SC should not answer presidential reference on Gujarat poll: EC
The commission's advocate K K Venugopal cited examples of the apex court declining to answer presidential references in which the questions were either not clear or were beyond the subject matter of the reference. | Full Coverage
J&K ELECTION
Reporting from Kashmir is hazardous task
Journalists are often at the scene of a bomb blast, an encounter between security forces and militants, and sometimes meet with dangerous people as part of their routine duties.
Two NC activists among 13 killed in J&K
NC workers Ali Mohammed Dar and Ghulam Rasool Mir were killed outside their residences in Srinagar.
| Full Coverage
INTERVIEWS
'The BJP is going to have a very difficult time in J&K election'
National Conference president Omar Abdullah on his party's prospects, its problems and the road ahead.
SRI LANKA-LTTE TALKS
'We are not fighting for a separate nation'
The LTTE's chief negotiator, Anton Balasingham, who is holding talks with a Sri Lankan delegation in Thailand, also said it is 'too early' for the outfit to disarm.
NAGAPPA ABDUCTION
No halting of operations: Jaya
The Tamil Nadu chief minister also said that the state had no information on reports of the Karnataka government's plan to send emissaries to secure the release of Nagappa.
Padmashree offers to live with Veerappan
Dr H Sudharshan sees Veerappan as a product of corrupt system. He expressed his desire to meet and convince the brigand to surrender.
CRICKET
Hussain looking to get even with India
The England skipper said India are favourites in the crucial Champions Trophy clash with his side on Sunday.
Trescothick powers England's win | Images
England beat Zimbabwe by 108 runs. They will meet India on Sunday in a match, which will decide a semi-final slot in the Champions Trophy.
SPORTS
Indian junior spikers lose in final
They lost to Iran, in the Asian Junior volleyball championship.
BUSINESS
Govt defers decision on hiking FDI ceiling
The Cabinet also put off a decision to introduce VRS in oil PSUs.
MONEY INTERVIEW
'Divestment money is only used for govt expenses'
'The talk about the selloff proceeds being used for infrastructure development is merely for public consumption,' says S Gurumurthy, co-convenor of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch.
MOVIES
Jackie, Sunil, Dino: out to kill Karisma!
On the sets of Tinu Verma's 'Baaz'.
JP Dutta's 'LoC' almost complete
May 2003 release scheduled for the Kargil epic
Bollywood's first AIDS movie 'Ek Pal' wins praise
Determined health worker Karamjeet Ballaghan's efforts result in a high-profile Birmingham premiere.
NET GUIDE
The smiley comes of age
A look at how the emoticon has evolved in the last 20 years.
Bikini-clad women used to sell coffins
A Rome-based funeral home and coffin factory features its hand-crafted caskets alongside models sipping champagne or reclining seductively on the lids.
'This was the seventh attempt on my life'
Dawood Ibrahim and Al Qaeda's new home
Why Heath Ledger is such a daredevil