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MiG crashes due to pilots’ inexperience:
IAF chief
New Delhi, October 8
The Indian Air Force (IAF) today said most of the recent MiG-21 crashes have been caused due to inexperience of young pilots in handling the aircraft.

Nation page: Night-landing facilities soon at forward area IAF bases
Nation page: Airspace congestion hits force’s training plan

PROUD MOMENT: The IAF celebrated its 79th birth anniversary on Saturday with functions at air bases across the country. Here, officers participate in the Indian Air Force Day parade at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Last House session before Punjab polls a virtual non-event
Chandigarh, October 8
The last session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, before the state goes to the polls early next year, was washed out with both the ruling SAD-BJP combine and the Congress jousting over rules of procedure and making shortshrift of various Bills tabled in the House, all of which were passed without a discussion.

PGI Director’s appointment challenged; CAT admits plea
New Delhi, October 8
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has admitted an application challenging the appointment of Dr YK Chawla as the Director of PGI- Chandigarh and said that his appointment would be subject to the final outcome of the petition. Dr Digambar Behera, one of the five candidates shortlisted for the PGI Director’s post, moved the CAT yesterday seeking to quash Dr Chawla’s selection by the Health Ministry’s Special Selection Committee.

Telangana crisis: Day of hectic parleys, no result
New Delhi, October 8
The Capital today witnessed a flurry of activity on the burning issue of Telangana with Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy spending the day briefing the Congress leadership about the 26-day-old agitation for a separate state.

Draft Food SECURITY Bill
States’ poor response puts Centre in a fix
New Delhi, October 8
Concerned over lackadaisical response of important grain-growing states to the crucial draft Food Security Bill, Food Minister KV Thomas is now shooting off letters to Chief Ministers, seeking their suggestions.

It will be a real busy Monday in SC
New Delhi, October 8
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a string of sensational and high-profile cases, including the 2G Spectrum scam, the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai and the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.

Rajapaksa aide among 4 killed in poll violence
Colombo, October 8
At least four persons, including an adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, were killed today in a shootout during Sri Lanka's violence-marred local government elections, forcing the authorities to impose curfew just outside the capital. (Detail on World page)