NEWS
Centre decides to put off delimitation of Lok Sabha seats by 25 years
The National Population Policy, which was approved by the Union Cabinet, lists 16 promotional and motivational measures for the adoption of the small family norm.

NEWS
Shyamalan, Nayar get Oscar nominations, Nepal's Caravan tramples Mehta's Earth
The Sixth Sense has got the nod in the best picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor and editing categories.

NEWS
Church groups oppose Constitution review
In a letter to President Narayanan and Prime Minister Vajpayee, Delhi Archbishop Alan de Lastic demanded an immediate meeting of the National Integration Council to discuss the proposed review and expressed "grave apprehensions" about the government's intentions.

NEWS
Pawar lets Sangma have his way
The NCP chief, who came to dissuade, saw he was fighting a losing battle and decided to endorse the former speaker's decision to join the constitution review panel.

SPECIAL
America's engagement in the Kashmir dispute needs to be raised several notches
'What makes Kashmir such a difficult issue is that it is not only about contested territory and populations but because it also touches upon competing national identities: India as a nuclear state, Pakistan as an Islamic one,' says South Asia expert Professor Stephen P Cohen.

MARKET REPORT
Markets@Feb 15: Sensex falls
The Sensex slipped 119 points. Software stocks showed a mixed trend.

BUSINESS
Govt okays mega bailout package for SAIL
Loans advanced from the Steel Development Fund amounting to Rs 50.73 billion and Rs 3.81 billion from the government have been waived. 'The loan waiver will ensure long-term viablility of SAIL,' said Arvind Pande, chairman.

BUSINESS
New millennium's financial hub
Chandrababu Naidu wants the insurance regulator in 'Cyberabad'.

MONEY
Magnum Equity Fund
Dhirendra Kumar says this quarter's top performer is aggressive and could yield high returns with extreme volatility.

MOVIES
Badal opens well in the North
...but trails in the rest of India.

MOVIES
'I want to be an allrounder'
Vasundhara seeks her place in the sun.

BOOKS
'Fictional creations have symbolised, with great precision, central truths about life'
Rohit Chopra launches his fortnightly column with five of the most fascinating people he has met in the world of books.

MUSIC
Not quite the original stuff
Don't expect too much out of Woodstock '99. The lineup is impressive, but there are glaring omissions like Mickey Hart and John Entwistle, the only two artistes to have performed at both mega-events.

TRAVEL
The Sacred Bath
In the Hindu month of Magh, Prayag or Allahabad is the site of a holy fair that lasts for a month or a month and a half. The Magh Mela draws thousands to the sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna, for a sacred dip.

COLUMNS
Sonia Gandhi's march to history
'Soniaji should quickly fly to New York to stage a dharna before the mighty UN for forsaking the sacred secularism of India and instead advocating our nation to embrace the uniform civil code,' says Arvind Lavakare.

A letter to Leander; CC: Tendulkar
If Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi can do it for the country, why can't the Indian cricket team, asks Mehul Shah.

When two heads are not better than one
The Armchair Expert ponders on the conundrum that is the captaincy of the Indian cricket team.