NEWS
Government to set up Constitution review committee on Republic Day
Law Minister Ram Jethmalani said that though the founding fathers must be lauded for giving India one of the finest statutes, gaps remain.

SPECIAL
The auctioned airport
Tribhuvan airport is an apology for an international airport. Security is a pretty meaningless term here and the levels of corruption are embarrassingly high, even by local standards.

NEWS
8000 UP employees return to work
The return of these employees, followed by the softening of Energy Minister Naresh Agarwal's stand, is seen as a positive move to end the five-day-old impasse.

NEWS
M A Chidambaram passes way at 81
MAC, as he was popularly known, was a corporate legend in his lifetime.

SPECIAL
Paris teems with Indian illegals
The flood has become a major issue between India and the EU. No government has accurate figures, but estimates say that up to 20,000 illegal migrants are landing in Europe each month.

THE GREAT DIVESTMENT DEBATE
'Liberalisation under the controlled coterie of bureaucracy'
'The policy of divestment, conceived by Manmohan Singh, has undergone a miscarriage. Today, it is an absolute plunder of national resources, plunder of our best assets, created by our predecessors,' says Gurudas Das Gupta, leader of the CPI in the Rajya Sabha.

BUSINESS
World's a stage for Andhra's CEO
Chandrababu Naidu makes it to the global biz-bigwig club.

INFOTECH
Keyboards in the Cabinet
Karnataka ministers start PC lessons at their CM's insistence.

MONEY
Still the best bet
Reduction in the interest rate notwithstanding, the Public Provident Fund remains a very attractive investment, says Larissa Fernand.

MONEY
A good supplement
Dhirendra Kumar says Prudential ICICI's Technology Fund will be less volatile than a dedicated infotech or pharma fund.

SPORTS
What a Stuart
Images of the Pakistan-Australia match in Sydney.

MOVIES
'But, Raj, what is the subject?'
Aamir, Shah Rukh refuse Santoshi's film.

MOVIES
'Aamir wants to make an international film'
Tahir Hussain, on the mahurat of Lagaan.

MUSIC
'I have a style of my own because I am cut off from Bombay'
Remo Fernandes goes 'Cyber Viber' with his new melody.

COLUMNS
Maran's largesse
'On the one hand, the government is a votary of reforms and WTO and all that jazz that makes multinationals see dollar-signs at every milestone in India. On the other, it is opposed to one of the logical consequences of the same reforms. Why? Whose cause is the government trying to espouse?' asks Krishna Prasad.

I Want None of the Above
'OK, so maybe I'm a fan of Gandhi, maybe I even think he's the greatest man this past century, but suppose I don't want to vote?' asks Dilip D'Souza.

Selectorgate!
Armchair Expert finally did it -- tracked down the missing tape of the selection meeting preceding the tour of Australia. He brings you the transcript -- all in good humour, of course.

Tested to the limit
Risking the ire of fans, media and players, The Fourth Umpire says the contrived Centurion Park Test between England and South Africa has cheapened the glorious game of cricket.

Fielding woes
Wasim Akram says a poor performance in the field cost his team the match against Australia on Wednesday.