SPECIAL
Kashmir: The road ahead and US stakes
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has analysed what the elections in Jammu and Kashmir and in Pakistan mean, reports Aziz Haniffa.
OTHER REPORTS
3 Pakistanis held for bid to buy Stingers
They were trafficking 600 kilos of heroin and five tonnes of hashish to buy the missiles and supply them to the Al Qaeda, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said. | Full Coverage
AIDS: US envoy promises more funds
Robert Blackwill said American assistance for fighting HIV-AIDS in India would touch $ 120 million in the next five years.
Musharraf defers convening of parliament
The Pakistani president's decision came a day after hardline religious and secular parties opposed to him agreed on an alliance to form a government.
Armymen rescue four American rafters
They were rafting in the Ganga river in Shivpuri near Dehradun, when their raft flipped over, throwing all into the icy cold waters.
Congress rules out alliance in Gujarat
But it is not averse to seat adjustments with 'like-minded' parties for the polls. | Full Coverage
Nagappa's wife meets Jayalalithaa
Parimala requested the Tamil Nadu CM to halt the Special Task Force operations against Veerappan to facilitate the release of Nagappa. Full Coverage
Karnataka slams Jaya for questioning CRA
'Constitutional validity of the CRA cannot be questioned and such an action is inappropriate,' Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs D B Chandre Gowda said. Full Coverage
COLUMN
Diwali Blues
'The golden rule for India, the nation, would seem to be: dissent and delay --- if the world passes us, so be it, but we must live up to our image of being a democracy, the biggest in the world in case you didn't know or had forgotten, says Arvind Lavakare.
SPORTS
Fresh hope for Sunita Rani
A newspaper report said there were 'huge discrepancies' in the amount of nandrolone detected in the middle distance runner's 'A' and 'B' samples, tested during the Asian Games in Busan.
MOVIES
'I want to scare kids'
Only when children are scared, says Vishal Bharadwaj, will they love his film 'Makdee'.
Kitu Gidwani, the IT girl
The actress plans to start afresh in New York soon.
Bengali film for London film festival
Anjan Das's 'Saanjhbatir Roopkathara' marks the start of good tie-ups between Hollywood distributors and Indian creativity.
'Femme Fatale' opens on Friday
The Brian De Palma film stars Rebecca Romijn and Stamos.
