Saturday, 28 August 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Kashmiri women marrying outsiders: Assembly 'no' to change in status
The Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill was defeated in the Legislative Assembly amid strong opposition from the National Conference...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Phone calls cheaper by up to 59 per cent
BSNL and Hutch cut rates in response to the price war initiated by Reliance. It's good talk time for phone users...

FEATURED STORIES

Asia Times
Delhi battles the red river dragon
New Delhi's fears that a Tibet river blockage could burst - with disastrous consequences for downstream India - is yet another reminder of Asia's need for comprehensive water treaties, especially with regard to China, which continues to dam its rivers despite international pressure, writes ARUN BHATTACHARJEE

India Together
The sociology of suicide
The rash of suicides in city and village is a qualitatively new development in our history. But we know very little of what lies behind them. RAMACHANDRA GUHA notes the contours

Deccan Chronicle
Of Bangladesh’s new nihilism
Last week’s tragedy at an Awami League rally in Dhaka was a bellwether for Bangladesh. It was a symbol of the all-too-familiar pattern of politics, although the perpetrators got perilously close to eliminating the entire Awami League leadership. Besides, the dynamic of the battle of the two ladies tends to hide some disturbing phenomena, writes S NIHAL SINGH

Deccan Herald
Multilateralism versus unilateralism
Indians need to understand that there is no yardstick to judge the ethics of American unilateralism in Iraq, says RAJA MENON

The Hindu
Moderate voices in Islam
A community freed from the constant pressure of having to justify and explain itself is likely to feel more confident to take a harder look at itself, says HASAN SUROOR

TOP PICKS

OPINION
A smear campaign (Hindu)
Air crashes: Russia's 8/24(Hindu)
Divided they trawl (Tribune)
Complexities of Afghanistan (DH)
Time to be discreet (Dawn)
Reading the riot act (Indian Express)

What is India Editorial

It is raining bad politics
The Hubli drama holds a mirror to the divisive politics of
India's political class, writes ARAVIND SITARAMAN

INSCRIPTIONS

South Indian Inscriptions

Original texts from four states, transcribed from a definitive work published by the Archaeological Survey of India

Volume 10
Telugu Inscriptions
from Andhra Pradesh

Volume 3 (Part I and II)
Miscellaneous Inscriptions
in Tamil
(Will be uploaded soon)

ONLY ON WHAT IS INDIA

BUSINESS HEADLINES

Cell operators to refocus on cost

India, GCC sign trade agreement

Jaitley appears for Birla's hearing

Birla-Lodha case hearing today

Plea to expedite wage revision

Tele operators avoid licence fees

SEBI to examine errors

Kuwait keen on investing in India

Norms for infrastructure funding

RINL gives land for port project

Hardware exports increase 38%

Truckers' strike fallout

Govt, NDA locked over budget

Centre to fund 20% of core sector

Sensex buoyant as oil prices dip

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Impressive debut for TCS
Ford to make 500 Fusions
IOC, M&M venture
Bharti to set data network for BoI
Eveready plans venture in China
Tata Telecom's Australian foray
New mobile phone by Philips
L&T to commence construction
Cholamandalam targets Punjab
ITC to merge its hotel arm
StanChart launches new card
Huawei Tech obtains 10 patents
Air Deccan launches cheap flights
Hyundai Getz launch delayed
Konkan Railway tests Sky Bus

WORLD HEADLINES

Police take control of Najaf
CIA ‘directed’ prisoners’ abuse
FBI probes Israeli spy claim
Sadr orders fighters to drop arms Powell scraps Olympics visit
Explosives found in Russia wreck
5 arrested for envoy murder plot
Turkish hostages shot dead
Bush enhances CIA role

EXCHANGE

Dollar: 46.90

Pound: 84.30

Euro: 56.75

Yen: (100) 43.95

SOURCES

Pioneer

Tribune

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