NEWS
Allies threaten to pull out on price hike
'The government will have to roll back the price hike on urea and PDS foodgrains if it is to continue ruling. We are determined about it,' the Janata Dal United's deputy leader in Parliament, Devendra Prasad Yadav, told rediff.com

INTERVIEW
'Party members feel less confident under Sonia'
'If you are not decisive, if you are seen vacillating and in two minds, party members know that the person at the top is not fully confident,' says Sitaram Kesri.

INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA
India go down fighting in third ODI
South Africa made it with two wickets and six balls to spare.

CHINKS IN THE ARMOUR: PART 3
The Great Tank Fiasco
Army officials say no other defence agency in the world must have spent 25 years and Rs 3.5 billion on developing a tank that has failed to perform.

NEWS
How Bill will spend his days in India
Though the final details are still to be given the last polish, the broad contours of the visit are decipherable. The US president will spend, effectively, six nights and four-and-a-half days in India.

SPECIAL
Desperately seeking Bill
'Since General Musharraf assumed power, except Mullah Rabbani, head of the Taliban government, no important visitor has come to Pakistan. A visit by the sole superpower will be a great morale booster and provide legitimacy for his rule,' feels defence analyst Sreedhar.

MOVIES
Hrithik vs Shah Rukh
Roshan Jr breaks the Khan monopoly.

BOOKS
'A slap for a slap is not the answer'
"They should have fought, but not the way they did. They should not have resorted to violence. Those protests also created a bad impression about us outside India." Noted novelist Sivasankari on the controversy surrounding Deepa Mehta's Water.

SPORTS
Sikdar calls it a day
Nagging injuries forced India's queen of distance running, who won two gold and one silver medal at the Bangkok Asian Games, to retire.

MONEY
Understanding the interest rate
Confused about the annual or monthly interest rate calculation? Faced with two loans offering an identical rate of interest but different EMIs? Larissa Fernand clarifies matters.

MONEY
Prudential ICICI Tax Plan
An investment of Rs 10,000 at the current entry levels will provide a tax-free dividend of Rs 2,358 and a tax rebate of Rs 2,000. Considering this, the fund seems set to continue its good performance.

MUSIC
Return to excellence
Enigma's The Screen Behind the Mirror is a tremendous musical experience, providing a perfect blend of sound and lyrics

COLUMN
Wanted: a foreign policy with backbone
'The talks between Talbott and Singh have yielded nothing. America has not moved an inch from its insistence that it will never accept India as a nuclear power. Exactly what has Jaswant Singh accomplished?' asks Rajeev Srinivasan.

COLUMN
Live, not learn
'General Malik frankly says the armed forces should not be used for counterinsurgency operations. But he singles out Kashmir which, he believes, has to be defended from intruders from the other side. He considers it a theatre of war,' says Kuldip Nayar.