Sukhoi-30s to be back in air in week's time: Air Force Chief

India's frontline combat aircraft Sukhoi-30 fleet, which was grounded after a crash near Pune, will be back in air "within a week's time", Air Force Chief Arup Raha today said.

He also said that the findings of a Court of Inquiry into the crash are being finalised.

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Two rebels killed in Kashmir gun battle

Two separatist guerrillas were killed and four people, including two soldiers, were injured Friday in a fierce overnight gunfight in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.

"Two militants were killed in the encounter with police and security forces at Kulgam," a police official said.

After receiving information regarding the presence of armed militants in village Chenigam, police personnel along with 1 Rashtriya Rifles soldiers and 18 Bn Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers launched a cordon and search operation Thursday evening.