Jan 10, 2000

COVER STORY
Plane Terror
Even as it engaged the hijackers of IC 814 at Kandahar, India was not only up against desperate terrorists but also the Taliban, to which it has not given diplomatic recognition. An inside look at the negotiations. Plus an investigation into how the hijackers smuggled the weapons into the aircraft. And a report on the national trauma.

OTHER STORIES

NATION
Ed's Top Con
The arrest of Enforcement Directorate's top cop Ashok Agarwal has taken the lid off a web of blackmail and extortion in a law-enforcement agency.