BUSINESS
Budget hopes, small investors, FIIs prepare Sensex for Point 6K
People are expecting various concessions for the IT, telecom and pharma sectors in the Budget. This might have boosted market sentiment, BSE vice-president Dina Mehta said.

MONEY
Up, up and away
Another day, another high. Why are the markets touching record figures everyday?

NEWS
Centre backtracks on Constitution review, RSS membership
Both proposals have been put on hold following the protracted uproar in the Opposition and 'rumbles' within some coalition partners of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.

SPECIAL
'Balireddy was a smooth operator'
The scandal in Silicon Valley has forced the US consulate in Madras to temporarily stop issuing visas to the residents of Krishna district. The last of George Iype's three-part series The End of an American Dream.

BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'AOL-Time Warner-type mergers will happen in India'
'Long-distance telephony will become a commodity. Give it in the hands of four people, they will bash it to death. You will have STD calls from Delhi to Bombay costing only around Rs 5,' says telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal.

MOVIES
Yukta to debut opposite Abhishek?
Shhhh... Ms World has to remain mum.

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

'I dream of an India where farmers do not commit suicide when crops fail'
Share your dreams and vision for India on the Republic Message Board.

MONEY
'How do I calculate the tax rebate on my house loan?'
Answers to this and other Indian tax questions.

COLUMNS
Hypocrisy rules
'The questions to ask are not about a ban. They are about why these men resort to this obvious fakery. Why they cannot find the fibre to say: Government employees can join any organisation they feel like... as long as they put in a honest day's work,' says Dilip D'Souza

Rate Cut I won't be earth-shaking; mid-year Cut II may be necessary
'Nothing dramatic may be forthcoming from the RBI. Jalan believes in letting sleeping dogs sleep. And, if inevitable, he will wake them slowly,' says R C Murthy.

Notes from a cricket-lover's diary
Indian cricket is shrouded in silence at the moment. Which indicates that the administration is clueless, visionless, directionless, headless. Why, asks Prem Panicker, and tries to find answers.