Sushma came to Agra on PM's request
While the media is lambasting her for spoiling the party, BJP sources said that Sushma Swaraj was being briefed from Jaypee Palace where the talks were in the progress.

US encourages India, Pakistan
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher in a statement said, "The serious and constructive atmosphere of the talks indicates that both sides are committed to resolving their differences."

Kashmiris disappointed with summit failure
A senior police officer said that the security forces are preparing for a difficult time ahead.

Congress knives out on summit failure
A senior Congress Working Committee member said the collapse of the talks had put the Congress in a position to ask the government questions in the next session of Parliament.

Pakistan orders search for Indian PoWs
The government ordered the search after Gen Musharraf promised to look into the issue though two previous checks 'have found no clue of any Indian PoW', an interior ministry official said.

The Guardian blames Advani
'It was insistence on the part of India to include the words cross-border terrorism and objections by Home Minister L K Advani which prompted the collapse,' the daily said.

COLUMNS
A few steps backward
'There is only one issue between the two countries -- Kashmir. If India's stand is going to be that even a discussion is not to be held, then let us all prepare ourselves for the long haul,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

A letter to Pervez Musharraf
'You have indeed created history, General. Was it history to hold an arrogant and abrasive media conference on our soil without so much as our courtesy? Civilised India is not equipped to answer those questions,' says Arvind Lavakare.

FIRST PERSON
'For once, India is reacting to what Pakistan is doing'
Pakistani columnist Ayaz Amir tells Senior Editor Sheela Bhatt that India lacked the magnanimity or imagination required to arrive at some kind of settlement.

SPECIAL
Mission to Lahore
Certainly, writes George Iype, there was one positive outcome of Vajpayee's meeting with Nawaz Sharief: the Delhi-Lahore bus continues to ply.

Indo-Pak Summit: The Complete Coverage

NEWS
Orissa SOS to Centre as flood situation worsens
Prime Minister Vajpayee said that he may release more funds from the Prime Minister's Relief Funds on the receipt of a report from the state government.

India, Israel sign $2 bn arms deal
The agreement would ensure Israeli supply of sophisticated radar systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and technology for upgrading Indian fighter aircraft.

UK NEWS
Blair defends Hinduja passport
'The issue of [passport to] the Hindujas and sponsorship of the Dome is something which we have always been upfront about,' said an official spokesman of the prime minister's office.

MARKET REPORT
Sensex ends flat on selling pressure
The market ended flat amid mixed trends. Tata Steel, Satyam, Zee, BHEL, SBI and ICICI lost. Infosys and RIL gained marginally. The Nifty was also down 3 points at 1103.

CHAT TRANSCRIPT
'The status quo in J&K should be left undisturbed'
'I do not think that we should have within India people who are not willing to be its citizens,' says defence analyst K Subrahmanyam.

MOVIES
Madhuri gets a house call
From none other than Yash Chopra.

'So what if you've come from Chhota Shakeel?'
Tough words from Rakesh Roshan. The Bharat Shah case.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Will Kashmir ever be resolved?
Eight sites on the dispute and possible solutions.

What art thou?
Images. Interactivity. Irony. Welcome to the new digitized art called New Media.

Hacker who sent Bill Gates some Viagra
Convicted teenage hacker Raphael Gray harvested thousands of credit card numbers from the Net. Meet him.