NEWSLINKS
US EDITION
US ARCHIVES
ELECTION 99
COMMENTARY
SPECIALS
INTERVIEWS
CAPITAL BUZZ
REDIFF POLL
DEAR REDIFF
THE STATES
YEH HAI INDIA!
ELECTIONS
ARCHIVES

J&K militants kill 3 women and a child
A group of heavily armed men came to Village Harai Argi in Poonch district, forced entry into two houses of Hindu families, and began firing with automatic weapons.

Governor needs 36 hours to decide Bihar's fate
The Rashtriya Janata Dal-led 'secular' alliance and the National Democratic Alliance are waiting with bated breath for the invitation from the Raj Bhavan in Patna.

NDA legislators elect Nitish Kumar as their leader
But Governor Vinod Pandey asked both Chief Minister Rabri Devi and Kumar not to stake their claims to form the government as the Raj Bhawan had not received the formal list of victorious candidates from the Election Commission.

Patna may witness hectic parleys
The Congress is yet to finalise its strategy, but sources say it has no alternative but to support the RJD.

THE REDIFF INTERVIEW

'Bihar was never on the road to progress, so where is the question of me putting it in reverse gear!'
'The voters are with us. Why should she resign? Rabri Devi will be the chief minister, I am saying so. Is there any difference between her and me?' RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav, in his inimitable style.

'Ultimately it's the Cabinet and the successive PMs who're responsible'
'We did not think that they would be so crazy. In intelligence, we try to anticipate a rational act. You can't anticipate an irrational act! No intelligence agency could have anticipated this action.' K Subrahmanyam, the architect of the Kargil report, opens up.

REDIFF SPECIALS
'This rapid and strong Indian reaction was obviously not expected by the Pakistanis'
'The Committee has not come across any assessment at operational levels that would justify the conclusion that the Lahore summit had caused the Indian decision-makers to lower their guard.' rediff.com presents the executive summary of the Kargil Review Committee report.

'Our education has not been child centered'
'Young minds are not turning to science, to an extent that some science departments are getting closed down.' CSIR Director General R A Mashelkar on the agenda ahead.

Back to the Future in Hyderabad
Anvar Alikhan views a CD-ROM on his native city and gets an attack of nostalgia.

THE REDIFF DIARY

City of dreams
'I still wonder why we call Mumbai a ' big, bad city' because all it does is help you grow,' says Cleona Lira.

OTHER REPORTS

Fake notes has home ministry worried
After huge caches of fake currency were recovered from various parts of the country in past few months, the home ministry asked the Central Bureau of Investigations to look into the matter.

Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2
The Election Commission announced on Monday that biennial elections would be held on March 29, to 58 Rajya Sabha seats in 12 states.

AP's Mamta bashers shift attention to Union ministers from state
Bangaru Laxman, Ch Vidyasagar Rao, Satyanarayana Rao and Bandaru Dattatreya - are under increasing pressure to explain their failure to lobby effectively for the state with the Railway Ministry.2

Jailed criminals show democracy is alive and kicking in Bihar
Almost all these legislators are from the upper castes, and are either from the National Democratic Alliance camp or independents.

EU minister coming to enlist India's support for WTO talks
Pascal Lamy, who arrives in Bombay on Thursday, is not deterred by the strong comments that Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran has been making since the Seattle failure.

THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS
A time to kill
'We realise that we land up telling you less about the NE and the CIJWS and more about the people who fascinated us. Point is, none of it would have existed if not for the human factor -- the individual who holds up and holds forth for us,' says Varsha Bhosle.

Now they come after Valentine's Day
'There is no real harm in celebrating functions such as Valentine's Day. If Thackeray so desires, why does he not designate a Laila-Majnu Day?' asks Amberish K Diwanji.