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   Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
   
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   31 Days to World Cup

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   How Kelkar's proposals
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   What the new
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   How strong is the
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   The 'third man' in
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   The year that was

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   Test of patience

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   Recap of the 1979   
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   Of one-man armies

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EXCLUSIVE
Abandon no-first use policy, NSB tells govt
In an exclusive report published in 'India Abroad', the weekly newspaper owned by 'rediff.com', the National Security Board recommended that 'India consider withdrawing from this commitment as other nuclear weapons state have not accepted this policy'.

PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS
India to give dual citizenship to PIO
The prime minister announced that Persons of Indian Origin, in certain nations, will be given dual citizenship and a legislation in this regard will soon be introduced.
Is dual citizenship beneficial?
Ten eminent NRIs, PIO honoured by PM
I feel humbled: Dholakia
Some hits, some misses
Sinha for close ties between India, diaspora
'A brave attempt on the part of India'

The prime minister's speech

SLIDE SHOWS
Heroes of the Diaspora
Jewella C Miranda's images from the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman ceremony.
The Diasporic Extravaganza

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OTHER REPORTS
NSCN-IM leaders meet Vajpayee
The Government of India is making sincere efforts to solve the problem of the Nagaland, Isak Chisi Swu said.

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's passport suspended
A notice, served at his Delhi residence, said his passport was being suspended under section 10 (A) of the Passport Act as government was satisfied that his travel abroad was not in the interest of the nation.

India a secondary proliferator: CIA
The American intelligence agency has clubbed India with Iran, Pakistan and North Korea.

LTTE refuses to disarm before political solution
But the rebels and the Sri Lankan government pledged to speed up the resettlement of displaced people in areas outside the army's high-security zones.

MONEY SPECIAL
Should you use greener fuels?
CNG and LPG conversions make sense when done on older cars that use carburettors.

CRICKET
'Most of the time I've gone on instinct'
Saurav Ganguly, the India captain, believes the matches against New Zealand in the ongoing series were far closer than results convey.

Ball in BCCI court: Hero Honda
The World Cup's official sponsor said the ICC and BCCI need to come to an understanding on the controversial players' terms.

Warne to return from injury on Friday
The ace leg spinner will captain Victoria in a one-day match against Western Australia, 26 days after dislocating his shoulder.

REDIFF TEST RATINGS
India drop to sixth position
Australia and South Africa occupy the first two slots.

MOVIES
'I was not happy interacting with Manisha'
Susmita Banerjee on 'Escape From Taliban'.

Ghai sets up India's film institute
The Whistling Woods Institute has a catchy tagline -- Unlearning films, learning cinema.

NET GUIDE
Trance Tunes
Pop singer Sagarika uses the Net to track the underground music scene.

Born in January
Nine famous personalities born in January.

An SMS a day can keep the devil away
Italy's mobile phone operators offer clients SMS messages with 'prayer of the day', 'saint of the day' or 'gospel of the day'.

GUEST COLUMN
J&K militancy is travesty of a freedom struggle
Vikram Jagadish presents a democrat's argument against independence for Jammu & Kashmir.

DIARY
Conversations with Sir Vidya
In which Basharat Peer meets the Nobel laureate.

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  Money & Business
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 Reliance finds
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 Nasscom embarks on
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 TCS to follow 3-pronged
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 Tourism sector's forex
 earnings dipped 7.6%

 India's globalisation score
 worse than Pak, Bangla

 English to blunt China's
 cost advantage: IDC

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 Aussies perish against
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 Injured Astle to
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 ECB chief upset after meeting
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