Mission Kashmir Having consolidated his position at home, the President of Pakistan is clear that any diplomatic advance in Agra will be measured against India's willingness to review its position on Kashmir. Can Prime Minister Vajpayee oblige his guest?

Mother Fury
M. Karunanidhi and other leaders of the DMK may be out of jail, but retribution and rehabilitation will continue to define the
Jayalalitha Raj.

Trust Betrayed
India's largest mutual fund scheme, US-64, takes a tumble for the second time in three years. As pressure mounts to stem the rot and chairman Subramanyam goes, the small investor is left in the lurch.

The Gender Gestapo
A controversial sex-selection procedure widely available in India skirts the law and prevents the very conception of female babies.

NEWSNOTES

Keshubhai Patel, Gujarat chief minister, says the good work he has done has been ignored by the media.

Q. Why does your Government have a poor image?
A. The press has ignored the development work we have done and I am not a showman.

Q. What development work?
A. The roads and bridges we have built are perhaps the best anywhere. The Science City we are developing for students too is one of its kind. We have taken Narmada waters to drought-prone Saurashtra 350 km away. I invite an independent team of experts to come to Gujarat and see for themselves where the state was when we took over and where it stands now.

Q. What about criticism of your earthquake rehabilitation work?
A. Criticism is welcome. But the press was unfair to me. Years after the Turkey earthquake people are still living in make-shift shelters. Even foreign aid agencies acknowledge we have done the best possible job given the magnitude of the quake.

Q. How is the rehabilitation work going on now?
A. It has picked up momentum. Initially we took some time in planning for which we received flak. But that helped. Now the plans are ready. The urban plan we have drawn up for Bhuj will make it an attractive city.

—Uday Mahurkar

MetroScape

Frames Of Life
Nina Shivdasani Rovshen Sugati's Conceptual Art Imageographs, on show at NCPA's Piramal Gallery till July 14, attempts to capture the "essence of people and situations" as she lets her subjects "reveal themselves" to her.
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Bangalore Entertainment:
Jaamba Jungle

Mumbai Luxury Yacht:
Sea King

Hyderabad Store:
Giant Hyper Market

With the Trinamool-Congress alliance gone sour, Mamata Banerjee is desperate to be back in the NDA. Is she being inconsistent or opportunistic, asks INDIA TODAY's Correspondent Labonita Ghosh in
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