Major, SPOs among 17 killed
Blast near shrine, 2 hurt
SRINAGAR, June 17 — Nine militants were killed and 11 captured in separate encounters with security forces while two devotees were injured when militants exploded a grenade outside a shrine in Jammu and Kashmir since last evening, an official spokesman said here today.

Salman, Saif chargesheeted
JODHPUR, June 17 — Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre were today chargesheeted in the court of the Additional Judicial Magistrate here for killing two black bucks in October, 1998.

8 of family die in mishap
KARNAL, June 17 — Eight persons died on the spot and two were injured in a mishap near Taraori on the national highway about 12 km, from here, early this morning.

Patney to be IAF Vice-Chief
NEW DELHI, June 17 — Air Marshal Vinod Patney, who played a crucial role in formulating the IAF strategy during the Kargil conflict would be the new Vice-Chief of Air Staff.

 

Engineer’s kin selling canal water FAZILKA, June 17 — While farmers in most tail-end villages continue to face acute shortage of irrigation water, the brother of a senior Punjab Irrigation Department officer is pumping out water from Bhagsar minor canal and selling it in the market.