Saturday, 5 March 2005, 1700 hrs

TOP STORIES
President's rule in Goa
Abdul Kalam approved the imposition of President's rule in the State as recommended by the Union Cabinet, and brought the state's political crisis to an end
 
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Govt will act tough on tax evaders: Chidambaram
The government will come down heavily on tax evaders and take steps to prevent black money generation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said

Pioneer
Other side of foreign origin
Considering that a foreign-born woman is currently ruling over the destinies of a billion-plus Indians, recent reports involving some other foreign-born personalities living in India might appear a trifle amusing. In the last fortnight, we have seen Iran-born Norwegian national Negar Khan unceremoniously turfed out of Mumbai, Pakistani actress Meera being threatened for allegedly kissing an actor on screen, and controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, currently living in Kolkata, applying for Indian citizenship. By CHANDAN MITRA

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Hindu
Choosing Chief Ministers
Political parties should refrain from bringing constitutional governance to a halt simply because the Governor's discretion was not exercised in their favour. By RAJEEV DHAVAN


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Tribune
The culture of coalitions
The Congress has done it again — shot itself in the foot for no rhyme or reason. All the painstaking efforts that it made in piecing together an alliance to fight the last general election have been squandered, and the party will have to start once again virtually from scratch if it wants to rebuilt trust among its allies and ensure a longish stint at the Centre. Congress cannot antagonise its allies
by AMULYA GANGULY


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Indian Express
Vendor of treats 
R.K. Narayan is a writer of short sentences, a minimalist in the use of adjectives and possessed of an enduring sense of the understated and the subtle. 20th century India may well have derived its imagined history from Narayan, says JAITHIRTH RAO 

EDITORIAL PICKS

Governor's fraud (Tribune)
Tehelka: Military fairplay (Tribune)
LTTE and child soldiers (Hindu)
Basel II and containing risk (Hindu)