Sunday, October 14, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Patil: Blast link beyond the border
Ajmer, October 13
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today hinted at cross-border links in the blast at Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's Durgah here on Thursday, saying there could be a foreign hand behind the terror act which left two persons dead and several injured.

Cops probe Mecca angle in Ajmer
Hyderabad, October 13
A Hyderabad connection is now emerging in the Ajmer blast case with the police suspecting that Syed Saleem, a city youth who was killed in the explosion, could have triggered the terror attack.

Bhattal versus Badals
‘I would even sacrifice myself in this battle’
Chandigarh, October 13
Besides other senior Congress leaders, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who took charge as president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee here today, raised her battle cry against the Badal government, especially Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal being garlanded by Margaret Alva at a function in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

World page: Human shield, aerial surveillance for Bhutto

Selfish and too good looking to be in politics: SRK New Delhi, October 13 Selfish, materialistic, capitalistic and too good looking. This is how Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan describes himself as he justifies his desire to keep away from politics.

Kidnapped Posco officials released
Bhubaneswar, October 13
After keeping them hostage for nearly six hours, anti-Posco (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) agitators finally released three South Korean and an Indian official of the Posco India project this evening. The Posco officials were released after the officer-in-charge of the Kujang police station gave an undertaking that no Posco officials would enter into the proposed Posco project area in the future. — UNI

22 die of leptospirosis in Mumbai
Mumbai, October 13
Twentytwo persons died in Mumbai in September after contracting leptospirosis, according to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Leptospirosis is caused after dung and urine of rats find its way into the blood streams of humans when they wade through areas flooded by rain water. (Details on Nation page)

Prez hails IPCC
New Delhi, October 13
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has congratulated the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, chaired by R.K. Pachauri, for sharing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize along with former US Vice-President Al Gore. Patil said the award was recognition for the crucial work done by Pachauri and his team members on the IPCC for the benefit of humanity and future generations.

Symonds ‘racial abuse’ row
ICC may initiate investigation
Sydney, October 13
The reported racial abuse of Australian batsman Andrew Symonds by Indian fans at Vadodara threatened to turn into a first rate controversy with the ICC indicating it could investigate the matter even as the BCCI denied any such abuse. (Details on Sports page)

China to retire powerful V-P Who after Hu? GenYounger Beijing, October 13 The man waiting in the wings to take over should Chinese President Hu Jintao falter is set to retire at a Communist Party meeting next week, while two younger regional leaders will rise as potential next-generation leaders. Hu Jintao Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang — are near certain to emerge as successors-in-waiting to Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao