Nitish Kumar blames bridge
The railway minister said the 120-year-old Kadalundi bridge was unable to bear the weight of the train.

JAMMU & KASHMIR
Omar Abdullah escapes bid on life
The Union minister of state for commerce was accompanied by J&K Minister of State for Home Mushtaq Ahmed Lone when militants fired grenades at his helicopter.

MONEY
G-8 invites India for June 25 meet
The first-ever invitation is being seen as an acknowledgement of India rising global clout.

London set to be Europe's Bangalore
A survey shows that London is Europe's most favoured city for locating e-business.

CRICKET
Windies win first ODI in tri-series
Carl Hooper's men turned in a fine all-round performance to overwhelm Zimbabwe and put the first points on the board.

Das sets his sights on Tests
Man of the Series in the Test matches against Zimbabwe. Dropped for the one-day triangular. And India's opening star Shiv Sunder Das says he likes it that way.

SPORTS
Racist remarks hurt Olympic bid
The mayor's gaffes have undermined Toronto's high-profile bid to stage the 2008 Olympics.

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS
Bush government gives India top billing
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Mark Grossman said the framework of the new foreign policy review would 'regard India as a major player on the world stage'.

TiEcon 2001 gets off to bright start
As entrepreneurs mingled with venture capitalists and other professionals at the Westin Santa Clara Hotel and Convention Centre, doing the ritualistic business card exchange, the dotcom downturn seemed almost forgotten.

Old friends and colleagues reunite at SAJA convention
'SAJA is one of those organizations that, if it didn't exist, it would need to be created,' remarked Tunku Varadarajan of The Wall Street Journal.

Pallone for Israeli AWACS for India
The irrepressible 'Mr India' on Capitol Hill asked President Bush to support the sale of an Israeli Phalcon airborne warning and control system to India.

GUIDE TO THE NET
I miss my postman
Rachel Pillai yearns for love, window-shopping and life before the Internet.

Mosquitoes prefer blondes
An expert says blondes and redheads may be more attractive to mosquitoes as well...

What is a browser skin?
Dr Know on how you can change your browser to suit your personality.

COLUMNS
Divided they stand
Square pegs, BJP chief Jana Krishnamoorthi is yet to realise, do not fit in round holes. Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi durbar.

Don't jump your fences
Pakistani fans, warns Sujata Prakash, are in danger of getting themselves a bad name with their ground-storming antics.