NEWS
Four CRPF men shot dead in Srinagar
While sources said militants opened fire on the meteorological centre in Srinagar, police chief B Srinivas said the four jawans fell victim to their own colleagues because of 'confusion'.

NEWS
Six soldiers killed in Manipur ambush
The attack comes even as the chief of the army staff, General V P Malik, is touring the North-East.

NEWS
Young Turks want more space in BJP
Sources indicated that the race for recognition among the second-generation party leaders began in right earnest after Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's last Cabinet reshuffle.

NEWS
Maharashtra willing to refer Srikrishna report to investigating agencies
The Supreme Court, however, adjourned the matter since one petitioner asserted that the Action Taken Report tabled in the state assembly that rejected the recommendations should be quashed first.

INTERVIEW
'Our foremost need is to change our casual attitude'
'The hijacking, it goes without saying, could not have been possible for an organisation like the Harkat-ul-Ansar without the knowledge and support of the Pakistani security agencies,' says Prof Kalim Bahadur.

SPECIAL
The hijack crisis bares India's political diffidence and diplomatic credulity
Admission of defeat does not have to take the form of grovelling. Jaswant Singh's flight to Kandahar with the three terrorists amounted to that, says Professor Brahma Chellaney.

COMMENT
'The RSS has never advocated the exchange of terrorists for hostages'
'In the aircraft, seven, eight youth could have got up and tried to overpower the hijackers. But the fear of death kept them immobile even when one of their fellow travellers was murdered,' says RSS chief Professor Rajendra Singh.

MESSAGE BOARD
'Hang the terrorists who are in jail'
Readers respond to our Message Board.

MESSAGE BOARD
'Withdraw all ties with Pakistan, declare it a terrorist state'
Readers respond to our Message Board.

BUSINESS SPECIAL
India is unstoppable!
"India has a vibrant democracy, a high number of technically educated people, an industrial base that is ready to take off, a strategic location. It is poised to take on the world. I recommend it with pride to all global companies," says Osamu Suzuki, president and CEO, Suzuki Motors.

BUSINESS SPECIAL
A case for foreign investment in agri sector
'The government must look at patents and gene technology more positively. Genetically modified organisms could not only raise yields further but help in reducing consumption of pesticides and other chemicals,' says Gurnam Arora.

INDIAN TAX CENTRE
"How do I file tax returns if the original Form 16 is lost in transit?"
Answer to this and more Indian tax questions.

SPORTS SPECIAL
Who's the best?
Following Steve Waugh's assertion that his team is the best of any era, V Gangadhar analyses the strengths of the Australians of 1948, the West Indians of the eighties, and the current Australian team -- the best in his book -- and concludes that the men from the Caribbeans were undoubtedly a cut above.

MOVIES
Stars save the day
But Bulandi has nothing new to offer.

MOVIES
'The sheer scale of Pakeezah was tremendous'
Sharmishta Roy's five favourite sets.

THE MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'The British rule was the worst period for our traditional art forms'
'Tagore was a great visionary who made it possible for many Indian art forms to live and flourish... Rukmini Devi Arundel's name has to be written in golden letters in the history of Indian dance in this century...' Dr Padma Subrahmanyam on the landmarks in Indian dance.

BOOKS
Out Of Print, Sorry
Ashok Banker gives you three reasons why you never need hear these words again.

MUSIC
'I really wanted to tip my hat to Sting'
George Michael, in an exclusive tete-a-tete.

COLUMNS
Indians are running scared
'The fault is not with the government alone but with India's cowardly middle class,' says Amberish K Diwanji.

Hijack Afterthought: Being Tough
'While the hijack was abhorrent, it did not happen by itself. Nor is it sensible to pretend that it did. As long as Kashmir remains an unresolved issue between India and Pakistan, we had better expect such incidents,' says Dilip D'Souza.

Tell us the other one, Mr Borde
The chairman of national selectors has asked for quick pitches, to prepare Indian cricketers for international cricket. That statement, says Prem Panicker, deserves the horse laugh.

Eye of the Tiger
In 1968, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi saw his team go down 4-0 to Australia. 22 years later, it is Sachin Tendulkar's turn. Then, there was, even in that whitewash, reason for optimism. Now, says Raju Bharatan, there is none.