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After Kalam OK to n-deal, SP signals a rethink: Let UPA give us new factsIndian Parivar LeagueCong-BJP coalition should run country: Ex-Speaker Purno Sangma’s bold ideaMystery death of Bengal officer who exposed NREG fraud10 years after n-tests, Pokharan museum could do with a loan waiver, its school with teachers

Express News Service

Karnataka polls: 60 per cent vote in first phaseSurge in Pak arms sale to Sri Lanka worries IndiaDay before panchayat polls, violence rocks NandigramAfter remarks on party, Arjun Singh stands isolatedIndia to vaccinate children against Rotavirus, experts advise cautionDon’t take donations, Naidu to MP ministersRow over site for freedom fighters’ memorialKandahar was Cabinet decision, Advani may have forgotten: JaswantEx-Cong minister Das joins BSPIndian killed in Iraq, family yet to hear from government‘Pak to consider Dawood’s extradition’Women’s reservation Bill not acceptable: SP to PMTiger trapped by poachers dies in Bihar reserveMisquoted on PM, says BuddhaLow-intensity blast rocks Hubli court

International

In cyclone chaos, Myanmar junta seeks votesSharif-Zardari talks on reinstatement of judges inconclusiveObama now focuses on McCainZimbabwe Oppn leader says he will contest runoffHezbollah pulls back its gunmen from BeirutGoa-born cop awarded MBE

Centerstage

‘New media doesn’t break stories. It draws on content of old media. I place highest value on breaking stories’

Op-Ed

Why India must make haste to welcome Stree ShaktiBeyond the bombThe long road to tax reformCommendable judicial activism

Business

Rising defaults in retail loans add to banks’ bad assetsTax on AMCs, stock exchange services from May 16Power Finance Corp Q4 profit declines 20.4%Forex reserves decline by $371 mn

Sports

Trick and treat for ChennaiHyderabad out to set things rightWarne’s willing to help HarbhajanAll plans in place as Big Two clash in JaipurWill it be a red-letter day?Chasing three at Turkey, Massa grabs head start with poleInjury time in Rome semisFlintoff ruled out of first two TestsICC looks to jazz up Test cricket

Section 2

The Sunday Story

North East West South

SIMMERING POTBOILERSTATE OF THE NATIONPIXEL PRICECome, meet Lonely Girl & Kate Modern

The Big Story

TAKING GUARD

Sportsline

BEAUTY IN THE BEAST‘People don’t remember you for the number of innings but for the number of years you played’THE LOST GENERATION

Footloose Foreign

DRIVE'S ME CRAZYRed letter dayGirls uninterruptedWORLDLY UNWISE

Knowledge

Sucking out the warmthMultitaskers’ new blessingDeclining prospects for Thailand’s elephants

Cover

The Word

The shy sheikh and a plane taleAt home and in the world

Arts etc

Colours of oppressionHOME WORK

Living

Crooning GloryCutting edge‘God is either illiterate or doesn’t listen’

Body & Mind

‘I run, cross-train, do light weights and yoga’Scientists find positives of a big bottomBUGS AT WORKTURMERIC TALES

People

‘I have no interest in anyone’s career except mine’‘In many ways, Pakistanis are more tolerant'Wayfarer’s tale