NEWS
Cronje named in match-fixing scandal
Senior Delhi police officers announced that they had conclusive evidence indicating that South African players, including skipper Hansie Cronje, were involved in fixing the recent one-day series in India.

NEWS
Charges are rubbish, says Cronje: AFP
United Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher said he spoke to the South African captain who had denied the charge.

NEWS
Low profile with high stakes
Rajesh Kalra, the man arrested for his involvement in the match-fixing scandal, was subdued and always avoided the spotlight, say his neighbours.

ANALYSIS
Dalmiya waffles while cricket burns
You think the allegations against Cronje are serious? You think cricket is passing through a crippling crisis? Think again -- 'There is no need to worry', says ICC chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya.

BUSINESS
Sensex leaps for joy at slew of good news
The bourses reacted positively as the double-taxation row on foreign funds ended, the markets regulator eased margin norms, and the NASDAQ recovered. Heavy buying amidst sighs of relief led to an across-the-board rally.

REJOINDER
Dixit denies telling IPKF to kill LTTE chief
'There is no truth in Major General Harkirat Singh's claim that I ordered any drastic action against Prabhakaran or Mahathiah. In any case, a high commissioner cannot go around ordering the killing of people when he is in the middle of a diplomatic assignment,' he told rediff.com

50 YEARS OF THE INDIAN REPUBLIC
Ultimately, what is India?
'The notion of Indianness is something that is far greater, far larger, far more fundamental and far more rooted in 5,000 years of this country's civilisation than any set of politicians can reduce,' says Shashi Tharoor.

REAL ESTATE
'How do I ensure that I am the sole buyer?'
Sunil Ramani, director, Ramani Legal Services, flags off a new section answering your property-related queries.

IPO CENTRE
New issues
Archana Software, Cerebra Integrated Technologies, Vantel Technologies... Check out next week's initial public offers.

MOVIES
Oh! Hrithik
Calcutta goes berserk over Kaho Naa... star.

MOVIES
48 hours
How Shobhana, Jayendra and others came together to make a film for Clinton.

BOOKS
Summer reading: The sequel
Ashok Banker suggests more light entertainment for the holidays.

MUSIC
Endless melody
25 years and still going strong. There's hardly anyone who can compete with Air Supply when it comes to mushy songs.

COLUMNS
End the menace of terrorism
'Markaz al Dawa, near Lahore, is the fount of jehad in J&K. If America could attack Osama bin Laden, why can't India target Markaz al Dawa?' asks Major General (retd) Ashok K Mehta.

A general scorned
'Musharraf must have known he would receive flak from Western democracies. But he probably thought major Islamic countries like Turkey and Indonesia would be more muted in their protests. But he now finds they are his most eloquent critics,' says T V R Shenoy.

How blind can we be?
'How fair is it to give this boy preference over thousands of Indians who have been waiting up to three years for their families to be reunited? Why is Elian more important than Indian hi-tech workers who are trapped in H-1B hell?' asks Reeta Sinha.