bajaj Auto and M&M are subdued.

MOVIES
Master
The story in pictures.

'My asset? Self-confidence'
From banker to playback singer: Babul Supriyo's journey.

'He was larger than life'
A tribute to Hollywood star Anthony Quinn.

US NEWS
UK lets Canada charge Kanishka bombing suspect
Home Secretary Jack Straw's decision to allow Canadian crown prosecutors to charge Inderjit Singh Reyat in the 1985 terrorist attack came as a surprise to most people.

Brahmins in US deplore loss of culture
Many Brahmins have moved away from traditional culture, due to fears of being labelled casteist.

A man for all seasons
Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao finds no contradiction in his abiding interest in science and literature, as 'they both ask deep, intimate questions.'

Not the worst that could happen
'What's the Worst That Could Happen?' opened to a decent $13.3 million to finish in fifth spot.

CRICKET
Pakistan win Test, draw series
England, needing 370 for victory, slumped from 174 for one to 261 all out in the final session of the second Test.

Indians score 226-run win
Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath bundled out CFX Academy on the final day.

India versus Zimbabwe in Tests
Mohandas Menon provides a statistical outlook.

SPORTS
Bhupathi - Likhovtseva in quarter finals
The pair joins Leander Paes and Lisa Raymond in the last eight of the mixed doubles at the French Open.

Chima turns to television serials
The former Mohun Bagan striker, whose suspension was lifted on Saturday, says he has not given much thought to returning to the game.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Murdered Leaders
Nine assassinations of our time.

Saving face
Forget about passwords. Simply remember faces.

President's daughter caught drunk on tape
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COLUMN
The war of the CMs
'Both Antony and Bhattacharya talk through their hat when they speak about making their states the infotech capital of India. But Antony has a longer, rougher road to travel,' says T V R Shenoy.

Who killed the royal family of Nepal?
'When the dust settles, I suspect we will find that poor King Birendra and most of his family were massacred not because of their son's love-life, but simply and cold-bloodedly as part of the Sino-Islamic attack on Hindu civilization,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.