Monday, 30 August 2004, 1700 hrs

NATION & STATES
Manmohan Singh to meet
Bush, Musharaff
September holds crucial engagements for the Indian prime minister...

BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Parliament passes railway budget, finance bill without discussion
The BJP repeatedly disrupted parliament and allowed the railway budget and the finance bill to be passed without discussion, emulating the past performance of the Congress ...

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

Deccan Chronicle
Whose Dharam? Who’s Bharti?
At what point does a new government start looking old? When the cares of office begin to etch acid lines on the face. The first lines are beginning to show on the United Progressive Alliance. And cynical politics thrives on the Hubli issue as well, writes M J AKBAR
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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

Tribune
A class with visionary team leaders
KIRAN BEDI was invited to speak to a classroom full of managers of public sector companies. They were taking a course in leadership development. Here's what she told them.

India Together
Instant justice
On the eve of the 57th Independence Day, a group of women attacked and killed an accused rapist and repeatedly letoff offender in Nagpur, having lost faith in the justice system. Did these women really have no other option? KALPANA SHARMA says there are no pat solutions.

Rediff
Sailing on a high tide
It's a problem of plenty for Indian shipping companies. As global trade zooms they are ploughing through the waves at full steam, moving cargo around the world and raking in handsome profits, writes ARTI SHARMA

TOP PICKS

OPINION
Congress provides feul for BJP (Gulf News)
Trade deficit with India (Dawn)
One bill, many fault lines (Hindustan Times)
Planning for the future (Hindu)
Between war and peace (Tribune)
Ulfa’s last stand (Statesman)
Education for minorities (Times of India)

What is India Editorial

The failed Kashmir Women's Disqualification Bill
The cultures of Kashmir and the rest of India overlap significantly, and the state is better off without laws that seek to alienate and marginalise its people, says ARAVIND SITARAMAN

More edits
It is raining bad politics
The Hubli drama holds a mirror to divisive politics.

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

The Budget and the FRBM Act

Foreign trade policy tomorrow

A regulator for commodity trades

Mid-cap stocks likely on forefront

Marketing in tech companies

EU relief to steel units

Banks relieved as yields dip

Outsourcing with a vengeance

Malaysia woos Indian tourists

Sensex slips 18 pts

CORPORATE HEADLINES

Moser Baer’s next push is DVDs
It’s animation boom now
Khaitan flows freely in Uttaranchal Farakka project:Water shortage
Sail to pick stake abroad
For Hyundai, focus on export pays
Mother Dairy, Vadilal ink in pact
Govt will ok merger proposals
SBI hikes rates on home loans
Domestic air traffic grows

WORLD HEADLINES

Muslims urge hostages' release
Huge anti-Bush march hits NY
Talks on to end Baghdad fighting Chechnya goes to the polls
Slovaks celebrate revolt
'Iraq new fertile ground for jihad'
Pak not for arms race in Asia
Blair bullied over Iraq reports
Israel fears probe fallout
No let-up in violence
Peace talks amid fresh violence

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