Sunday, October 7, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Mush sweeps poll; it is up to court now
Pakistan’s military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday won, virtually uncontested, the controversial presidential election that was boycotted by all opposition parties. The election was held under an embargo imposed by the Supreme Court on official announcement of the result till its final order on petitions challenging his eligibility to contest in uniform.

PPP boycott a blow for Pervez
Process to restore civilian rule completed: Mush

Supporters of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf rally outside the Parliament building during the presidential election in Islamabad on Saturday. (Right) Human rights activists protest against the president who won a landslide victory. — AFP photo

Tribune Special
Handling of ivory stocks in dark
New Delhi, October 6
Ivory or white gold, the most sought after asset of a tusker, is not burnt in India after its death. It becomes government property and is stocked in godowns run by state wildlife departments.

No alliance with Cong, says Kumaraswamy Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (S) supremo H. D. Deve Gowda speaks to media at his residence in New Delhi on Saturday. — PTI photo

Maniac Fury
Five stoned to death
Mumbai, October 6
The Maharashtra police is on the lookout for a suspected maniac who killed five persons early this morning by crushing their heads with a huge boulder. The police said the incident happened outside Lonavla railway station between Mumbai and Pune.

Cong ready for poll: Sonia
New Delhi, October 6
Even as the threat from the Left looms large on the government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held out hope that UPA’s talks with Left on the Indo-US nuclear agreement would have a positive outcome and sought to play down the speculation of an early Lok Sabha election.

No urgency to hold talks with IAEA: Left
New Delhi, October 6
The Left parties today refused to buy the government’s argument that there was urgency to hold talks with the IAEA on India-specific safeguards, saying “there is no such deadline for the purpose”.

Time not ripe for troop cut, says Army chief
Srinagar, October 6
Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today said conditions in the valley were not conducive for any troop cut. He did not think it possible till normalcy returned to the state.

Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor (L) arrives with other officers during his visit to the Beerwah Army base, 38 km from Srinagar, on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Mohd Amin War

Chhatbir Zoo This work can chew you alive Chhatbir, October 6 Jaws, claws, horns, fangs, stomping feet and wild fierceness give these individuals their daily dose of work-related stress. The ones they serve can be moody to the extent of being murderous. Courage in the face of danger: Chhatbir Zoo staff who grapple with danger everyday. Some of them have survived attacks by zoo animals. — A Tribune photograph