No need to extend visit: Musharraf
The Pakistan President told reporters at the Taj Mahal that since his talks with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were going on well, he did not see any reason to extend his visit.

Vajpayee extends talks beyond Kashmir
The prime minister impressed upon General Musharraf that durable peace cannot be achieved in Kashmir as long as Pakistan and Kashmir remain economically weak.

NEWS
A truly bovine nose job
An Indian woman has won token compensation from a British health authority for inserting a cartilage taken from a cow into her nose seven years ago

IAF chopper rescues 2 British schoolgirls
The two girls, part of a team of 17 British school children on a trekking expedition to Kinnaur-Keylong heights, suffered from acute high altitude sickness prompting the team leader to send a distress signal.

Strange abduction raises questions
So far, the police are treating Long Island politician Karan 'Bobby' Kumar's mysterious weekend disappearance and subsequent reappearance in a park as a kidnapping. But others in the community are not so sure.

MOVIES
Yaadein my best, says Subhash Ghai
But the filmmaker-director-writer's arrival a good three-and-a-half hours late for the press conference in New York left more than a few people fretting.

CRICKET
Double wicket bash turns into damp squib
Zee TV roped in eight teams for a cricket fiesta in the US. Too bad they couldn't rope in the crowds, too.

India head for Sri Lanka
India will be without Sachin Tendulkar and under heavy pressure to snap a three-year losing streak in finals.

SPORTS
Dortmund: Anand draws fourth game
Playing black, Anand was up to the task when it came to equalizing but could not really press for an advantage as the game drifted into a dull middlegame where the breakthrough became almost impossible.