Chandigarh Headlines

India faces up to Pakistan in diplomatic war
After a slow start which led many diplomats to complain that New Delhi was keeping them in the dark, the Government today kicked off an exhaustive schedule of briefing foreign envoys to give its view of the downing of the Pakistani Atlantique.

Bhagwat fired on Atlantique
Sixteen years ago, an Indian ship had opened fire at a Pakistani Atlantique. INS Ranjit, the Navy8217;s then most advanced ship, was on its way to India after being acquired from the then Soviet Union. The captain of the ship alerted the Pak Atlantique that it was in Indian airspace and then fired a few warning shots. That captain was Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat and his action was reportedly called 8220;panicky over reaction8221;.