Some NDA parties have expressed support: Sehgal
The Left Front's presidential nominee, however, refused to name them saying it would amount to 'betrayal'.

Planes collide over Germany; 70 dead
Officials said the two aircraft collided in mid-air at 2140 GMT (2330 IST) above Lake Constance on the German-Swiss border.

Nitish behaving like Mohammed bin Tughlaq: Trinamool MP
Dr Nitish Sengupta in a letter to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said the decision to bifurcate Eastern Railways and create a new zone may lead to a 'political agitation' in Bengal.

Sahib Singh, Shanta Kumar, Vikhe Patil take charge
Jaswant Singh, who took over the finance ministry from Yashwant Sinha, held a series of meetings with senior finance ministry officials and The Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr Bimal Jalan.

Jehad Council asks Hurriyat to clarify stand on polls
The Muzaffarabad-based UJC headed by Syed Salah-ud-Din, the supreme commander of frontline militant group Hizbul Mujaheedin, has also appealed to the people of Kashmir to boycott the polls.

J&K polls biggest acid test for Pakistan: Digvijay Singh
Speaking to reporters after taking charge of his office in South Block, the minister of state for external affairs said Pakistan will have to prove that its is worthy of India's trust.

Foreign minister Sinha seen a steady hand
'He's a rather urbane person so in terms of dealing with the world, he'll be good,' defence strategist Kanti Bajpai said of the former finance minister.

MARKET REPORT
Sensex sheds 4 points
Selling pressure in tech and heavyweight stocks offsets gains in old economy stocks.

BUSINESS
Ex-soldier Singh to push economic reforms
His appointed as the finance minister represents the liberal, market-friendly face of the BJP.

NRIs can draw from local account: RBI
Overseas Indians can repatriate $30,000 per year to meet kids' educational expenses; $100,000 to meet medical expenses; and $100,000 as sale proceeds of immovable property held for at least 10 years.

SLIDE SHOW
The PM's new men
Images from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

CRICKET
England clinch a thriller against Sri Lanka
Lankan skipper Sanath Jayasuriya cracked the fastest one-day century on English soil, but even that was not enough to stop the hosts winning the rain-curtailed game at Headingley.

CRICKET SLIDE SHOW
A famous victory
Images from the England-Sri Lanka one-day international at Headingley.

WORLD CUP
Best of the Cup
The 2002 World Cup clearly demonstrated the 'Beautiful Game' that soccer is. A celebration of some of the finest moments of the month-long tourney.

Oliver Kahn wins Golden Ball award
The German captain and goalkeeper was credited with hauling his team, which was dubbed by critics as one of the worst ever, to the final.

THE REDIFF DIARY
What's in a name?
Not much, says Raghavendra S Rao, unless it happens to be an extraordinarily long one.

THE REDIFF SPECIAL
'Musharraf has to make a choice'
If he wants rid his nation of terrorism and extremism, he must seek support from the popular parties, says Mazhar Ahmed.

NEWS ANALYSIS
Brajesh Mishra's role likely to become more dominant at MEA
'Key foreign policy decisions are taken not by the minister, but by National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra.' Ramananda Sengupta reports on the change of guard at the Foreign Office.

COLUMNS
The autonomy shrill -- yet again
'What more autonomy does Abdullah III want? An open general licence for nepotism, despotism and ethnic cleansing?' says Arvind Lavakare.

A man of India's vision
'Kalam, even if he has not directly participated in the affairs of the community (as alleged by Zakaria), has, by example, given enough inspiration to Indian Muslims to succeed,' says Sajid Bhombal.

What makes Sinha so indispensable?
'In retaining Mr Sinha and getting him to swap places with Mr Jaswant Singh, Mr Vajpayee has sent a very clear message that Charles Darwin was right about everything except the origin of the political species: it is the survival of the unfittest,' says Krishna Prasad.

Perry's unexpected saviours
'Why did the government's official machinery crank up against 'Time' journalist Alex Perry?' Gossip from the Delhi Durbar. Capital Buzz.

MOVIES
Vote for Bollywood
AB, Shotgun, Vinod Khanna, et al -- profiling actors turned netas.

'Awara Paagal Deewana' climbs a notch
Displaces 'Raaz'.

Reviews hamper films at the box-office
Motion Pictures Association wants to set the media straight.

Manoj Kumar: Bollywood's own Mr Bharat
Profiling the actor.