NEWS
BSF officer, 3 personnel killed in J&K
A top Hizbul Mujahideen extremist identified as Mohammad Shaban alias Hayat Khan was killed at Village Seer Tral in south Kashmir.

NEWS
Indian among five beatified by pope
Born in 1876 in Kerala, Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan set up the Congregation of the Holy Family in 1914. She is the third person from the state to be beatified.

NEWS
NSCN-Khaplang faction also offers ceasefire: AFP
Chief spokesman Kughalo Mulatonu said the truce would come into effect only after a 'preliminary round of talks' is held between the extremists and the government.

NEWS
Dalmiya asks Prabhakar to tell BCCI all
'Instead of revealing the names on a Web site, Prabhakar should disclose the names to BCCI officials. I will only act after the BCCI sends me its recommendations in this regard,' the ICC chief said.

NEWS
Rajesh Kalra remanded to 4 days' police custody
The Delhi police have sent three teams of investigators to Bangalore, Bombay and Cochin to verify the statements made by Kalra and try to recover documents relating to the latest match-fixing scandal to shake the cricket world.

SPORTS

India win Davis Cup tie 4-1
The Indians, who took a 2-1 lead after the doubles match yesterday, sealed the tie in the first reverse singles itself when Leander Paes defeated Hyung Taik Lee 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-4.

NEWS
More Kashmiri separatists may be freed
'We have released three top Hurriyat leaders to test the reaction. We have made an offer for talks. It is for them to react now and tell us how they feel about it,' a source close to Home Minister Advani told rediff.com

INTERVIEW
'They are killing democracy in Kashmir to save the democracy in India'
'India then did not heed my words. It thought that it was strong and could militarily solve the problem. Now, 11 years have passed and India has utterly failed in curbing the violence,' says APHC leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

STOCK STRATEGY
Analysts upbeat on cement sector
The industry has been posting double-digit growth in the last couple of months. Moreover, it has turned very attractive at current levels with the recent fall in cyclicals.

BUSINESS
Markets watchdog to probe Tuesday's crash
D R Mehta, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, said the markets regulator would look into all aspects of the fall triggered by foreign funds.

MESSAGE BOARD
'Looks like we all owe an apology to Manoj Prabhakar'
Reactions to the latest match-fixing scandal to shake up the cricket world.

FUND NEWS
'Diversified equity funds must broadbase portfolios'
With AMCs taking high exposure to infotech, communications, and entertainment scrips, their diversified equity funds saw a sharp drop in NAVs during the hammering at ICE counters.

SPECIAL
More Sun Temple, same price
A large part of the 13th century temple in Orissa, out of bounds for both casual visitors and researchers for almost 100 years, is likely to be thrown open soon.

MOVIES
In the eye of the storm
Has Shaji resorted to unethical means?

MOVIES
'It has still to sink in'
Priya Rajvansh, yesteryear heroine and Chetan Anand's live-in girlfriend, was known as a civilised and cultured person.

MOVIES
Nothing to shout about
Baaghi doesn't even have a rebel!

COLUMNS
Such is politics!
'So he motivated, of course with the usual incentives, a lot of MPs to rise against the move. Thus, a purely private campaign was cloaked in the great mumbo-jumbo of workers' interests, the ills of privatisation, etc.' Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi durbar.

Titanic revisited
The ICC has steered itself slap-bang on to an iceberg of mammoth proportions. Will it sink with all hands on board, wonders Harsha Bhogle, or will it have the vision to handle the Cronje controversy with sense and strength?