Modi blames Congress for Godhra incident
'The Congressmen will never be able to recognise the pride of Gujarat till they remove their Italian spectacles', the CM said.

Congress takes Modi to task
Though it was a low-key launch, Gujarat Congress chief, Shankarsinh Vaghela, made up for it with his fiery speech.

VHP wants to contest 30 seats in Gujarat
VHP sources claim that the outfit has helped in strengthening the agenda of Hindutva in the state in the wake of Godhra carnage.

J&K REPORTS
JKLF leader Yasin Malik released
Malik, who was lodged in Kot Balwal jail in Jammu, was brought to Srinagar by flight, JKLF spokesman Mohammad Ashraf said.

Laden, Omar calling shots in Kashmir: Putin
'These guys kill hundreds and thousands of innocent people not just for their pleasure, but they make political demands also,' the Russian president said.

UTTAR PRADESH CRISIS
Samajwadi Party UP protest ends in a flop
The only event of note was the arrest of the party's general secretary Amar Singh in Lucknow.

Amritsar is a town under siege
Not leaving anything to chance, police entered the SGPC complex again on Monday and put tall barriers on the road that separates the complex from the Golden Temple.

OTHER REPORTS
Musharraf cancels Cabinet-NSC meet
Instead, the Pakistan president began holding direct talks with leaders of various political parties.

Ramadoss kick-starts row with Kerala
The mountainous terrain dividing Tamil Nadu and Kerala had come in the way of a clear demarcation at the time of the linguistic reorganisation of states in 1956, the PMK chief said.

16 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha
After some hiccups over the wild card entry of arms dealer Suresh Nanda, all 11 candidates from Uttar Pradesh were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.

Ten Karnataka MLAs to join Congress
While two of them belong to the BJP, the rest are former Congressmen who were expelled from the party.

SPORTS
AAFI clears Sunita Rani of doping charges
AAFI president Suresh Kalmadi said her case will be taken up with the world athletics body.

Sania Mirza wins Philippines ITF tourney
The Hyderabad girl's hopes of a double crown in the tournament were dashed as she lost in the doubles, partnering Radhika Tulpule.

Chess Olympiad: Silver for Vijayalakhshmi
Russia won the men's gold for the sixth consecutive time while China claimed top spot in the women's section.

CRICKET
Tight security for ODI's in Gujarat
Officials said private security guards will join local police to guard the grounds and spectators will be passed through metal detectors.

CRICKET COLUMNS
Doin' it Wright
Prem Panicker in defence of coach John Wright's decision to experiment.

Australia, Hayden just too good
Daniel Laidlaw on Australia's crushing victory over England in the first Ashes Test.

CRICKET DIARY
Kill the Umpire?
Faisal Shariff gets some 'elite' umpires' views on the use of technology in cricket.

COLUMN
'Apna hi sikka khota'
`If terrorists aren't instantly processed and dispatched to a suitable place, why blame the security forces for doing what the people want them to do?' says Varsha Bhosle.

SPECIALS
The inventor
M D Riti profiles Dr Shaam Sundar, who has a penchant for amazing inventions.

Remembering the war: Fleeing Tezpur
P Bhattacharjee recalls the panic that set in when the Chinese were marching down to the Assam plains.

MONEY SPECIALS
Anoop Gupta: Microsoft's Mr Technology
Gupta is one of the eight key people who interact with Gates ever since he took over the role of the chief software architect at Microsoft, writes Bhupesh Bhandari.

Kelkar panel plan on CAG exults industry
The panel suggestion that audit teams from the office of CAG stop making visits to companies could have serious implication, saysSubhomoy Bhattacharjee.

BUSINESS
'Regulatory overlap stymied fiscal sector'
The 10th plan report says the absence of liquidity in the volume of trade for those below the largest 300 firms is quite extreme in India.

Falling interest costs keep fiscal deficit low
The non-Plan revenue expenditure has been under control over the last few years as a result of low interest rates.

SLIDE SHOWS
Bill Gates joins the fight
The Microsoft chairman pumps in $100 million to fight the spread AIDS in India.

The SGPC's annual jamboree
The SGPC election, which is usually a staid affair, has all the makings of a political potboiler this time. Some pictures.

CRICKET
New Zealand cricket dispute resolved
NZC are offering a players' pool payment of $NZ5.1 million for each of the next four years.

Matthew Hayden tops Test ratings
The ratings, compiled by Pricewaterhouse Cooper, put 3 Australian batsmen in the top six.

MOVIES
Music unlimited
Glimpses of the Zee-Gold Bollywood Music Awards in New York.

Soumitra Chatterjee for Satyajit Ray Award
European films dominate Kolkata international fest.

'Need to look at entertainment differently'
Suneel Darshan blames music companies for lull in industry.

Curtis Hanson strikes gold with 8 Mile
The Ring, My Big Fat Greek Wedding maintain their clout at USBO.

NET GUIDE
Bohemian Rhapsody' voted best song
The group's "Bohemian Rhapsody" topped a British poll of the greatest songs of the last 50 years. John Lennon's "Imagine," and the Beatles' "Hey Jude," took second and third places respectively.