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The Nightmare of Flight 814
Dropping demands does not make any difference, says government
Briefing reporters after a Cabinet meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan said the government had conveyed its response on the hijackers' demands to the negotiating team at Kandahar.
'Passengers are playing cards, reading newspapers'
Mohammad Khaibar, a senior civil aviation official at Kandahar airport, told rediff.com on telephone that the cleaners had confirmed the safety of all passengers onboard.
Fourth round of talks with hijackers underway
The Taleban's top council, the shura, is also meeting to discuss the crisis.
Taleban's co-operation is still suspect
The Taleban has declared full support to India. But in the diplomatic world, there are no free lunches and observers are wondering what price India will have to pay for this help.
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THE REDIFF CHAT
'This is an issue that has to be dealt with under the umbrella of quiet diplomacy'
'There will be contingency plans but all of that would be under wraps at this stage,' Commodore C Uday Bhaskar tells the Rediff Chat.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
'Remember, he's negotiating from a position of strength'
'A negotiator should get down to the level of the hijacker, praising him often, talking to him intimately, discussing topics other than his demands,' says Rajendra Tikkoo, a senior J&K police officer who played a key role in the1995 hostage crisis.
BUSINESS
Britain's Rover eyes multi-utility vehicles segment in India
Investments into India would flow in only if restrictions are relaxed, said Felix Herrnberger, president, BMW Asia. BMW owns the Rover brand.
MONEY
Infotech Funds: Hottest Buys
Dhirendra Kumar on how to evaluate the darling of the mutual fund market -- infotech funds.
MONEY
If an NRI gifts money to his relative in India does he have to pay Gift Tax?
Answers to this and more NRI tax-related issues.
MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'If we want to progress, we don't need a Nobel laureate'
'Many of our individual scientists are respected by the world. But as a nation, collectively, we are poor. We have produced individual brilliant scientists, but we do not have a dynamic scientific community,' says Magsaysay Award winner M S Swaminathan.
A Millennium Special.
THE SECOND TEST
Here's the real test
India needs 336 runs, with nine wickets in hand and a whole fifth day, to win the second Test at the MCG. The task is not impossible, just difficult, says Faisal Shariff. All they have to do is play positively.
The magic of the MCG
Chinmaya Pande takes a close look at the magnificent edifice
Testing time
Images of Day 4 from the MCG.
MOVIES
The Other Side of Midnight
Malayalam film will be first Millennium release
'I am hardly Shah Rukh, but I can play guitar...'
US rocker's ode to Juhi Chawla.
BOOKS
'It is a nice feeling to get recognition outside one's own state'
'This award has made me come out of Kerala, so to speak. Before it, I was only a 'regional-language' writer. Now, I am an Indian writer,' says M Mukundan.
COLUMNS
Still hanging on
At the end of day 4 of the second Test, India were still there - by the skin of their teeth and the grill on the helmet, says Harsha Bhogle.
Open with Tendulkar and Ganguly
Following the dismal performance of the Indian openers in the Adelaide and Melbourne Tests, Krishna Prasad suggests come changes in the line-up for the final Test at Sydney. 'Surely the team won't fare any worse,' he says.
Having the cake and eating it too
That's what day 3 was all about, says Daniel Laidlaw. A Tendulkar century to go with a stunning Lee performance.
No way to treat a senior
Dilip Vengsarkar, on l'affaire Nayan Mongia.
Fun time is boom time
The entertainment sector with its high returns is not an investment for the faint-hearted, writes Devangshu Datta.
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