J&K: A NEW HOPE
Solution must fulfill Kashmiris' aspirations: Musharraf/PTI
Gen Musharraf said this during a meeting with PoK Prime Minister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary as part of consultations with political leaders ahead of the summit with Vajpayee.

DEATH OF A MONARCH
Dipendra killed the royals: report
A two-member commission handed over its report to King Gyanendra on Thursday

NEWS
Negotiations can solve Ayodhya issue: Advani
The Union home minister said a consolidation of all pending cases in various courts would not solve the matter.

NSCN (I-M) agrees to extend ceasefire in Nagaland
The decision to extend the ceasefire was taken at a two-day meeting between NSCN (I-M) leader T Muivah and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's special emissary K Padmanabhiah in Bangkok.

Ceasefire extension welcomed
NSCN (I-M) was under tremendous public pressure to continue with the ceasefire in the interests of peace.

North-east has more money than it can spend
A whopping Rs 3.24 billion under various rural development schemes remained unspent in the fiscal 2000-01 out of a total allocation of Rs 9.76 billion meant for the seven north-eastern states.

Fears of flash floods in Orissa
With the south-west monsoon active over the state and more rains expected, water level may rise in all rivers, including Bansadhar and Rushikulya.

Monsoon session to begin on July 23
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan said the session would last 40 days instead of the usual 20 or 22.

Salman's claim on CCCC rejected: PTI
Designated Judge A P Bhangale was of the view that the actor's claim could be entertained only during trial after he deposed as witness.

Canadian Parliament adopts motion on Mandela
The defeat of the motion last week because of a single dissenter caused a great deal of embarrassment to the Canadian government.

MARKET REPORT
Mkts@June 14: Sensex sheds 48 points
Selling pressure gained ground in new as well as old economy stocks. Profit-booking was seen across the board. Infosys, NIIT and Satyam lost ground.

MOVIES
'She came here on a stretcher, she will walk home'
Sarika's surgeon is satisfied with her progress.

SPORTS INTERVIEW
'You don't win medals in the Olympics by sheer accident. You got to work hard'
Indian shooting sensation Abhinav Bindra spells out what it takes to succeed at the highest level.

SPORTS
Karthikeyan first Indian to drive F1 car
The 24-year-old became the first non-Japanese Asian to drive a Formula One car when he tested with Jaguar at Silverstone.

Paes-Bhupathi in last eight
The Indians next meet Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango, whom they beat in the French Open semis.

CRICKET
Badani to open in second Test
Ashish Nehra too will figure in the match against Zimbabwe, starting on Friday.

Pitch tampering nothing new
Mohandas Menon cites instances of players damaging the pitch but not being banned because there was no provision in the laws then.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Father's Day
Eight sites for ecards and gifts to celebrate Father's Day

'Godzilla meat will make you strong'
Japan's best-known monster is coming to a store near you. Canned.

US NEWS
Letter campaign against Lakireddy
A small coalition of protestors has embarked on a determined campaign to sour the sweet plea deal Reddy has worked out with federal prosecutors.

Lift sanctions against India, Bush told
A noted analyst argued that if the US is slow off the blocks, New Delhi could fall into the arms of the Chinese and Russians.

Lord lobbies for PoK-Srinagar bus
Lord Nazir Ahmed, known to be close to pro-Pakistani activists in Kashmir, is lobbying with US think-tanks to open a new bus route as a confidence-building measure.

We are Hindus: US lawmakers
The House of Representatives condemned the Taleban's edict requiring Hindus to wear a yellow badge as a mark of identity.

COLUMN
What validity does a Vajpayee-Musharraf deal hold?
'What guarantee does India have that any deal reached between the present leaders will be acceptable to the next set of Pakistani rulers? The argument that this time New Delhi is dealing with the Pakistani Army, the actual leaders, is flawed,' says Amberish K Diwanji.

GUEST COLUMN
Unfulfilled hopes
'The all-India services have been a mixed bag. But it is difficult to agree that they have succeeded greatly in pushing up standards of administrative professionalism or ethics,' says former CBI director R K Raghavan.