Quicktakes

Mahajan said the Government had never banned the film and anyone was free to screen it. Screening of the film was disrupted in cinema halls in Delhi and Mumbai by Shiv Sena activists.

Bhagwat move
PUNE: Former navy chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat is likely to make a public statement on the eve of opening of Parliament session regarding the reasons for sacking him unceremoniously.

This was indicated by his wife Niloufer Bhagwat while talking to newsmen today.

Jawansambushed
IMPHAL: Militants struck on the eve of the 5th National Games here gunning down nine Army personnel, including an Army doctor, in an ambush near Thinkeu of Manipur8217;s Churachandpur district on Saturday. The incident occurred when the medical team was en route to Tuilaphai for a medical camp.

Insat 2E airlifted
BANGALORE: INSAT-2E, India8217;s most advanced satellite, was airlifted from here on Saturday morning to Kourou in French Guyana for launch by the European Ariane rocket in April.

Hooch toll 26
ARA: The death toll in Bihar8217;s Bhojpur district hooch tragedy rose to 26 on Saturday night with 14 more people dying at Ara Sadar Hospital.