Pray, but never on bended knee
The lousiest thing about knowing you've bungled is that you tend to compound the sin under panic and pressure. That is not the way responsible governments should act.



PM was informed about hijack 40 minutes late
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has taken a serious view of the fact that he was not informed of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane for 40 minutes when he was airborne.



Commandos end police HQ siege
Commandos on Tuesday stormed the counter-insurgency headquarters of police, killing two militants and breaking a 24-hour siege of the complex by militants. Several policemen trapped inside were also rescued.



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