BUSINESS
civil aviation policy promises sweeping reforms
The draft, however, does not say anything about the ban on foreign airlines investing in joint ventures with domestic carriers.

NEWS
Bibi Jagir Kaur gives up the fight
She has agreed to submit herself before the highest religious head of the community to seek pardon for her folly of challenging its authority.

NEWS
Laloo-Congress talks inconclusive
Congress spokesman Ajit Jogi told newsmen that the absence of party president Sonia Gandhi, who is in Madhya Pradesh, hampered discussions.

BROADBAND
Rabri on Rabri
The Bihar chief minister. In Real Audio.

NEWS
'Kargil highlighted the gross inadequacies in the nation's surveillance capability'
'Every effort must be made and adequate funds provided to ensure that a capability of world standards is developed indigenously and put in place in the shortest possible time.' The Kargil Review Committee report continues.

SPORTS
Different venue, same old story
The action has shifted from Bombay to Bangalore. But otherwise nothing has changed -- Day 1 of the second Test saw yet another Indian batting collapse. And early signs that South Africa could panic once again in the face of the turning ball. Prem Panicker reports.

NEWS
Rule 184 vs 193: govt could lose face or heart
The Congress hopes that through a vote under Rule 184, it can call for Vajpayee's resignation if the government loses. And if it does win, the Congress can show up publicly which parties have openly aligned themselves with the RSS.

INFOTECH
'We actually thrive on paranoia'
K V Kamath, the techno-savvy ICICI chief, on the survival game.

MOVIES
'Border for me is a part of history'
Sunil Shetty talks about action that inspires him.

MOVIES
Coke Guy
And Hrithik could pair with Esha in Rajshri's next as well

COLUMNS
Vajpayee's Laxman Rekha
'Communal poison, which has been dripping into Indian politics, is destroying India's ethos. The result is the roots of tolerance are weakening day by day,' says Kuldip Nayar.

'Constitutional review a reality finally!
'That the believers of the gospel are petrified by a BJP-led review of the Constitution is as understandable as a cat burglar fearing the moonlight,' says Arvind Lavakare.

Budget blues
Devangshu Datta calculates the gross domestic product on the basis of three deficit estimates from the Budget papers and gets three different figures.

Victim of Marine Drive high tide
Raju Bharatan attributes Sachin Tendulkar's dismissals in the first Test against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium to the 'high tide' syndrome at nearby Marine Drive between 2 and 3 in the afternoon.

Stopped in their stride
Cedric D'Souza deliberates on the National Olympic Committee of South Africa's decision not to send its African Games-winning hockey team to the Olympic Games.