Where Have All The Jobs Gone
Old jobs are being slashed and new ones have slowed down to a trickle. With corporate India shedding staff faster than ever before, the worst sufferers are freshers and middle-level managers.

Preparing For Musharraf
Administrators, securitymen and hospitality merchants gear up to ensure that it's not just the Taj that will impress the visiting
Pakistani President.

Adviser Raj
Bureaucrats don't retire. Their terms are extended or they are reappointed to counsel political mentors.

Out Of Luck Now
It will take more than voter-friendly symbolism to ensure victory in UP.

Hard Cover Up
The Government is perturbed by a cop's unreleased book on Rajkumar's kidnapping.

Connecting Bharat
It's a project to bridge the digital divide. But sources of funding are not known.

NEWSNOTES

TREMORS From Other Vocations To Acting
	Beauty Queens: The Miss Somethings-turned-actors are managing beautifully. Not all have replicated Aishwarya Rai's success but they continue to land good offers.
	Sports Stars: I.M. Vijayan landed a state award for best debutant actor. Salil Ankola is all over television. Ajay Jadeja, always a showman, is shooting with Sunil Shetty. Results awaited.
	Singers: Shaan did all right in Daman. Sonu Nigam is in the middle of making one. A whole host of others are on the way: the grapevine has it that even Adnan Sami is on.
	Male Models: The handsome men have had a hard time making the transition to celluloid. Rahul Dev was visible in one film. The others have sunk without a bubble.

MetroScape

Mumbai Tribal Art: Murias

Pune Multiplex:
City Pride

Long considered politically naive, the Gujarat chief minister is a wiser man now. But the shrewdness would prove worthier if employed in matters of state, writes INDIA TODAY's Special Correspondent Uday Mahurkar in
Misplaced Guile