Key peak taken, noose around Tiger Hill tightens
25 Indian soldiers were killed in the fiercest battle yet to evict infiltrators in the Drass sub-sector yesterday morning. Their aim--to recover the crucial Peak 4700--was achieved after a night-long artillery battle with the infiltrators.

Spy vs spy -- Indian mission attache in Pak assaulted
In a predictable development, Pakistan intelligence agents yesterday abducted and brutally assaulted a staff member of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.

Fernandes raps France; Sharif's China visit fails
Defence Minister George Fernandes yesterday slammed France, India's new-found ``best friend'' in the Western world, for selling fighter aircraft to Pakistan.

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