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General to probe defence leaks
Brig Surinder Singh's letter on Kargil
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 — The Army has initiated an inquiry into the leaking of the letter written by Brig Surinder Singh, ex-commander of the 121 (I) Infantry Brigade, on the situation in Kargil to the political parties who have been raising it in their daily briefings to the embarrassment of India’s fighting arm.		   Film stars Poonam Dhillon, Chunkey Pandey and Sonu Walia campaigning

Film stars Poonam Dhillon, Chunkey Pandey and Sonu Walia campaign for the BJP candidate from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi on Thursday. — PTI photo
Requests for retirement: IAF cites personal reasons
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 — The Indian Air Force today said the "request for premature release" by the Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal S.S.H. Naqvi, and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans), Air Vice Marshal M.M. Sehgal, was for personal reasons.

6 Indian soldiers missing
Pak shows video of two captive jawans
NEW DELHI, Sept 2 — India today said that six of its soldiers from the 3 Rajput, including an officer, were missing after they went for patrolling in the Turtuk region of Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
     
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Two more observers for Faridkot
CHANDIGARH, Sept 2 — The Election Commission of India has appointed two more observers for the Faridkot constituency where Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's son, Mr Sukhbir Singh, is contesting as the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate against Mr Jagmeet Singh Brar, a senior leader of the Congress.

Suicide bomber kills Tamil militant leader
COLOMBO, Sept 2 — In yet another revenge attack, the LTTE today killed one more Tamil party leader N. Manickadasan of PLOTE (People Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam), who was considered close to the government and the army.

Priest killed, church burnt in Orissa
THAKURMUNDA (Orissa), Sept 2 — In continuing attacks on the minorities in Orissa, a priest of a Roman Catholic Church was killed and a church set ablaze by miscreants at Jamabani village in Mayurbhanj district early today, the police said.

Jakhar faces tough contest
SIKAR (Rajasthan) Sept 2 — Mr Bal Ram Jakhar, who, like Mr Buta Singh, migrated to Rajasthan for electoral politics in 1984 and won the last Lok Sabha election from neighbouring Bikaner with the highest victory margin in this state, is locked in a tough triangular contest.
Bank of Punjab
Elections '99  
Voter remains in two minds
CHANDIGARH: Since the Adampur byelection in November, 1998, the political scene in Punjab has changed. Mr Parkash Singh Badal and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra have parted ways.


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IN PASSING
IN PASSING
I never thought the election campaign will come down to this level!
by Sandeep Joshi
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