Top Stories

Kandahar ‘chief’ hijacker behind plot to abduct Rahul Gandhi
Eight years after he had India on tenterhooks for a week, IC-814 principal hijacker Ibrahim Athar, referred to as “chief” during the hijack...

Pinned down in Nandigram, CRPF DIG slams state police
A week after his men entered Nandigram, the DIG of the CRPF today accused the district police of not cooperating to help secure the area...

Washington secretly helping Islamabad guard n-weapons
Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified programme to help General Pervez Musharraf...

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National Network

Nandigram: RSP tries to form intellectual forum, poet says no
The RSP, a partner in the Left Front Government, is apparently trying to build a separate forum of Left intellectuals.

Assembly Polls: Gujarat
BJP first list: 13 MLAs out, all ministers in
The BJP on Sunday dropped 13 sitting MLAs as it announced the first list of 75 candidates for the two-phased Assembly polls...

After Lalu, Nitish, Paswan wants Bihar
For the first time in his long political career, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has laid his claim for the chief ministership of Bihar.

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Business

India will use cotton to further ‘cement’ ties with Pakistan
If cement started a new era in Indo-Pakistan trade relations earlier this year, cotton is set to extend it further.

Straight Talk
e-Governance projects will bridge digital divide, spread ICT benefits
Given country’s size & topography and lack of rural communication infrastructure, the ubiquitous nature of satellites would make them very effective.

FIIs may be losing market initiative to the desi players
The Indian markets are witnessing a change of guard as domestic players snatch control from foreign institutional investors.

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International

Pak rejects US envoy’s call, says ‘nothing new’
Pakistan dismissed a call by America’s No. 2 diplomat for embattled President Pervez Musharraf to restore the Constitution...

Bangla counts losses: 2,000 dead, 2.7 m hit
The death toll from a cyclone that devastated Bangladesh has surpassed 2,300, officials said on Sunday...

the BIG story
The Dragon Bites Back
Few American industries have had more success in selling goods to China than makers of medical devices like X-rays...

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Sports

Pak pack a punch in last ODI
Mahendra Singh Dhoni slipped and freakily twisted his right ankle to bring a booming 45-run partnership with Yuvraj Singh to a screeching halt.

Bench-warmers warm Indian hearts as well
Mohammad Yousuf smiled, Sachin Tendulkar giggled, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni just nodded his head.

ICL serves notice to Yousuf, but PCB says not to worry
Mohammad Yousuf has been served a notice by the Indian Cricket League organisers to attend an arbitration hearing on November 21...

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