NEWS
Rabri Devi sworn in as Bihar CM
Governor Vinod Chandra Pande has given the chief minister ten days time to prove her government's majority on the floor of the House.

NEWS
9 policemen killed in Bihar landmine blast
Garwha Deputy Commissioner A P singh said the blast occurred when a patrolling party of the Bihar Military Police was on its way to Lamari to carry out a combing operation.

NEWS
Sharief's party sees RAW hand in lawyer's murder
An official statement issued by the party said the killing was aimed at sabotaging the visit to Pakistan of US President Bill Clinton.

BUSINESS
Knowledge-based companies get prominent place in new millennium Sensex
Indian Hotels, IDBI, Tata Chemicals and Tata Power have been axed. Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Satyam Computer Services, Reliance Petroleum and Zee Telefilms are the new entrants.

BUSINESS
The making of India's Rs 1 trillion fiscal deficit
Economists who have read between the Budget lines say, there are more villians in the fiscal drama than the ones identified by the government -- expenses, interest payments and the failure in meeting the divestment targets. Interest payments form 91 per cent of the fiscal deficit.

NEWS
Herbal fuel-maker Ramar Pillai held
CBI officials, who raided Pillai's residence and industrial premises in Madras last night, seized over 1400 litres of the so-called herbal fuel which, on examination, turned out to be a mixture of industrial benzene, toulene and additives.

MARKET TRENDS
Are we in a bull market?
If Infosys were to remain at the level it was on Jan 3, 2000, the Sensex would plummet to 4900!

DAILY TECHNICALS
Trading Strategy for March 13, 2000
Trading strategy for Monday's market.

SPORTS
The nine best runs chases
A statistical summary matches involving teams chasing huge targets.

MOVIES
'I am the cheapest actor I can find'
Nagesh Kukunoor on movies, jetlag and related matters.

MOVIES
Bollywood's blue-eyed boy
Shammi Kapoor had a magical appeal that no one has been able to replicate.

COLUMNS
Where does the Congress stand?
'It is fine and easy to say that the Congress shall never support any ministry in which the BJP is an active participant. But does that translate into automatic backing for the RJD?' asks T V R Shenoy.