NEWS
Cops react in anger as militants kill 3 security personnel
The killings were followed by a rocket attack on the heavily guarded Shaheed Gunj police station. The rocket missed the building and hit an adjacent mosque, which was extensively damaged.

NEWS
Sarkaria, Hussain await government's letter
Both said they have no idea what the Constitution Review Committee's terms of reference are.

MARKET REPORT
Markets@Feb 16: Sensex down 77 points
There was a weak trend in software shares as well as pivotals.

INTERVIEW
'If a film or a book can tarnish our culture, which is more than 5,000 years old, then what kind of culture is this?'
'The human spirit cannot exist in an environment of repression. Certain groups create an impression that they are the sole repository of Hindu culture. Of course, they have the right to differ, to protest. But to express your disagreement there is a platform, there is a legal procedure,' says filmmaker Govind Nihalani.

SPECIAL
India may not be China, but neither is it an insignificant 'Third World' state
'India has been neglected by American policymakers, but correcting that error should not mean neglecting Pakistan, which is not only nuclear-armed, but by 2002 will be the world's sixth largest State, and perhaps once again its fourth largest democracy.' Professor Stephen P Cohen on India as an emerging power.

BUSINESS
Matiz to help Daewoo India out of the red
The company hopes to record a turnover of Rs 31 billion in the next fiscal, up from the expected Rs 13 billion this fiscal.

MONEY
'Will my father be taxed if he buys a house from the money I gift him?'
Answers to this and other NRI tax questions.

MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'India's future is certainly brighter than her disgraceful present'
'Abject poverty will disappear except in pockets... At least three Indians will win the Nobel Prize for Literature by 2050... India hosts the Olympics before 2050.' Rajeev Srinivasan makes ten predictions for the next 100 years.

SPORTS
Home on the ranch
M D Riti checks out India's first professional training school for jockeys.

MOVIES
'I want to win an Oscar!'
National award winner Sweta has her sights trained on acting's biggest honour.

MOVIES
The Marginal Man
Remembering Ritwik Ghatak -- writer, director, thinker and loner.

MOVIES
Kamal hosts extravagant premiere
The TN chief minister lauded Hey! Ram as world class.

MOVIES
'It's about hope'
Pritish Nandy explains why he enjoyed Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani...

MUSIC
'I have made some terrible compromises'
Rajesh Roshan goes down the musical memory lane.

COLUMNS
The strings attached to Clinton's visit
'Fifty-two years of Independence have made us more confident and we now look other nations straight in the eye. We are beginning to be conscious of our identity. This is what I fear America has not realised,' says Kuldip Nayar.

Go for the old guard's jugular, Mr FM
'The annual budget presentation offers myriad opportunities to finance ministers to obfuscate core issues and confuse the people. But by focussing upon core issues, citizens can judge whether the forthcoming Budget is a truly millennium presentation,' says Dilip Thakore.

Kapil eats humble pie on l'affaire Azhar
So you thought Kapil Dev had the stature to challenge the board and get away with it? Think again, says Raju Bharatan.

Pumping for Ganguly
Spare Sachin the burden of captaincy, says Balaji Krish. And hand it over to Sourav Ganguly. Because the latter doesn't seem to worry too much about failure; he thrives under pressure.