Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders at the NAM Summit in Tehran on Thursday. — PTI

On training sortie, 2 Air Force copters collide mid-air, 9 dead
New Delhi, August 30
Nine Indian Air Force personnel, including five pilots, were today killed when two MI-17 choppers collided mid-air just after take-off from the Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat. The Russian-made twin-engine copters were on a training sortie and flying in close formation.

IAF personnel near the debris of one of the helicopters involved in Thursday’s crash. — PTI

Court defers HCS (Executive), allied services exam
Chandigarh, August 30
The Haryana Public Service Commission has created “much” confusion by not making public the answer key, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ruled before deferring the main written examination for HCS (Executive Branch) and other allied services.

Oppn’s demand unjust, won’t cancel allocation of coal blocks: Jaiswal
New Delhi, August 30
While the BJP is pressing for the cancellation of all the coal blocks allocated by the UPA government, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today rejected the Opposition demand on the plea that it is untenable.

CPS lifts her ‘veil’ in drama over arrest of Sangrur govt doctor
Chandigarh/Mohali, August 30
For those looking for drama in the dull life of government servants, here's one with a post script: a chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) poses as a veiled Muslim woman patient and busts a high-ranking government doctor moonlighting at a private hospital in Mohali.

CPS Dr Navjot Kaur with Dr Sameer Kaushal, who claims to be a trustee of Mohali’s Amar Hospital.

Caught with boyfriend by cops, Jalandhar girl commits suicide
Jalandhar, August 30
An apparently overzealous drive of the city police against local Romeos went horribly wrong on Thursday when a girl traveling with her boyfriend in a car committed suicide after the police caught them in the presence of reporters and photographers.

Special to the tribune UK cancels varsity licence, Indian students in trouble Indians are among the foreign students facing an uncertain future, including possible deportation, following the British Government’s decision to strip the London Metropolitan University’s (LMU) right to sponsor visas.