Monday, October 8, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

N-deal
Cong forcing elections: CPI
New Delhi, October 7
The UPA-Left relations soured today, with the Communists taking umbrage to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s statement on the nuclear deal, saying if a mid-term poll was thrust on the country, then the Congress alone will be responsible for it.

‘It was about Haryana’

Feuding flared up after Sonia said this:

"Some people are trying to create obstacles in the country’s path of development. They are against development and peace both. You should be on guard against them...

N-deal a must, says Sonia
Jharli (Jhajjar), October 7
Sending out a clear message to the Left, UPA chairperson and All-India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi justified the nuclear deal with the USA. Addressing a massive gathering at the “bijli rally” organised here today, she said the nuclear agreement was a must to ensure the generation of adequate power in the country.

Pranab meets Basu to end impasse

Stop funding militants: Mush
Islamabad, October 7
President Pervez Musharraf has told India not to fund anti-Pakistan elements otherwise both countries could return to old confrontation.

World page: No revival of ordinance if court annuls it: PML

Blueline gets bloodier, kills 7
New Delhi, October 7
Seven persons were killed and 10 others were injured today after a speeding Blue Line bus ploughed into a crowd waiting for a bus in the Badarpur area of South Delhi this morning.

Karnataka JD(S) MLA quits
Bangalore, October 7
In the first sign of revolt within the JD(S) over the issue of power transfer, party MLA Mahima J. Patel today resigned from the post of Parliamentary secretary protesting against the party going back on its promise of power transfer to the BJP.

Cong general secretary reviews situation

Fiesty Men in Blue vs Wizards of Oz

Jails across UP raided, banned items recovered
Lucknow, October 7
Narcotics substances, mobile phones, chargers, lighters, knives, iron rods, cash and other banned items were recovered from inside the jails in Uttar Pradesh, during a statewide raids conducted by the authorities.