NEWS
President, PM disagree on statute review
'We have to consider whether it is the Constitution that has failed us or whether it is we who have failed the Constitution,' K R Narayanan said at a function in the Central Hall of Parliament.

NEWS
RSS vows to prevent signing of CTBT
'We will set up a special anti-CTBT front, similar to the Swadeshi Jagran Manch, to ensure that the government does not buckle under pressure,' declared Seshadri Chari, editor of Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece.

BROADBAND
Madhuri unplugged!
rediff.com presents an exclusive audio interview where Madhuri Dixit opens up about her latest film Pukar, her future plans in showbiz, and, of course, Dr Nene.

NEWS
Azhar's brother remote-controlled hijacking
It has been established that the hijackers carried the weapons themselves and that Athar was the first passenger of IC-814 to clear the security check at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport.

NEWS
Indo-French joint naval exercise from Feb 23
With over 3,000 sailors, six ships, including a nuclear aircraft carrier and a nuclear submarine, and 29 aircraft, the largest flotilla of the French Navy is headed for India for participating in the biggest ever war games with the Indian Navy.

SPECIAL
'There's no room for complacency when there's a rogue in the neighbourhood'
Krishna V Rajan, India's ambassador to Nepal, on the post-hijack scenario, the threat from the ISI and other issues of concern.

THE REPUBLIC, 50 YEARS ON
Celebrating 50 Years of the Indian Republic

INDIAN HEROES
'We decided we would win Tiger Hill, no matter what the cost'
Param Vir Chakra winner Havildar Yogender Singh Yadav remembers the battle for Tiger Hill.

BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'The experiment of businessmen involving themselves in Bangalore's development will start a trend'
'Hyderabad coming up from nowhere and attracting some of the world's best corporations has given S M Krishna a wake-up call,' says B V Jagadeesh, co-founder, Exodus Communications, who has donated $1 million for the uplift of Bangalore schools.

SPORTS
Pitching for trouble
When the Indians arrive at the Wankhede to face Donald and Pollock in the first Test of the home series in February, they are apt to find a quick, bouncy track greeting them, courtesy K Srikkanth, chairman of the pitches committee.

SPORTS
Mongia in the line of fire
Some straightforward answers from the deposed India wicket-keeper.

SPORTS
From wicket-keeping to a wheelchair
That's the story of former Maharashtra Ranji cricketer Mahendra More, following a freak accident which left him an obscure paraplegic with short-term memory impairment and slurred speech. Anubha Charan reports.

SLIDESHOW
Won by one
Images from the South Africa-England one-dayer at Cape Town.

SLIDESHOW
Semis showdown
Images from the action in the penultimate round at the Australian Open.

MOVIES
Babita, Kareena eat humble pie
Hrithik is fine, they tell Subhash Ghai.

MOVIES
'Artistic films are my passion. Commercial films are my need'
Meet Jayaraj, Kerala's acclaimed young director.

BOOKS
'Where was she?'
"At five the crowds were still coming in, and it was with a kind of choking despair that I watched every fresh wave of cheerful unfamiliar faces roll past." An exclusive excerpt from Pankaj Mishra's The Romantics.

COLUMNS
Five myths about second-hand cars
'Import of second-hand cars will not harm the domestic industry in any way. The resistance to the move only exposes the incompetence of Indian companies,' says Pritish Nandy.

Getting ready for a doom
Devangshu Datta recommends an investment strategy in case of a global recession this decade.

Ganguly was simply unstoppable
Wasim Akram salutes the Indian opener following his match-winning knock against Pakistan.