NEWS
'Thank God, I am finally home!'
'I was scared in jail because some of the jail personnel handed out all kinds of dreadful threats. My life was reduced to a misery...' Roop Lal Shaharia, the 57-year-old Indian who languished in a Pakistani jail for 26 years, finally arrived in Delhi.

NEWS
I never wrote Koran was written by the Devil: Rushdie
'There was nothing against Muslims in the novel [The Satanic Verses]. I come from an Indian Muslim family,' the celebrated and condemned author said in New Delhi.

NEWS
'It feels great to be back in India'
Rushdie has spent the past couple of weeks travelling all over the country with his son Zafar without the knowledge of the media.

SPECIAL
'All through the attack, they kept saying mar dalo, khatam kar do'
The attack on St Theresa's Convent at Kosi in Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh is the latest in a chain of violent incidents in the state where Christians have been made a target.

THE BETTING SCANDAL
I wrote to the BCCI before the scandal, says IT officer
Income-tax officer Vishv Bandhu Gupta had last month written to cricket board chief A C Muthiah informing him that some Indian cricketers, including a former captain, had declared huge amounts of illegal money under the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme, 1997.

Sports minister calls meeting on April 27
Officials of the BCCI, former presidents and secretaries, past and present players have been invited to discuss the match-fixing issue.

SPECIAL
Today's images
Sonia Gandhi at an Ambedkar Jayanti rally. And Maneka Gandhi at an Ambedkar award function.

BUSINESS
Hi-tech Health Ltd
Healthcare corporates turn Bharat-friendly.

TAXATION
All about post office savings schemes
Don't associate the post office with just mail. You can get some good savings deals here.

SPORTS
Olympic hockey pools announced
India are grouped with Australia, South Korea and Spain in the men's tournament.

SPORTS
Tough pool does not worry Bhaskaran
The Indian hockey coach said every team is tough at the Olympic Games.

MOVIES
'I'm an actor'
Will Chocolate mark the return of Kumar Gaurav?

MOVIES
The detective and the damsel
Hadh Kar Di Aapne is an average entertainer.

BOOKS
Writing on celluloid
'Show me a film critic who doesn't have a passion for movies and I'll show you a cynic,' says Ashok Banker.

MUSIC
The Quest that took her places
Anaida on the album that is likely to bring her international recognition.

TRAVEL
To the City of Clouds
Hotel tariffs for Leh, the capital of Ladakh.

COLUMNS
'They know what they do'
'The assembly elections in Bihar, Haryana and Orissa have once again proved that the voters have come to accept the inevitable -- that crime and corruption are part and parcel of politics,' says Kuldip Nayar.

Cricket is a three-way contest
Two teams, and a third interested stakeholder. Venkat Sundaram explains the rudiments of betting.

Getting it right
The Fourth Umpire, reflecting on the England team selection, says that though the squad selected is an ageing one, the selectors for once have done a good job