THE BETTING SCANDAL
Bindra's statements defamatory: Muttiah
The BCCI will table the Chandrachud report; send a copy to the Delhi police and also publish it on the Internet.

Stop maligning me: Azharuddin
The former Indian cricket captain strongly refuted a report in Outlook magazine accusing him and other senior players of being involved in betting and fixing matches.

NEWS
Rift between Khan Chowdhury, Sonia grows
'Barkatda and Somenda have finalised preparations to launch the Bangla Pradeshik Congress if Madame does not permit a mahajot with the Trinamul Congress and the BJP,' asserted an activist from Malda.

INTERVIEW
'After Midnight's Children, a lot of writers felt liberated'
'Let us turn the page now. Let the past be past. And let us start a new chapter.' Salman Rushdie in an exclusive encounter.

BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'FIIs are most active, but they aren't the major players'
'Fundamentals are strong in India. The capital goods industry has turned the corner. Cyclicals are looking good. Balance of payments and currency reserves are healthy,' says Raman Sidhu, director, HSBC Securities.

MARKET REPORT
Markets@April 18: day's report
A strong recovery on the NASDAQ failed to have any impact on values. Majority of software stocks witness huge selling, non-software stocks also under strong selling pressure.

INVESTIGATION
Kerala: The LTTE Connection
Among the large number of Tamils who migrate to Kerala from Sri Lanka are said to be LTTE agents, middlemen and cadres who use the state's airports to fly onward to foreign destinations.

SPECIAL
'The project does not violate any law'
Dr V S Arunachalam stoutly defends the controversial Sankhya Vahini project.

PHOTOGALLERY
The Day, in Pictures
Robin Cook meets the prime minister... Enemies unite in Kerala...

REDIFF CHAT
'India and Pakistan have to approach the situation in Kashmir as if they were starting all over again'
'India can take a less rhetorical position with respect to the Kashmir issue and to the CTBT perhaps. Nationalism is fine to a point, but I think India is secure as a nation." Dr Richard Cohen tells the Rediff Chat.

MONEY
Understanding the frequent flyer concept
Spend a lot of your time in the air? Sign up for a frequent flyer programme. Here are some FAQs on the subject.

MONEY
Sun F&C Resurgent India Equity Fund
Aabhas Pandya analyses the first fund to tap the opportunities arising out of the acquisitions, restructuring, privatisation and turnaround of Indian companies.

SPORTS INTERVIEW
'Only those who are big hearted and take up challenges achieve success'
Pakistani skipper Moin Khan, in the concluding part of his interview, talks of the problems afflicting Pakistan cricket and wicket-keeping.

MOVIES
Main bhi producer
Sanjay Dutt joins the bandwagon.

MOVIES
Hadh Kar Di Aapne is No 1
Gang is a disaster.

MOVIES
Shabana heads for London's National Theatre
The Waiting Room opens on May 25.

MUSIC
The second coming
Leaving all controversies behind, Boy George is poised for a new life following his reunion with Culture Club.

TRAVEL
Flying to Madurai?
Jet Airways has introduced a new flight from Bombay to Madurai. Jet has also introduced additional flights between Bombay and Hyderabad and Madras and Bangalore.

DIARY
Putin, Rasputin and Blair
'While Blair spent most of his time on the dais scanning the journalists present, Putin was most articulate about Chechnya.' Archana Masih meets the two in Westminster.

COLUMNS
Two 'master' prescriptions: One is bizarre, the other is blank
'Jammu and Kashmir's embroilment in almost a perpetual mix of misgovernance and militancy calls for a very special effort from Delhi to upgrade its people's standard of living and to develop in them a genuine affinity for the rest of India,' says Arvind Lavakare.

A case for Jaswant Singh
'Apart from ending India's isolation after Pokhran, it is a fact that the BJP's allies are far more comfortable in his presence than they would be in, say, M M Joshi's or Advani's,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Silence of the Sphinx
'Kuldip Nayar wanted to know if an investigation was held into the charges against former Union minister for urban welfare Ram Jethmalani...' Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi durbar.

How banks are always the willing suckers
'It is the honest taxpayer who pays the price, since bankers responsible for the bad loans simply retire and go away, the industrialists don't pay and hide behind weak recovery laws, and the government dips into the exchequer to repeatedly bail out banks,' says Sucheta Dalal.

Simply stunned!
Harsha Bhogle reflects on the latest developments in the Cronje match-fixing scandal.