'Krishna paid Rs 200 million to Veerappan'
Former director general of Karnataka police C Dinakar in his book, Veerappan's Prize Catch: Rajkumar, also claims that the matinee idol's wife Parvathamma paid Rs 1 crore [Rs 10 million] to the forest brigand.

Mahatma's grandson to deliver lecture at University of Leicester
Arun Gandhi will be joined by speakers from the Hindu and Islamic faiths for the conference on religious fundamentalism in South Asia and how this is affecting India.

Jaya seeks protection for Tamils
She referred to the attack on M Bhaktavatsalam, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislator representing the Kolar constituency in Karnataka.

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Week's images
Polo championship, winter session of Parliament, Guru Nanak's birth anniversary celebrations and more...

MONEY
RBI, global banks to combat terror funding
Terror financing is one of the important issues that would be taken up at the G-20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors.

JP Morgan raises March-end Indian Re target
The rupee has gained nearly 1.8 per cent on robust trade, investment and expatriate inflows.

CRICKET
Ganguly lauds Bangar, Agarkar's showing
The India captain expressed confidence of his team winning the concluding ODI against the Windies at Vijaywada in Sunday.

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Best of the week
Images from the week's best sporting action.

SPORTS
Jeev shoots par round
The ace Indian golfer was lying tied for tied for 28th place after the second round in the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament.

Mukesh Kumar wins Royal Challenge golf
The triumph gave the Mhow-based golfer his sixth title in seven tournament appearences this season.

Mohun Bagan down Churchill for first win
Jose Barretto's goal gave the defending champions a 3-2 victory in the National Football League.

Two Indians make debut for English clubs
Teenage striker Michael Chopra appeared for the first time for Premier League giants Newcastle while Harpal Singh played for Bradford City.

MOVIES
The best Bond in recent years
'Die Another Day' is Brosnan's show all the way.

'Kevin gave us tips on making the funniest laughter'
He's training to be a medical doctor, but for now, acting with Kevin Kline in 'The Emperor's Club' has Rishi Mehta well bitten by the acting bug.

Illayaraja foot-tapper leads BBC World Service Top 10
'Adi Rakamma' featured in 'Dalapati', Mani Ratnam's runaway hit of the nineties.

NET GUIDE
Palm Beach pets get society magazine
Pampered pooches with this exclusive address now they have their own society magazine to chart the season's biggest canine social events and the latest designs in dog beds.

DIARY
Sudama, a Gorkha and a one-ton truck
Colonel Neeraj Bali on an infantry officer's woes.

COLUMNS
Terrorism's enduring threat
'It is important for the States countering terrorism to keep the focus on terrorism as a scourge and on the human tragedies in the form of large civilian casualties perpetrated by the terrorists,' says B Raman.

Who's asking you?
'At the heart of nearly every public interest issue today lies a simple truth -- unaccountability begins with deliberate disregard for input from the citizenry,' says Ashwin Mahesh.