Monday, October 30, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Talks on to defuse Bangladesh political crisis
Armed forces on alert
Dhaka, October 29
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.

India wants free, fair elections in Bangladesh
New Delhi, October 29
The swearing in of Bangladesh’s President Iajuddin Ahmed this evening as head of an interim administration to oversee elections may well be the beginning of a new phase of political turbulence to rock the South Asian country.

Tame surrender by India

Mohali, October 29 It was billed to be cracker of a contest. Traffic jams on the intersections leading to the stadium and long queues of the enthusiastic cricket fans outside it pointed to something engrossing in the offing.

Virender Sehwag keeps his eyes on the ball after playing a stroke during a match for the ICC Champions Trophy tournament between India and Australia at the PCA stadium in Mohali on Sunday. — AFP photo

Haryana steps up fight against HIV
Sets up 22 counselling and testing centres 
Chandigarh, October 29
Conforming to the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), draft guidelines for the National AIDS Control Programme and with the objective of spreading awareness about the disease among vulnerable populations, the Haryana Government has set up 22 Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres at Government General Hospitals and Community Health Centres in the state.

Colonel dismissed for leaking information
Chandigarh, October 29
A general court martial has dismissed a colonel from service over the leak of highly sensitive military information, which was reportedly passed on to Pakistani intelligence by an army jawan posted as a clerk in his office, it is learnt.

Sonia admits to differences on women’s Bill

Chakur (Maharashtra), October 29 Admitting that there was opposition to the women’s reservation Bill from “some colleagues in the Congress” and other constituents of the UPA, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today said she would make efforts to convince those were against the measure. Congress president Sonia Gandhi waves to her party supporters at a rally in Chakur, Latur district, Maharashtra, on Sunday. — PTI photo

Complaints against Judges made easy in new Bill
New Delhi, October 29
The Judges Inquiry Bill, likely to be introduced in Parliament during the winter session, starting from November 22, makes a major departure from the 1968 Act, which laid down the procedure for removing a Supreme Court or a High Court Judge from his post through an impeachment motion for any misconduct.

Sadhu claimed to be Netaji before death
Guna, October 29
An inquiry has started into the claim by an elderly ‘sadhu’, who died on October 27, of being Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Buddha’s remains enshrined after 2000 years Mumbai, October 29 Thousands of Buddhists gathered in here today to lay to rest a part of the ashes and bones of Lord Buddha in a ceremony resurrected after almost 2000 years.