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  June 16, 2001               Today's News Search the Internet
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  What's New!
   Wish the PM

   Death of a Monarch

   College Admissions

   School Admissions

   Day's images

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  The Rediff Poll
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    Will the Nepal royal
    massacre probe
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  Broadband Specials
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   The Budget Speech

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  Money Specials
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   'Anyone who can kill the
   market by selling
   100 shares of Wipro
   must be God'

   'Investment banking set
   for big growth'

   Building bridges
   via trade

   Concrete set to
   replace salt

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  Movies Specials
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  Simran: Absolutely hot

  Aks: The story in pics

  Neeta Lulla's
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  Gadar: The story

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   Et tu, Katrina?

   The Benazir interview

   My flag, my country

   'What do we have
   in life to look
   forward to?'

   'The monarchy is
   passing through a
   crisis of survival'

   When they took me
   for Tim McVeigh...

   Oh Lord, that
   was Francis!

   'King Gyanendra is
   not anti-Indian'

   Escape from
   Kathamandu...

   The Successful
   Seven Asians in UK

   The PM is ill.
   And I am sick!

   'A military regime
   is trained to capture,
   not give away'

   Bleeding Paradise

   We are a generation
   of idiots!

   'The crown is a symbol
   of unity in Nepal'

   Eugene Cernan:
   Man on the Moon

   'If North and South
   Korea could talk,
   why can't we?'

   A battle the Church has
   not seen before

   One moment too soon

   On the banks of Sindhu,    Mogambo is happy

   King Birendra obituary

   The sting is in the Tale!

   'Tragedy won't affect
   Indo-Nepal relations'

   News Specials

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  Cricket Specials
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   Harbhajan Singh on
   the Zimbabwe tour,
   in real Audio

   Of 'Stone Dwelling'
   and their cricket

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  Sports Specials
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   Abhinav Bindra speaks

    It's Guga again

   The Indian Express
   is back

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J&K: A NEW HOPE
Musharraf seeks to change history
The Pakistan chief executive said in Islamabad on Friday that he would seek to make a "new beginning" with India in summit talks next month.

Bhat, Geelani put under house arrest
The Hurriyat has asked people to hold demonstrations after Friday prayers against the Charar-e-Sharif blast and the Shangus mosque siege.

Indo-Pak summit around July 10
July 10-12 has been described as the most suitable period for crucial talks on Kashmir and other issues.

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 DPC urges MSEB to resume
 power off take: PTI

 Arrest warrants against
 Bihar BJP leaders: PTI

 RSS leader Pingle
 hospitalised: PTI

 Goa police to summon two
 IAS men in power scam case

 Army chief meets
 Advani on J&K: PTI

 4 BSF Jawans Hurt in
 Blast on Amarnath Route

 The Day's Images

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King GyanendraThe Red Star hangs over Nepal
Amisha PatelGadar: Amisha's tragic brilliance shines
 

 Omar Mukhtar Omar Mukhtar
is dead

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Musharraf to visit New Delhi on July 9: Jang
A spokesman of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, however, said dates were still being worked out.

India should involve Hurriyat: Abdul Sattar
'Too early to discuss Kashmir's sovereignty,' says Pakistan's foreign minister.

INTERVIEW
'Four gentlemen sat down for lunch and decided to invite Musharraf'
Former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh fires another salvo.

MESSAGE BOARD
Will the Indo-Pak summit create history?
Will Prime Minister Vajpayee of India and Chief Executive Musharraf of Pakistan be able to make a decisive break from a past of suspicion and conflict? Express your opinion.

MONEY
DPC urges MSEB to resume power off take
DPC president Neil McGregor, along with representatives of the domestic and foreign lenders, met MSEB chief Vinay Bansal and tried to mend fences.

MARKET REPORT
Mkts@June 15: New Economy stocks lead fall
With SEBI's deadline for banning carry-forward trading fast approaching, operators unwound long positions leading to a further fall in stock prices. Selling was seen almost across the board.

DEATH OF A MONARCH
Nepal probe report could backfire
The shoddily produced report has left several unanswered questions and numerous loopholes that could end up as key weapons in the hands of those opposed to the new monarchy.

High-powered committee to study report
It is to suggest means to implement the recommendations of the official probe, headed by Chief Justice K P Upadhyaya, whose findings on the royal killings were made public on Thursday.

Uneasy calm in Nepal
People in the Himalayan Kingdom are slowly coming to terms with the findings of the probe panel that their late Crown Prince Dipendra gunned down his father King Birendra and other royals.

Ghimire released on bail
The editor of the mass-circulated Nepalese daily Kantipur and two others were arrested last week on sedition charges.

NEWS
BSF thwarts intrusion by smugglers: PTI
A Bangladeshi was killed and two others were injured when Border Security Force personnel opened fire.

Naga ceasefire angers Samata
Agitated leaders Thursday said they were not informed about the government decision to extend the ceasefire with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M).

Amarnath Yatra begins at ID card counter!
Jammu and Kashmir government officials denied that pilgrims were facing problems getting identity cards.

Punjab police may arrest Chohan on return
A 20-year-old case of sedition is pending against the Sikh separatist at Anandpur Sahib.

Police see politics in Oldham riots
Senior officers forecast a long, hot summer. And renowned TV producer and critic Farouk Dhondy warns that disaffected British Muslims could be pushed into the arms of Islamic fundamentalists.

MONEY
Indian-American IT stars on Fortune's cool list
North Carolina-based Relativity Technologies and California-based XDegrees are on the list.

Ketan Parekh to file defamation case vs BoI
The bull operator is not ready to accept the blame for manipulating the stock market. "There is no scam," he said.

US NEWS
Bush extends Singh Commission's term
The US President gives a two-year extension to the Advisory Commission on Asian-American and Pacific Islanders.

Indo-Canadian relations on the upswing
Canada and India realise that there is greater benefit in expanding the political and economic relationship, increasing trade and using the burgeoning Indo-Canadian community as a bridge between the two countries.

CRICKET
Cricket: India caught out on day one
Bowled out for 237 in their first innings, the tourists regained ground by bagging three Zimbabwe wickets for 31 runs by close in the second Test.

SPORTS
'Different feeling to anything else I have driven before'
Narain Karthikeyan spoke to Andrew Van de Burgt at Silverstone.
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Karthikeyan upbeat about Formula One future
The first Indian to drive a Formula One car said he hopes to get another test drive with Jaguar.

Anand six points off 2800 barrier
Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik hold the top two spots respectively as per the latest FIDE ratings.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Now honeymoon in space
Tired of Mauritius? Try Mars.

Amisha Patel
Seven sites on the 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai' actress.

'Doh' is now an official word of the English language
Oxford dictionary includes cartoon character Homer Simpson's catchphrase.

COLUMNS
The red star hangs over Nepal
'Whatever the truth behind the palace bloodbath, the advantage now lies with the communist extremists,' says Brahma Chellaney.

Foul weather over Kyoto
'Defeating Kyoto is ultimately a political objective, and the American president may well achieve that. Nature is not as easily bested. Statesmanship is the ability and willingness to recognise the difference,' says Ashwin Mahesh.

The Ponting progression
Daniel Laidlaw reflects on Ricky Ponting's current form, heading into the Ashes series.

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 Shiv Sena to move court
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 NDTV World won't be part
 of Star bouquet: BS

 LIC unveils mega
 technology plan

 VST stake: BAT must get
 ITC go-ahead, says govt

 Moody's may upgrade
 India outlook

 UBS Warburg ups price
 targets for IT heavyweights

 SSKI raises Ashok Leyland
 to 'outperformer'

 Latest corporate headlines

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  Reuters Business News
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 Rupee overvalued but
 needs catalyst to fall

 Dr Reddy's leads Indian
 drugmakers to new frontiers

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  Cricket News
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 Arrest warrant against
 Prabhakar stayed

 Kumble may return for
 Sri Lanka series

 England crash to ninth
 consecutive defeat

 Australia's bowling
 regains its edge

 Gough matches Botham's mark

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 Chess: Vijayalakshmi
 makes it four in a row

 Barua pips Sasikiran for title

 Goa, Bengal in Jr. Nat
 football final

 Good going for Indians
 on tennis circuit

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  Rediff USA Specials
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  A Jew in the Big Apple

 'I've basically been a hermit'

 Through a lens, sometimes darkly

 Journalists join battle
 against McDonald's

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  Guide to the Net
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 When she's not singing,
 Mehnaz loves logging on

 Send email to Mars and beyond

 Saving face

 Indian youth ready to network

 A web page a day...

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  Columnists
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 Amberish K Diwanji on
 the Indo-Pak summit

 T V R Shenoy on
 the Amma-Didi factor

 Pritish Nandy on trial by media

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