Jaguar wreckage, body of one pilot found
New Delhi, April 3
The body of one of the pilots and the wreckage of the two deep-penetration fighter aircraft, Jaguar, which went missing during a sortie, was today found in Sonamarg valley, well inside the Indian side of the LoC.
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   Aircraft were part of multi-nation exercise

Army personnel use a satellite phone and study maps in Sonamarg during an operation to search for the wreckage of two Jaguar aircraft and the missing pilots on Saturday. — AFP photo

IIM-A maintains ‘status quo’ on fee
Revision only after talks with ministry
Ahmedabad, April 3
Highlighting “cordial dialogue” with the Union HRD Ministry as the “solution” to the fee-cut and autonomy issues, the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) decided to “maintain a status quo in its fee structure for the fresh batch” and said it “will consider a revision only after the talks are held.” In video (28k, 56k)

Centre to lift three lakh quintal sugar every month
Amritsar, April 3
Even as the Centre has agreed to lift 3 lakh quintals of sugar worth Rs 40 crore this month from Punjab, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has served an “ultimatum” of two weeks to clear the rest of the Rs 500 crore stock.

Farmers threaten stir in wake of arrests
Chandigarh, April 3
Agitated over continuous apathy of the State Government towards their demand, farmers owing allegiance to the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) have decided to hold black flag demonstrations besides burning effigies of Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh, in all Punjab villages from tomorrow for three days.

Powell for probe into intelligence failure
on Iraq
Washington, April 3
In a dramatic development, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has called for a probe into the intelligence he was given for use in a presentation to the UN Security Council to justify the invasion of Iraq, including claims that Iraq possessed mobile biological weapon laboratories.

Bodyguard, kin of Saddam’s No 2 arrested

Vajpayee’s statement constructive, says Pak
Islamabad, April 3
Pakistan today welcomed Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s remarks calling for peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues between the two countries and said the recent statements from Indian leaders were constructive and positive.

Chandrika’s party takes early lead
Colombo, April 3
President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s newly formed United People’s Freedom Alliance has taken an early lead in the country’s 13th parliamentary elections, votes for which are being counted today.

Sea of devotees ferries ‘birs’ to airport Rajasansi (Amritsar), April 3 An upsurge of devotion swept Hindus and Sikhs as lakhs participated in a nagar kirtan to carry 150 “birs” of the holy Guru Granth Sahib to Canada for the first time in a chartered flight today. “Birs” of the Guru Granth Sahib are being carried into a chartered flight at Rajasansi airport in Amritsar on Saturday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma