Tuesday, 11 January 2005, 2000 hrs

TOP STORIES
Vijayendra Saraswati arrested: mutt rudderless 
The Tamil Nadu police arrested the Kanchi junior pontiff on murder charges hours after the Supreme Court granted bail to senior acharya Jayendra Saraswati. Opposition leaders denounced the arrest as an assault on the religious institution


BUSINESS & ECONOMY
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
begin gas pipeline talks
A new dawn is breaking in regional co-operation in the east, with India, Bangladesh and Myanmar beginning talks on Wednesday to find ways of putting natural gas in the pipeline 
 

The Hindu
Overlapping faults
AMITAV GHOSH, the internationally renowned novelist, visited the Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently to see for himself how the system and ordinary people have coped with the devastation caused by the tsunami of December 26. This is the first in a three-part series of special articles 

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Indian Express
India’s quality of mercy
The controversy over New Delhi’s refusal to accept world aid for immediate disaster relief has masked an important new trend: its emergence as an aid donor. By RAJAMOHAN

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The Hindu
Schooling in rural India
One must ask why India can meet global standards in civil aviation, software, and defence, and not in its provision for rural children. By KRISHNA KUMAR

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The Economist
Delivering on Doha's promise
2005 will be a vital year for free-trade talks

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Outlook
Sting in the tail
As the junior pontiff Vijayendra Saraswati comes in the ring of suspicion, the Kanchi math's future is in turmoil, says 
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