Convict Queen
Though AIADMK leader Jayalalitha was debarred from contesting the elections on grounds of her conviction in a corruption case, she was sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Will her aggressive game plan work? And should popular mandate overrule judicial verdicts?

Great Call Of China
Indian entrepreneurs are eagerly joining the swiftly growing queue to set up shop in China.
The land once considered forbidden has suddenly become
the hottest destination for Indian businessmen.

Looking East
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visit to Malaysia may have achieved little on Quattrochi's extradition and India's greater ties with ASEAN, but it showed there is more to their bilateral relations than these two issues.

Mother's Day
Stalinist methods played a vital role in the humiliating finale of M. Karunanidhi's dynastic ambition.

Readying For Nukes For the first time after India became a nuclear power, the Army stages a nuclear war game to check preparedness.

NEWSNOTES

Voices

"The Congress governments headed by Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao used the courts as instruments to thwart the people's desire."
L.K. Advani, Union home minister, in his deposition before the Liberhan Commission probing the Babri masjid demolition

"We don't consider the elections in West Bengal fair, but I don't want to say anything that will rub the Left parties on the wrong side."
S. Jaipal Reddy, Congress spokesman, in a clear admission that his party needs the support of the Left to come to power in Delhi

"We have the talent to make what the world wants to watch. We can think of different themes instead of triangular love affairs."
Sushma Swaraj, I&B minister, talking of the potential of Indian films at the Cannes International Film Festival

"It's like a journalist losing his lap-top while on an assignment. You can get a new one, but you can't retrieve the data from the old one."
Jeev Milkha Singh, ace golfer, after a burglar walked off with his kit from the players' room during a tournament in England

"The chief election commissioner is retiring in June. He must have been offered something to keep Trinamool out."
Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress chief

"She is in a state of shock. In such situations people talk nonsense. Let her talk, she will feel better."
Ajit Panja, Rebel Trinamool Congress leader

MetroScape

Delhi Cinema:
"Flicks Down Under"

Mumbai Restaurant:
Karma

Kolkata Restaurant:
Teej

The Madhya Pradesh governor orders a CBI inquiry into a land allotment by the chief minister to the Nai Duniya group, kicking off a constitutional crisis. INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Neeraj Mishra reports in
Conflict Of Interest.