Send envoy to Pak, PM tells Annan
Even as the battle for the Kargil heights raged on today, skirmishes took place on the diplomatic front with India snubbing UN attempts to get involved in the conflict and voicing its protest against the killing of a pilot apparently in cold blood.

Proud of you, says wife on seeing casket
Pride, anger and grief mingled in equal measure at Kili Nihal Singhwala village as five-year-old Ankur lit the funeral pyre of his father, Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja.

Praise the unsung hero, the outdated Russian chopper MI-17
Despite the air force losing an MI-17 helicopter gunship to a Stinger missile on Friday, the frequent sorties its pilots have been executing daily at heights of 16,000 feet are some kind of a record compared with pilots of other air forces.

  Despite underlying anxiety, spirits of families high
  Chandigarh -- headlines
  City engineer invents 250 watts AC
  CITCO shelves hotel privatisation plan
  Health bureau lies defunct
  In brief -- Chandigarh
  HP Mahasabha function held
  CBSE not to declare result on internet
  Attacks by Pak troops, infiltrators condemned
  Yoga, aerobics, karate courses in youth hostels
  Woman wanted for thefts held
  Sector 22 resident drugged, robbed
  Help at hand for drug addicts
  More time sought for filing VDS applications
  Book released
  Ex-servicemen issue ultimatum to govt
  DAV school organises mural making workshop
  Present education system incomplete
  Sector 7 house burgled
  PMPS continues hunger strike
  JEs to hold mass awareness rallies to press for demands
  Blocked drains stink up Phases X, XI
  Drinking water problem to be solved soon -- Badal
  Residents demand basic civic amenities
  Plea to withdraw cases against Bhattal, Nabha journalist
  Need to revise school syllabi, says Kehar Singh
  Daily despatches -- Chandigarh
  CET candidate `beaten up' outside exam hall at TIET
  Tobacco companies making a chump out of us
  Vadodara beat
  Tide throws ashore bodies on which fish have feasted
  Cops in a tizzy after Governor's night out
  Five-member panel declares OSD innocent
  Ransom call after kid abducted, killed
  Transfers for doctors
  Water crisis in Dhandhuka
  Jainism's century next, concludes meet
  Syndicate throws out allegations
  HC notice to cops after Vikas alleges mental torture
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  Internet contest held in city
  Protest against statue relocation
  Schools want govt's permission for class 8
  It's unbelievable...but it's actually believable
  NSUI protests against committee report
  Surat beat
  Ex-BJP leader accused of murder
  Trade centre may be set up in Surat, says CM
  Funds will reach, says CM
  Painting contest held in Surat
  14-yr-old raped in south Delhi by spurned `friend'
  Ratnakalakar sangh's plea to Keshubhai
  Vatsyayan Kendra opens
  Supporters protest move to relocate statues
  Seven hamlets fall in `no man's land'!
  Bank manager accused in fake lucky draw scam
  Shipra crowned NDA Queen
  One held for rape
  YWCA summer camp held
  Amruta hearing adjourned
  Cops smell them out
  Mayur flays NATO action
  Non-involvement of Pak govt impossible, says Pawar
  Quicktakes
  George's aerial visit leaves people upset
  Milk agency suspects it's being taken for a ride by truck drivers
  Major disaster averted in TN, explosives seized
  Pak province bans 2000 NGOs
  Goa Diary
  Editor of liberal daily arrested in Tehran
  Row erupts over NTR memorial
  Orissa exam board `unearths' a new theory
  Two fishermen die in clash with police
  Sharon stalls Barak's grand coalition plan
  A far cry from Tiananmen Square
  Lanka to tighten grip on press -- Rights group
  Diary of an escaped Albanian
  Kosovo conflict's costing its Balkan neighbours a bomb
  Around the World
  Senior PI & ward officer slug it out over encroachments
  Mumbai Beat
  Reforms hold out promise for engg students
  Monsoon will keep its date with city
  Slums reel under annual monsoon drill
  `Vocationalisation makes education relevant'
  He tours India, uses brush to paint a picture of peace
  Residents volunteer to raze illegal stalls
  Kalyan loses telephonic link with city
  Mumbai Notes
  New Rent Act is anti-tenant -- Deora, Goenka
  Janata Day -- Govt to clean up its own mess
  Condolence for Zargham Haider
  NGO accuses Gokhale of propping up encroachments