TOP REPORTS
Pak told militants to resume small-scale infiltrations: NYT
In separate interviews this week, members of three jehadi groups told the paper that while the Pakistani government halted all infiltration in May, it signalled in late July that 'small-scale' infiltrations could resume.

Mumbai blasts cop may head team to bring Salem back
Senior CBI officer O P Chhatwal, who has been associated with Mumbai serial blasts investigations since 1993, is likely to head a four-member team set to leave for Portugal to secure gangster Abu Salem's custody.

CAUVERY DISPUTE
Centre asks Karnataka to release water
After a meeting with Prime Minister Vajpayee, Water Resources Minister A C Sethi urged Karnataka 'to honour the decision' of the Cauvery River Authority.

Centre must take over dams across Cauvery: Jaya
Otherwise the Karnataka government would not release water, the Tamil Nadu chief minister said after an all-party meeting in Chennai.

J&K ELECTION
JKLF acting chairman arrested
Police detained Javed Ahmed Mir as he tried to take out an anti-election rally in Srinagar, while militants killed Azad Ahmed Khan, a National Conference activist.

For Ganderbal residents, Omar is just another Abdullah
The myth of the National Conference's invincibility is fast crumbling, and that too in its bastion Ganderbal, from where party president Omar Abdullah is contesting.

Jammu has a crowded field
And everyone is going all out with the campaigning so fierce that even the nights are noisy, residents complained.
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COLUMNS
Kashmir is craving for good governance
'For the first time the Election Commission's perceived fairness was too visible to be missed by those who have covered previous elections in Kashmir,' says Mohammad Sayeed Malik.

Dirty secrets in the national interest
'The shallow reasoning behind official secrecy in especially inexcusable in a country where hundreds of millions of the rural poor live subsistence lives,' says Ashwin Mahesh.

SLIDE SHOW
The week's images
The J&K election, the Delhi Metro Rail begins trials, the ICC Champions Trophy...

SPORTS
'How can Hewitt know how my shoulder is?'
'My shoulder is giving me trouble, that is why I opted out of the Davis Cup,' Mahesh Bhupathi told 'rediff.com'

DAVIS CUP
Australia in control
Images from the Davis Cup play-off between Australia and India.

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Best of the week
Catch the best sporting action of the week and download the images as wallpapers.

MOVIES
Romancing the cop
For more sundry thrills, watch 'Gunaah'.

The immense talent of Balraj Sahni
Dinesh Raheja profiles the actor.

'It's an out-and-out Madhavan film!'
Presenting the brand new action star of 'Run'.

Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon let it all hang out
'The Banger Sisters' is wishy-washy though it may raise a few laughs.

NET GUIDE
'Potter 5 really is getting there'
The 'Order of the Phoenix' will be as long as 'The Goblet of Fire' and they'll be plenty of new things to keep fans engrossed, according to the best selling author, JK Rowling.