NEWS
Inside Nepal: the terror network
Principal Correspondent Josy Joseph's investigative series on how Pakistan is converting the Hindu kingdom into a launch-pad for its offensive against India.

NEWS
Centre, Kashmir decide on steps to combat terror
Prime among these are raising more battalions of central paramilitary forces specially trained for counter-terrorism, deploying more security forces along the LoC and international border, and launching a special economic development programme.

SPECIAL
Sold for Rs 40, Banita cries for justice
Fourteen years have passed and Banita lies untraced in the debris of people's memories. Today, at 28, she is a pitiable victim of acute poverty!

SPECIAL
Nobody steals in Sialia
'It has been like this for a long time -- at least as long as I can remember,' says Prahlad Sahu, 48, a resident of the Orissa village. 'Even my grandfather had talked about this.'

MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'Gandhi was perhaps the greatest Indian of all times'
Historian Bipan Chandra on the 10 greatest leaders of this millennium.

BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'Political stability, huge scientific base, large English-speaking workforce are an advantage for India over China'
'India should use the rhetoric of democracy and transparency on the Western nations to get men of their choice appointed as the heads of the IMF and the World Bank,' says Harvard economist Professor Jeffrey D Sachs.

BUSINESS
Paradise Lost!
Uncertainty engulfs rich returnees from the Middle East in Kerala.

MONEY
What's the real story?
Is Zee a media or FMCG company? Is ICICI a finance or technology company? Dhirendra Kumar wonders why sector funds are classified so confusingly.

INFOTECH
Giving Dubai a leg-up
Chandrababu Naidu offers the emirate Andhra Pradesh's IT expertise.

SPORTS
Oz Open 2000
Images from Day 1 of the year's first Grand Slam.

MOVIES
'Working with Kamal was a dream come true'
Rani Mukherjee on the Hey! Ram experience.

MOVIES
Visual extravaganza
Shankar is back with Mudalvan. Glimpses from the film.

MUSIC
Instant charmers
Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, Farhad Wadia -- together they form Instant Karma, a band serious about its dreams and search for excellence.

COLUMNS
India cannot forever remain in a reactive, defensive mode
'It has to take the battle to the terrorist launchpads. In various ways, it can also raise the costs of those that sponsor terrorism,' says Professor Brahma Chellaney.

Water Wars: Cauvery, Chinatown and Cadillac Desert
'The UN estimates that by 2025, as much as two-thirds of the world's population will suffer from moderate to severe water shortages. If India is to escape this -- and the water wars that will surely follow -- there needs to be a sustained campaign for the management of rainwater and runoff,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.

Misplaced priorities
'Instead of starting a venture fund, the government should use the IT boom to create opportunities for excess labour,' says Sucheta Dalal.

Playing for keeps
The key for India, says Wasim Akram, is for Sachin Tendulkar to bat at number four in the remaining games.

A mouthful of sky
Our 18th member, Abhilasha Khaitan, hasn't been getting much reason to smile these days. Which goes for the Indian team as well, in spades. Perhaps that's why she is so impressed by a man who smiles all the time.

Fire in the belly
Raju Bharatan delves into history. And finds, in the 20-year-old worlds of one of India's best openers of all time, a startling insight into the problems besetting Tendulkar' s men today.