MiG-21 crashes in Kutch; pilot safe

A MiG-21 jet fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in the marshlands in Kutch near the Indo-Pak border on Friday, reports PTI from Ahmedabad. The pilot bailed out safely.

The fighter crashed to the ground minutes after taking off from the Bhuj airbase, on a routine training sortie. The incident happened just 20 km away from the base, an IAF official said.

Nandigram case: CBI gives report

The CBI on Friday submitted its second report to the Calcutta High Court on the March 14, 2007 police firing at Nandigram that left 14 people dead, PTI reports from Kolkata. The division bench would go through the report and fix the next date of hearing.

TRS MLAs suspended

Eleven Telangana Rashtra Samiti members were suspended for three days from the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Friday for disrupting the proceedings of the House, DHNS reports from Hyderabad.
Demanding that the ruling Congress party table a resolution to create a separate state of Telangana and fulfil its 2004 election promise to the people of the region, the TRS members raised slogans and waved placards.