Traffic restored; enquiry booths set up
A railway spokesman said a team of officials, headed by Assistant General Manager K K Gupta would leave for Jammu to oversee relief operations.

Terrorism cannot be called jehad: PM
Vajpayee squarely blamed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for the failure of the Agra summit, saying his sole focus was on Kashmir.

BJP-SHIV SENA SLANGING MATCH
'Sena ready to break ties with BJP'
Bal Thackeray said whatever strength the BJP had in Maharashtra was because of the Shiv Sena.

Nirupam expresses regret to PM
The prime minister had refused to meet Shiv Sena leaders, including Nirupam, on Monday.

THE NAGA CEASEFIRE
NSCN (I-M) threatens to go underground
Jami, a key member of the NSCN-IM's policy-making body, said, "It will be very unfortunate if we have to call off the ceasefire and go underground.

'Talks with NSCN satisfactory'
Padmanabhaiah had gone to talk to the NSCN (I-M), which was unhappy with the Centre's decision to drop three crucial words -- without territorial limits -- from the June 14 accord.

PHOOLAN DEVI CASE
Rana says no to identification parade
The main accused in the Phoolan Devi murder case claimed that since he was shown several times on television and his picture had appeared in a number of newspapers, he feared the witnesses would be biased against him.

Two more held in Phoolan murder case
The two had allegedly forged documents to secure bail for Sher Singh Rana, the prime accused in the case, and Ravinder.

Umed threatens legal action against Phoolan's sister
Addressing a press conference in Delhi, he alleged that Munni Devi was 'maligning my name due to greed for power and Phoolan's property'.

ASYLUM FIRE
'Close all asylums around Erwadi'
An emergency meeting, convened by the Ramanathapuram district administration and presided over by state Labour Minister and Ramanathapuram MLA Anwar Raja recommended action against those who admitted mentally ill persons to the institutions in Erwadi.

Toll rises to 26: PTI
The condition of four others, who sustained burn injuries in Monday's fire at a mental asylum at Erwadi near Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu, was reported to be stable.

CRICKET
Ganguly, Dravid to skip three-dayer
In the absence of the experienced duo, it is still uncertain who will lead the side in the three-day match against the Lankan Board President's XI.

India v Sri Lanka - A Test survey
Mohandas Menon's dossier on Tests between the two countries.

Mark Waugh cleared of 'fixing' charges
Australian Cricket Board special investigator Greg Melick said he could find no evidence to support Indian bookie Mukesh Gupta's claims. The latter had declined to be interviewed by Melick or to repeat his allegations against Waugh.

SPORTS
Aussies beat India with late goal
Troy Elder's goal a minute from time saw India suffer their third defeat in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.

Beenamol in 400m semis
The Railways quarter-miler placed eighth and last in the second of three semi-finals at the World athletics championships.

MONEY
DPC warns MSEB against making PPA public
The Dabhol Power Company said making the Power Purchase Agreement public would lead to breach of confidence.

'UTI scam due to lack of corporate governance'
While lambasting the government's futile efforts in the past to tackle the problem of black money Vittal suggested that it would be better to have a flat tax rate of 20 per cent for an annual income above Rs 200, 000.

MARKET REPORT
Tech stocks pull down Sensex by 10 points
Market ends flat amid mixed trends. Satyam, NIIT down 3%. Zee down 5%. HLL, ITC and Glaxo lose ground on selling pressure.

GUIDE TO THE NET
Retirement Planning
Calculators, plans and advice: 5 sites

How can I access my office mail from home
Dr Know answers

Severed male genitals found in the dustbin
Diary of an Internet addict; burial in cyberspace and an automatic wall paper changer... The latest news off the Web

MOVIES
Julie Andrews does a Henry Higgins
In The Princess Diaries.

A Coppola pix now
Apocalypse Now Redux -- one of the defining films of the 21st century.

Unbreakable: Best film at the Ammys?
American Desi, Chutney Popcorn, What's cooking? in the fray, too.

COLUMN
The PM doth protest too much
'Why should the PM take extreme umbrage when his son-in-law's activities are mentioned by anyone? Why should the PM expect his son-in-law to be accepted as being as honest and honourable as he himself is accepted to be by the country?' asks Arvind Lavakare.

SPECIAL
Devastation revisited
If the unusually heavy early monsoons coupled with huge amounts of water released from the dams in Orissa caused the disaster, it was the lack of preparation as well as an irresponsible administration that aggravated it, says P V Unnikrishnan.

DIARY
My rakhi's bigger than yours!
A sis-on-rent is better than no sis and an unadorned wrist... Shailesh Jain's revelations after another Raksha Bandhan.

DIASPORA
A South African Prison Diary
Sociologist and Nelson Mandela biographer Fatima Meer's latest book records her stint in a Soweto prison.

A nature reserve from a garbage dump
Amrit Lalloo, a former South African Indian biology teacher, wants to convert a massive garbage dump allotted to Indians to resettle during the apartheid era into a nature reserve.

Party backs Mahendra Chaudhry
The Labour Party has said former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry would be the party's prime ministerial candidate despite warnings of bloodshed if he returns to office.