Quicktakes

Lanka suicide bomber kills 14

COLOMBO: Thirteen commandos of the elite Special Task Force and one civilian were killed when a suicide bomber blew herself up on a police truck near Vavuniya in northern Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Eighteen other commandos in the truck, which was travelling were wounded. Last Thursday, Tamil parliamentarian Neelan Tiruchelvam was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on his car .

Telecom policy

NEW DELHI: Cellular and basic operators, with a few demurs, on Wednesday decided 8220;in principle8221; to give an undertaking to the Delhi High Court that they were ready to migrate to the New Telecom Policy subject to its approval by Parliament after the Lok Sabha elections. Pilots killedSHIMLA: TWO Indian Air Force pilots were charred to death when their Cheetah helicopter crashed near Kargyak in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The crash occurred at 10.15 am as the chopper, on a rescue mission to airlift a German tourist stranded inLahaul strayed into Ladakh and crashed.