Monday, February 3, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Remains of Columbia astronauts found
Washington, February 2
Human remains believed to be those of the seven astronauts, including India-born Kalpana Chawla, on board the ill-fated American shuttle Columbia have been located in Texas and Louisiana even as investigators struggled to establish the cause of the breakup of the spacecraft minutes before its landing.

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A piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia near Lufkin, Texas, on Saturday.

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A piece of debris from the space shuttle Columbia near Lufkin, Texas, on Saturday. — Reuters photo

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Damage to tiles may have caused tragedy
New York, February 2
Damage to ill-fated space shuttle Columbia’s tiles, which protect the crew and vehicle from searing heat during re-entry, is emerging as the major area of investigation in the probe to determine what destroyed the shuttle.

Karnal engulfed in grief
Karnal, February 2
Karnal remained engulfed in grief for the second day today, mourning the death of Kalpana Chawla. An official function was organised here to pay tributes to the first woman space scientist who was born, brought up and educated here.
A child pays homage to Kalpana Chawla in Karnal on Sunday.
A child pays homage to Kalpana Chawla in Karnal on Sunday. — PTI photo

Kalpana fancied space, yet loved earth’s fresh air
Chandigarh, February 2
She always wanted to be back in space. After travelling 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of earth and logging 376 hours and 34 minutes in space as a mission specialist and prime robotic arm operator on STS-87, the fourth US Microgravity Payload flight, Kalpana Chawla had on November 17, 1997, become the first Indian-American to fly in the US space shuttle.

In video: News of Columbia crashing left Indians heart broken with one of the seven astronauts aboard including Indian-born Kalpana Chawla. (28k, 56k)

In video:  Before departing for their 16-day research mission, the astronauts had given interviews that revealed their excitement about the mission. (28k, 56k)

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‘India’s space shuttle girl’
Chandigarh, February 2
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla now belongs to space history. She missed touchdown on mother earth by just 16 minutes. Her space vehicle, flight STS 107, broke in flames 63,000 metres up in the sky and along with six others she is gone!

Sick jail inmates at God’s mercy
Patiala, February 2
Freedom from captivity may be the first choice of the few thousand inmates of Central Jail here. Freedom from sickness is definitely the second. Inmates, specially the underprivileged, dread falling sick in the jail. For the privileged few, however, the jail hospital barrack is a second home where they can reside on “Dunlop” beds in relative privacy away from the “common’’ criminals.

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