NEWS
Top Hurriyat leaders flown to Delhi
The trio was brought o JK House from the airport under a strict police escort. But Geelani refused to speak to reporters, saying he was still under arrest and would speak only when he was freed.

NEWS
Kidnapped RSS pracharaks plead for help
"We are still alive, but physically and mentally unwell. Please take up the matter with the authorities to ensure our release at the earliest," a letter sent by them to their colleagues in Guwahati from Chittagong in Bangladesh said.

DAY 10: THE IPKF IN LANKA
'The IPKF should never have withdrawn'
'At what cost have we come back? We lost 1,500 to 2,000 people. All the weapons we imported, we handed over to the EPRLF.' The concluding part of Major General Harkirat Singh's explosive interview.

NEWS
Hardwar's exclusion angers Uttarakhandis
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal leader A S Sharma said in Dehra Dun that Hardwar has been an integral part of the region since pre-Independence days.

NEWS
CPI-M readies for man-to-man combat with RSS
Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India, Marxist, has decided to deploy its volunteer groups in every village to assist the police.

NEWS
7 killed, 15 injured in Anantnag police firing
Residents of Anantnag villages have been protesting for the past week, charging that five innocent civilians were taken into custody after the Sikh massacre and killed in cold blood.

SPECIAL
'These alarmist descriptions only encourage those who indulge in terrorism'
President K R Narayanan's speech at the banquet for Bill Clinton last fortnight still provokes controversy. What did the Rashtrapati say?

BUSINESS
New e-kid in the incubator
IIM-B takes the lead in funding its alumni's biz dreams.

MARKET REPORT
Mkts@3 April: Cement is the star
Old economy stocks were back in the limelight as ICE stocks reeled under selling pressure.

MARKET TRENDS
The year of the dark horse
The stock market, defying conventional logic, moved in its own mysterious way during fiscal 1999-2000. It threw up more than a few surprises as many of the less-fancied scrips ended the year giving the best return to investors. The Money Bureau analyses.

MONEY
RBI move signals lower interest-rate regime
'The cut in CRR and bank rate will not only infuse more liquidity in the system, it will also give a boost to the net asset value of debt and gilt funds,' says Aabhas Pandya.

DIARY
The case of the burgled chocolates
'The cops are going to think we are celebrating the robbery,' hissed my husband in embarrassment. 'Besides, what will they think of our taste in music?'

BOOKS
'You cannot dismiss my writing'
'I feel bad today when they talk about serious English writing and I am not even mentioned. This hurts me because I believe that, as a writer, I am significant.' Shashi Deshpande's explosive interview.

MESSAGE BOARD
'Rushdie's film should certainly be made'
'It is the responsibility of the law-enforcement agencies to uphold the law of the land if it is not appreciated by certain sections of the population. India can't be held to ransom by a few individuals.'

COLUMNS
Patriotism is not enough
'No MP will draw attention to the glaring fact that were the defence budget to be reduced by as little as even 5 per cent, some resources could be made available for poverty alleviation and such programmes,' says Dr Ashok Mitra.

RBI must ensure rate cut benefit reaches the customer
'Without unduly affecting the priceline, the economy can absorb enhanced money supply brought about by bank rate and CRR cuts, provided supply management is effective,'
says R C Murthy.

Begging -- Bombay's best-organised business
'Begging has become big business in the metropolis and is controlled by the underworld. The ingenuity, effort and understanding of human psychology that go into it keeps the trade thriving,' says Sucheta Dalal.

Ground rules
Cedric D'Souza dispels the notion that contemporary hockey rules are made to suit the Europeans.