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NEWS
Final set of Bofors papers arrives in Delhi
The external affairs ministry said the papers reached India despite some last-minute measures by the appellants to block the papers from leaving Switzerland.

NEWS
Suicide bomber almost got Kumaratunga
Providence rescued the Sri Lankan president from certain death on Saturday night. Her bullet-proof car stood between her and the bomb blast and hence bore the maximum brunt.

MOVIES
Finally, a naayak to match the Ek Do Teen girl
Shriram Nene is as fair as Madhuri, perhaps a little fairer. A very cute and boyish smile is the most charismatic part of his face that lit up every time someone told him what a lovely wife he had.

NEWS
Hollywood moguls target south India
In the last one year, Columbia has penetrated the smaller towns in the region, which it says has responded wonderfully to its 40-50 English releases.

SPECIAL
He had Vijayawada's rich and mighty eating out of his hand
Kola Mohan even took some of his friends abroad, went around London and other cities in a Rolls Royce, and visited some banks and brokers in a bid to establish his credibility.

BUSINESS
Insulate NRI investors from political uncertainty: Labour Party leader
'Overseas Indians can be wooed not just by their affiliations to states or regions, but also by their involvement in certain sectors, such as ports and technology transfer,' said Praful Patel.

MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'P T Usha was the best woman athlete India has ever produced'
'Dhyan Chand held his opponents spellbound... Ramanathan Krishnan stands above them all... Geet Sethi can take on the best in the world...' Milkha Singh on the 10 best Indian sportspersons.

INTERVIEW
'Several communities, who may have been backward once, taking advantage of such a policy, are not backward any longer'
'This has opened the floodgates! It means any community can go up to the commission and demand OBC status, be it a Brahmin community or a Shudra community,' says Prof D L Sheth, member of the first National Backward Classes Commission.

THE KASHMIR MILITANCY: A DECADE ON / DAY 10
How much longer?
A decade of bloodshed... yet the end is not in sight. Chindu Sreedharan concludes the series.

MOVIES
'I keep learning from what people say'
Declares Sunil Shetty, on The Rediff Chat.

MOVIES
Pulp Fiction: The opening scene is mind-blowing
Saif Ali Khan's all-time favourites. In our new section.

COLUMNISTS
The view from Kashmir
'It looks as if when it comes to India, almost all Kashmiris join hands. The realisation that Islamabad is in no position to force any solution on New Delhi makes them feel helpless. And then they pick on India all the more,' says Kuldip Nayar.

Heaven here on earth
Cricket can be ordinary, at times. But, as Harsha Bhogle discovers on a cold day in Hobart, Nature never plays with a dead, defensive bat.

Keep the faith
Daniel Laidlaw on why the Indian team management must avoid wholesale changes ahead of the Melbourne and Sydney games.

 Headlines
Tasmania gain 156-run
   lead over Indians
Uttar Pradesh govt to
   move SC over Taj viewing

 News
Gujarat takes precautionary
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Naxalites on the rampage
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Atmosphere unsuitable
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Nayyar scores a ton as
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Shashi Tharoor on 7
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