Rane to crack whip on "Erring" officials
The Chief Minister designate, Narayan Rane, has decided to shunt top bureaucrats for not cooperating with the alliance government in implementing its programmes.

India, US end talks; to meet again
India and the United States today concluded their seventh round of dialogue and promised to meet again in the summer, with New Delhi exhorting the US side to "create a positive atmosphere'' to lift the coercive measures imposed against India after the May nuclear tests.

CM changed for state's interest, says Thackeray
The decision to replace Manohar Joshi as chief minister was taken in the "larger interests of Maharashtra,'' Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said here.

Letters to the editor

LEISURE
  Tintin in the dock
  The Man and the Minister

SPORTS
  Jayasuriya fractures arm as Lanka bow out
  India succumb on home stretch despite Tendulkar's heroics

EXPRESSIONS
  Speaking through Gandhi
  Convent conundrums

BUSINESS
  Vaidya takes over as SBI chief
  HLL, NIIT, HDFC in top 20 list of Morgan Stanley

GENERAL
  Gladys `bohu' to pick up from where Graham `dada' left
  `The mob had come to intimidate us'

POLITICS
  Khurana may turn out to be another Vaghela
  BJP exults at change in guard