NEWS
Militants storm army camp in Anantnag
Three heavily armed extremists attacked the sentry post of the Sector-1 Rashtriya Rifles at Khanabal with assault rifles and hurled several grenades before forcing their entry into the camp.

NEWS
India refuses Karmapa asylum
The government is, however, examining whether he can be given refugee status or sent elsewhere.

NEWS
Flight highlights quarrels in Rumtek monastery
Rumtek, headquarters of the Kagyupa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, has been without a Karmapa since 1981.

MESSAGE BOARD
'For starters, how about the Indian cricket team not playing with Pakistan?'
Readers respond to our Message Board.

MESSAGE BOARD
'Indo-Pak bickering makes for nice entertainment'
Readers respond to our Message Board.

BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'India's auto industry will soon see a million new cars a year'
'India is a truly global market reflecting the global trends. Cut in customs duty on second-hand cars won't affect the existing players much,' says Kosuke Yamamoto, VP, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan.

MONEY
'What are the tax implications for an NRI selling shares of Indian companies?'
Answers to this and more NRI tax questions.

SPORTS
India go down to Australia
A spectacular century by Ricky Ponting and a dazzling display in the field saw the Aussies home at Melbourne. Prem Panicker report.

MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'South India has been most prolific as far as cinema is concerned'
'Parasakthi is a landmark film because the script written by M Karunanidhi contained a lot of reformist ideas of the Dravidian movement.' Theodore Bhaskaran on 10 South Indian films that made history.

MOVIES
Aryan shelved!!!
Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor's walkout has sunk the Bunty Walia-Sohail Khan film.

MOVIES
'Mela' is No 1
After weeks of reigning at the top slot, 'Hum Saath-Saath Hain' finally loses out to the Aamir-Dharmesh combination.

BOOKS
'It was her life, her experiences and her memoirs'
'Nothing has been changed by anybody, it is exactly the way it was written by her,' says Pooja Bedi-Ebrahim of her mother Protima Bedi's biography, Timepass.

MUSIC
Run-of-the-mill fare
Coming from Rahman, Pukar is certainly a disappointment.

COLUMNS
Why is New Delhi pussy-footing on Islamabad's role in the hijacking?
'President Clinton spoke on Kashmir but did not mention a word about the hijacking... A few countries said something through their spokesmen, more to please New Delhi than to name the instigators of the hijackers. Even the tone of condemnation was cursory,' says Kuldip Nayar.

A short pause
'Today I hope you will forgive me as I take a break from matters of state to write about my mother as her dead body lies on the cold floor...' Pritish Nandy on his overwhelming grief.

Sachin must open
Bobby Simpson fails to understand what the Indian team management is doing with its batting order, particularly with respect to the master batsman batting lower down the order.

Tight but right
Wasim Akram is upbeat after back-to-beat victories in the triangular series. And says there won't be any let-up in his team's performance.

When the Best take care of the Rest
Abhilasha Khaitan, in more pensive mood, ponders over the case of Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar. Extraordinary men both, struggling under an extraordinary burden.