NEWS
Rakesh Roshan shot at
The actor turned director was shot at while exiting his office in a Bombay suburb. While he is out of danger, the incident marks the resurfacing of extortionists in the city's financial capital.

NEWS
Massive security cordon comes up for R-Day parade
Intelligence agencies have flooded the Delhi police and other agencies with every possible warning, ranging from attacks using microlite aircraft and solar-powered rockets to high-profile kidnapping.

NEWS
Political hurdles may delay AJT acquisition
The latest hurdle, propped up during a meeting of Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence on Wednesday, could force the government to start afresh the process for buying the much-wanted jets for training IAF pilots.

NEWS
Is Captain Saran getting an award?
'How dare Ashok Singhal call me a coward for taking off from Amritsar airport? Does he know anything about aviation and the responsibilities of the commander of the aircraft?' asks the pilot of Flight 814.

SPECIAL
Down with India!
The ISI feels more comfortable about operating from Nepal because of the growing anti-India sentiment there. Josy Joseph's special series continues.

INTERVIEW
'So why should the common man pay for someone else's theft?'
'If the SEB cannot improve its financial position, slowly there will be no investment available for further expansion and the present system will just not be able to cope. Such states will have darkness!' says Power Minister P R Kumaramangalam.

BUSINESS
Lease for luxury
The government paves the way for world-class airports.

BUSINESS
Farewell, MAC
T T Vasu salutes a titan's memory.

MONEY
'We are starting off with stocks because it is a well-understood product'
ICICI CMD K V Kamath talks to Aravamuthan Sasikant about Internet broking.

SPORTS
India go down to Pakistan
Another day, another defeat -- this time, despite Ganguly and Tendulkar putting on the best opening partnership by any team in this series. And with this, India's chances of qualifying for the final have become virtually non-existent.

MOVIES
Water mired in more controversy
Deepa Mehta runs afoul of the UP government.

MOVIES
'I love my car -- and my country'
That's Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani!

MUSIC
'Every song is a risk'
Lee Anthony Brennan and Jimmy Michael Constable of 911 tell it like it is. In an exclusive tete-a-tete.

BOOKS
Wanted: The Great Bombay Novel
Why does one of the world's greatest cities remain under-exploited in fiction, asks Ashok Banker.

COLUMNS
Brajesh and Jassu repeat their Kargil triumph!
'Uncle says there will be an enquiry into the "entire" hijack episode. Who will conduct the interview? Brajesh and Jassu. Whom will they investigate? Brajesh and Jassu. Certainly a unique definition of accountability,' says Monu Nalapat.

The fault, dear Vajpayee, lies not in our stars...
'India will have to start considering ways and means to tackle terrorism at its source. It should be made clear that the cost of abetting terrorists and hijackers is far too high,' says T V R Shenoy.

Lost in the middle
'India have lost both the knack and the sharpness to prosper in the middle overs,' says Bobby Simpson.

Razzaq right-on
Wasim Akram salutes Abdur Razzaq for his match-winning performance with bat and ball.

He came, he saw, he administered
Raju Bharatan pays tribute to former BCCI president M A Chindambaran who passed into the ages last week.

Insuring the key person
'A company can insure its important employees who take major decisions under the Key Man Insurance Policy,' says Murali Iyer.