Sunday, September 30, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Prez Poll Mush papers accepted

President Pervez Musharraf crossed last hurdle on Saturday in his election slated for October when the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Farooq Qazi, accepted his nomination papers after rejecting all objections raised by the lawyers of two leading rival candidates, Makhdoom Amin Fahim and retired Justice Wajeehuddin Ahmed. Minister thrashed by mob An injured lawyer is helped by his colleagues during a clash with police in Islamabad on Saturday.  — AP/PTI

UN envoy on a mission to end Myanmar crisis
Yangon, September 29
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari began his mission to Myanmar today, hoping to convince the military junta to end its brutal crackdown that has virtually strangled the people’s movement to end 45 years of military rule. “We are not very hopeful, but it’s the best shot we have,” Singapore’s foreign minister George Yeo said at the United Nations in New York.

US visa ban on junta officials

Myanmar protesters stage a rally to protest against Myanmar government’s crackdown on pro-democracy supporters in New Delhi on Saturday. — AFP

Karzai’s offer to Taliban: A seat in govt
Kabul, September 29
President Hamid Karzai today offered to meet Taliban leader Mullah Omar for peace talks and give the militants a high position in a government ministry as a way to end the rising insurgency in Afghanistan.

Capt, kin sent bags of currency notes out, says VB
Ludhiana, September 29
Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his family members had allegedly sent 13 sealed bags full of currency notes to a foreign country through hawala transactions using a Hoshiarpur-based money transaction company, the Vigilance Bureau claimed here today.

The great LPG commerce
Chandigarh, September 29
Ever wondered why you don’t get your LPG refills in time? That heavily subsidised domestic refill meant just for you is being grabbed for commercial use all across Punjab.

Punjab police grills dera chief again
Sirsa, September 29
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was today grilled by the Punjab police for his alleged act of imitating 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. He was quizzed in his “gufa” (residence in the dera) for about an hour.

N-Deal
Basu changes tack, says no compromise
Kolkata, September 29
On the first of its three-day meeting today, the CPM central committee had been apprised about the discussions and decisions of the yesterday’s Politburo meeting, which the central committee endorsed unanimously.