The Times of India gives a bigger headline to Iraq but more space to Kalpana Chawla. Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes has expressed an apparent Indian refusal to allow U.S. troops to use Indian facilities for any "unilateral" operation that is not taken "under the aegis of the United Nations."

Read ToI's editorial taking leave of Kalpana Chawla. Read also about her home state's memorialization of her in the form of scholarships for girls excelling in engineering.