Thursday, 19 August 2004, 2200 hrs

NATION & STATES
Infiltration on the rise, says
chief of army staff
Islamabad holds an undiminished capability to control cross-border terrorism, and infiltration attempts from across the Line of Control (LoC) have increased, officials said...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Tata proposes to invest 2 billion
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has agreed in principle to guarantee gas supply for 20 years to the Tata group in what will be the largest foreign investment in the country...

FEATURED STORIES

The Hindu
WTO: Implications for domestic agenda
It is important for India to make a careful study of the implications of the WTO framework accord and prepare to face the challenges, which are especially formidable for the country's farm and manufacturing sectors, says S D NAIK

Asia Times
India as a rising power
India's sheer numbers, its expanding middle class, robust military establishment and increasing sophistication in high technology are shaping the country as a rising political, economic and military power. This rise is inevitable, and has profound implications for US foreign policy.

Times of India
Return of the goras
The blog of a US techie who works in Bangalore shows that outsourcing can be a two-way traffic, writes CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA.

Financial Express
Utterly butterly concerned
The flaxen-haired Amul girl is all grown up now. After selling Amul’s milk products for over half a century with a rare sense of humour, she may soon graduate to marketing a novel health insurance scheme for the farmers of Gujarat.

Rediff
New Delhi, wake up!
The Centre can clamp President's rule on Manipur. But that would begin a potentially catastrophic confrontation with a state of the Union, says PRAFUL BIDWAI

TOP PICKS

OPINION

Mess in Manipur (Tribune)
Showdown in Nepal (HT)
Administer reforms (HT)
Soundbyte morals (Pioneer)
Mao's shadow (Pioneer)
Arjun's tirade and the RSS (Pioneer)

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BUSINESS HEADLINES

Market fund may swell

Mutual funds r eel in August

Ministry sets up war room

No m ore IT c oolies, w e’re Indian

India plans air supplies to Nepal

Jaguar plant may be shut

Oil prices at new high near $48

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Linux gaining momentum in India
Hutch's buy hits DoT hurdle
Shoppers' Stop ready for IPO
Zee recreates Birla will drama
Nucleus to launch DTH antennae
SBI, Infosys in $35 m deal
Bank Islamic receives NoC

WORLD HEADLINES

Arafat refuses to sign reform doc

20 more implicated in abuse

Sharon defeated in Likud vote

New PM may slow down reforms

Poor nations urged to reform UN

Japan plans counter-terror steps

US arrests 2 in Hamas case

Oprah convicts man for murder

EXCHANGE

Dollar: 46.90

Pound: 85.85

Euro: 58.00

Yen: (100) 43.95

SOURCES

Pioneer

Tribune

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