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The Nightmare of Flight 814
Hijackers headed for Pakistan: Taleban
"They (the hijackers) have started their journey under the monitoring of our people (the Taleban). Ultimately, their destination would be Pakistan," Taleban representative in the US Hakim Abdul Mujahid told rediff.com today.
Hijackers got more weapons at Kandahar
"They had a wireless set with which they were in constant touch with the ISI and getting their instructions from there," one passenger said.
'No criminal shall go unpunished'
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh has fighting words for the hijackers.
'We were able to scale down their demand'
Prime Minister Vajpayee tells the nation. Also in Real Audio.
'For four days I was forced to sit in the cockpit, blindfolded, without seeing sunlight'
While some passengers exhibited signs of the Stockholm syndrome, the co-pilot of the Airbus, Captain Rajendra, presented a very different view of his abductors.
'PM learnt about hijacking 40 minutes late'
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sharad Yadav were returning from Patna after addressing an election rally when Flight 814 was hijacked.
The nightmare is over, but...
The release of three leading militants is sure to boost the confidence of ultras in the valley and this will make the security forces's task much more difficult.
Relatives of hostages elated, yet....
The announcement spawned both relief and apprehension among their kith and kin.
Best possible settlement, says Brajesh Mishra
The national security adviser fully justified the government's decision to hand over three dreaded militants to the hijackers.
Zargar used to tie grenades to his victims...
Mushtaq Zargar was involved in scores of killings, including that of two Border Security Force personnel, and kidnappings. He was lodged in Srinagar after his arrest, where he remained till he was flown to Delhi.
'The extra names were only a red herring'
It was a battle of nerves and we lost it, said an extremely angry senior government official. The battle was half lost the day the aircraft flew out of Amritsar, but now it is completely lost.
Two turn up at PM's all-party meet
While Bahujan Samaj Party chief Kanshi Ram was forthright in terming it a 'monumental failure' on the part of the Vajpayee government, Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh said the nation has to ponder over the repercussions of the release of three militants.
'We would have preferred to die for the country'
Guru Krishnanand Bhatt, a passenger on the hijacked plane, tonight took strong exception to the release of three terrorists.
MESSAGE BOARD
'India will rescue its people'
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'Why don't they send Amitabh Bachchan or Ajay Devgan to save the Indians?'
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'My heart cries out for the passengers and crew'
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COLUMN
Hostage Insanity, circa Y1.999K
'150 people suffered in that plane... More deadly attacks by militants on army establishments in Srinagar. Enormous destruction and misery in Orissa from a cyclone 2 months ago... We lurch from one crisis to another. But the millennium show must go on,' says Dilip D'Souza.
BUSINESS
Indi(c)a Overtaken!
1999 ends, but the 'swadeshi' car's race with foreign machines continues.
SPORTS
'My off-side play is just one of the strengths of my batting'
Master batsman Sourav Ganguly in candid conversation with Haresh Pandya.
SPORTS
E-cards from the Edge
The Indian team has received tonnes of encouraging new year messages, wishing them all the very best in Sydney. Krishna Prasad presents some of the greeting cards he intercepted.
MOVIES
It's resolution time!
Ashok Banker lends Bollywood a helping hand.
MUSIC
Salsa time
Latin, with its rhythm divine, has been the biggest rage in the latter part of the '90s. The last in our series on Millennium Music.
BOOKS
Millennium wish list
Ashok Banker compiles his favourite selection of must-read books.
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