NEWS
Sudarshan front-runner for RSS top post
However, one factor that goes decidedly against Sudarshan is his reputation as a tough talker. Sudarshan had in the recent past not minced words while criticising the RSS's political outfit -- the Bharatiya Janata Party -- which heads the ruling National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre.

NEWS
NDA accepts Congressman Sadanand Singh as Bihar speaker
The National Democratic Alliance and its coalition partner Jharkhand Mukti Morcha today decided to accept the RJD-CPI-M sponsored Congress candidate Sadanand Singh as speaker of the Bihar assembly.

MOVIES
Usha Kiran passes into the ages
The veteran actress was 71.

SPORTS
India win first one-dayer against SA
A team effort saw India register its first international victory in almost three months. Faisal Shariff reports on the first ODI.

SPORTS INTERVIEW
'When you pick a player, give him five Tests, five one-dayers, before you close the chapter'
Sourav Ganguly, tells Faisal Shariff in the second part of his interview, that we should remember small contributions as well.

MARKET REPORT
Market@9 March: Day's report
Sentiment remained weak throughout the day. Except for a few counters, almost all scrips went down. The Sensex was down 179 points, at 5332.

MONEY
The big leap
With 58 per cent of its corpus in Himachal Futuristic, Libra Leap is on a run with an attractive dividend-stripping opportunity, but the risk is high, says Dhirendra Kumar.

DIARY
Er, is it Dishquooo or Dakkan?
'A war exercise in the high seas has its own humorous moments.' Josy Joseph records a few of such.

REPUBLIC
The Constitution is malleable to the point of being characterless
'It leaves too much room for manoeuvre to the politician who governs, without binding him to any laws that govern him. Because there is no law to govern law-makers, the key component needed in the Constitution is the provision to bring political parties to heel,' feels S V Menon.

MOVIES
'No Hrithik uncle, no cutting cake'
Govinda's daughter has her way

MOVIES
'I hope Phantom... is my next film'
Shekhar Kapur, raring to go.

MUSIC
'Had I been just another singer, people would have accepted me easily'
Having legends as grandparents helped, but Nityahsree has carved her own niche in Carnatic music.

COLUMNS
Ask Imran
The Armchair Expert attempts to spell out the difference between a captain and a good captain

The panacea for Indian cricket
Abolish the BCCI; outsource everything - national, regional, lock stock and barrel to an overseas group, says Raghavan Vinjimoore.