NEWS
No plans to let govt employees join RSS: PM
No changes contemplated in the current laws, says Vajpayee.

NEWS
Party rebels attack Laloo
Though the RJD chief was not hurt, his chopper suffered extensive damage, forcing him to resume his campaign tour in a car.

BUSINESS
Dreams turn nightmares
After millennium gala, Goa's tourism founders.

INTERVIEW
'I have a double sympathy factor going'
'I was so surprised by Balasaheb's kindness and upset that the Congress had let me down that I didn't think about the communal attitude of the party,' says Dinaz Patrawala, Shiv Sena candidate for the assembly by-election in Colaba, Bombay.

SPECIAL
Need for a fresh look at US policies in S Asia
'Both India and Pakistan have demonstrated an ability to resist outside pressures perceived as inimical to their vital interests. Washington's policy-makers need a better understanding of both the opportunities for and the limitations on American power in the area,' says South Asia expert Professor Stephen P Cohen.

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

'We have made the President a dummy'
'The President takes an oath to defend the Constitution and protect the welfare of the people. The oath has no meaning at all when he has no powers whatsoever to take any initiative.' Former Union minister C Subramaniam on the Constitution review.

NEWS
Navy to lease nuclear-capable bombers
The navy proposes to lease at least four Tu-22M3 planes from the Russian Navy to make up for the absence of its long-range and medium-range reconnaissance aircraft, which are slated to return to Russia for upgradation.

MONEY
Mkts@Feb 14: Sensex slips 8 points
Profit booking pushed the BSE Sensex down.

INFOTECH
Who's afraid of the big B?
A 'hard' Union Budget holds no terrors for the infotech industry.

MOVIES
Where time stands still...
Aamir Khan's Lagaan is about a bygone era. A report from Bhuj.

MOVIES
'I am my toughest competition'
Shah Rukh Khan on The Rediff Chat.

MUSIC
'I went with an attitude to kill'
Mehnaz talks about her experience of singing with Air Supply.

MESSAGE BOARDS
'India was proud to have you...'
Tribute to Ustad Alla Rakha by our readers.

'One-sided application of the law will only get the contempt of people'
Readers respond to the 'Fire over Water' message board.

BOOKS
Jack of all trades
Meet Sharada Dwivedi -- author, artist, librarian, heritage building conservationist, social historian, researcher and businesswoman.

COLUMNS
Old foes, new friends?
'Believe it or not, the Soldiers Initiative for Peace between India and Pakistan, established for the first time in the history of the two nations, was publicly decrying war. And these soldiers were not old boys from pre-Partition schools going through the motions of a reunion,' says Major General (retd) Ashok K Mehta.

Desi regulations for local conditions
Sucheta Dalal says aping the US model to regulate and punish financial malpractices is ridiculous.

Gentlemen, play!
Cricket, they say, is a gentleman's game. Ashwin Mahesh begs to differ, and argues that we are putting a premium on what is essentially an archaic, outdated non-issue.

Tomorrow is another day
Scarlett O'Hara patented that masterpiece of optimism. In another day and another age, Abhilasha Khaitan echoes it as she looks ahead to the South African series just beginning.