NEWS
Militants attack army camp in Baramulla
A junior commissioned officer and two militants were killed in the fighting that ensued. Three soldiers were injured.
BUSINESS
LS passes insurance bill with 4 changes
Every insurer has to provide life insurance or general insurance policies to people residing in rural areas, workers in the unorganised or informal sector, or for the economically vulnerable or the backward classes.
BUSINESS
Money, forex bills also get through
The Foreign Exchange Management Act is aimed at making the law humane and practical; there is no question of any large outflow of foreign exchange on this account, the finance minister assured the Lok Sabha.
NEWS
Sonia decides that Gamang must go
But instead of former chief minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, his protégé, Revenue Minister Jagannath Patnaik, was likely to take over.
MILLENNIUM SPECIAL
'We need to change our mindset to start thinking globally'
Our Millennium Special takes a comprehensive look at the last 1000 years via a collection of fascinating lists provided by the best-known Indians. Today, N Chandrababu Naidu dwells on ten ways in which India can become a superpower.
NEWS
BJP hartal sparks off violence in blood-soaked Kannur
Stung by the unceasing violence, Justice (retd) V R Krishna Iyer broke down before reporters: One can only weep for this state.
INFOTECH
Politicians bunk school
Only 60 of the 141 MLAs in Kerala turned up for their computer classes!
SPORTS
Batting blues for touring Indians
180 all out in 70.1 overs -- for the Indians, playing the NSW Blues at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the batting woes continued on the opening day of the second tour match. Chinmaya Pande with the Rediff team weighs in with an eyewitness report.
SPORTS
Indian blues!
India's first day of the four-day game against New South Wales in pictures
MOVIES
'He was fond of Indian stories... and asked about ghosts'
Manoj Shyamalan's grandparents and aunt recall his early years.
MUSIC
A musical carnival
Mela banks on traditional instruments for a different sound, but the album suffers due to its preference for quantity over quality.
DIARY
On the road in Maharashtra
'The road from Malshejghat seems to have been preserved in the exact condition as the revered Chhatrapati Shivaji must have left it. Historical verisimilitude may be all right, but it can spell hell for the tyres,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
COLUMNS
The strange case of Shantaram Ganiga
'In it lies a lesson for all our pseudo-secularists: that communal, linguistic, or international harmony is not achieved to the clink of champagne glasses in drawing rooms, or through hot words in seminars, but on the ground. And it happens without exhortation but voluntarily,' says Krishna Prasad
The case for Microsoft
'It is fairly clear that Microsoft has played rough; the worry is whether the cure will be worse than the disease. If all this attention makes Microsoft more careful about watching its p's and q's, that would be refreshing,' feels Rajeev Srinivasan.
Is a good brand a good investment?
'Why are some of India's most popular brands not setting the stock market on fire,' asks Devangshu Datta.
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