NEWS
Seven Dalits burnt alive in Karnataka
The attack followed the killing of a caste Hindu allegedly by a group of Dalits.

NEWS
Rival groups clash as Bibi Jagir Kaur defies Akal Takht again
As the SGPC chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, arrived at Alak Takht on Sunday it became clear that she was in no mood to say sorry.

NEWS
Rabri Devi to seek confidence vote on March 16
The Rashtriya Janata Dal, which has 123 members in the 325-member House, would have to struggle hard to achieve the magic number of 163.

NEWS
Murdoch meets Narayanamurthy and Premji A spokesman for Murdoch said that the media baron had his breakfast meeting at Infosys and he spent an hour at the company headquarters.

NEWS
Lakshmi Mittal is richest Asian in Britain Steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, worth # 2.2 million, has ousted the Hinduja brothers and moved back into the top slot.

NEWS
9 policemen killed in Bihar landmine blast
Garwha Deputy Commissioner A P singh said the blast occurred when a patrolling party of the Bihar Military Police was on its way to Lamari to carry out a combing operation.

NEWS
Sharief's party sees RAW hand in lawyer's murder
An official statement issued by the party said the killing was aimed at sabotaging the visit to Pakistan of US President Bill Clinton.

BUSINESS
Knowledge-based companies get prominent place in new millennium Sensex
Indian Hotels, IDBI, Tata Chemicals and Tata Power have been axed. Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Satyam Computer Services, Reliance Petroleum and Zee Telefilms are the new entrants.

BUSINESS
The making of India's Rs 1 trillion fiscal deficit
Economists who have read between the Budget lines say, there are more villians in the fiscal drama than the ones identified by the government -- expenses, interest payments and the failure in meeting the divestment targets. Interest payments form 91 per cent of the fiscal deficit.

NEWS
Herbal fuel-maker Ramar Pillai held
CBI officials, who raided Pillai's residence and industrial premises in Madras last night, seized over 1400 litres of the so-called herbal fuel which, on examination, turned out to be a mixture of industrial benzene, toulene and additives.

MARKET TRENDS
Are we in a bull market?
If Infosys were to remain at the level it was on Jan 3, 2000, the Sensex would plummet to 4900!

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading Strategy for March 13, 2000
Trading strategy for Monday's market.

SPORTS
The nine best runs chases
A statistical summary matches involving teams chasing huge targets.

MOVIES
'I am the cheapest actor I can find'
Nagesh Kukunoor on movies, jetlag and related matters.

MOVIES
Bollywood's blue-eyed boy
Shammi Kapoor had a magical appeal that no one has been able to replicate.

COLUMNS
Where does the Congress stand?
'It is fine and easy to say that the Congress shall never support any ministry in which the BJP is an active participant. But does that translate into automatic backing for the RJD?' asks T V R Shenoy.