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Top News Wednesday, February 04
Blair announces inquiry into pre-war Iraq intelligence (Kaumudi)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday announced an inquiry into the pre-war intelligence about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction on which it based its decision to invade Iraq, a day after US President George W Bush launched a similar probe.
FM announces populist measures in his Interim Budget (Deepika)
With an eye to the General elections, Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in his Interim Budget presented in the Lok Sabha today announced a series of populist measures targetted at the agricultural and cooperative sector, small scale industries, health sector and government employees.
Abdul Qadeer implicates Musharraf, 2 others( Times of India)
Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan implicates Pervez Musharraf in the nuclear leaks to Iran and Libya.
56 killed in Iraqi suicide bombing
Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives blew themselves up on Sunday in the offices of two Kurdish parties aligned with U.S. occupation forces in Iraq killing at least 56 people and wounding 200.
World of Sports Wednesday, February 04
India struggles to beat Zimbabwe
Thanks to V.V.S. Laxman's all-round display and Hemang Badani's calm and composed approach, especially after the run out of Rohan Gavaskar, India beat Zimbabwe by four wickets and maintained its undefeated record against it in the tournament.
Cricket - Desktop Alerts (HeroHonda - Rediff)
Anand beats Topalov
Recently crowned Corus chess champion Viswanathan Anand beat local favourite Veselin Topalov in a TV blitz match in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Indian team leaves for Tehran athletics meet
A 21-member team, including six girls, will represent India at the first Asian Indoor Athletics Championships to be held in Tehran from February 6 to 8.
Australia recalls Kasprowicz for final against India
Australia dropped paceman Andy Bichel and included Michael Kasprowicz in the squad for the best-of-three triangular series finals against India, Cricket Australia announced on Tuesday.
World Amateur Snooker Champ Advani retains Junior Billiards title
World Amateur Snooker Champion Pankaj Advani once again proved that he was no mug in the other version of the game as he retained the Junior National Billiards title at Gwalior on Tuesday.
Features February 2004
Kerala Polls February 2004
91% of the people who took part in our first poll are so annoyed with the current politicians that they have stopped reading political news!
A whopping 95% thinks it will be a good idea to let the army manage the state for an year!
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