Pak planning airborne assault
The Pakistan Army special forces, the Special Service Group (SSG), appears to be preparing to launch another audacious operation through an airborne assault somewhere in the Ladakh region. And the operation could well be conducted before Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Sartaj Aziz, arrives for talks on Saturday.

Fernandes restrained
The National Security Council (NSC), which finally met for the first time yesterday, has decided that the Government must not speak in many voices, sending confusing signals to the world on the Kargil crisis. And the 30-odd participants were almost unanimous in their view that Defence Minister George Fernandes should not make any public statements on the issue.