Monday, October 22, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Crucial UPA-Left Meeting Today
Will UPA take final stand on 123?
New Delhi, October 21
A meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal tomorrow assumes importance in the wake of the Left's demand of a categorical government statement that the deal is off. The meeting, to be chaired by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Benazir to have say in interim government Islamabad, October 21 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to form an interim government next month in consultation with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, MMA leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein after the Supreme Court decides on his re-election in uniform. Musharraf will finalise the name of the caretaker Prime Minister and other members of the interim set-up, which will supervise the general election due by mid-January, after holding negotiations with these three leaders, Geo TV reported today.

Benazir Bhutto Pervez Musharraf

Karachi Blasts Probe Benazir steps up pressure on govt
Karachi, October 21 Stepping up pressure on the Pakistani government, former premier Benazir Bhutto today registered a complaint with the police in which she again referred to three unnamed government officials who posed a threat to her life. Tops leadership survey Bhutto responsible: Niece	Fatima Bhutto

RDX seizure
Suspect’s three aides identified
Ludhiana, October 21
In a significant breakthrough in the Mullanpur RDX recovery case, the Ludhiana police has identified three persons, who it believes are accomplices of Gurpreet Singh, the alleged terrorist from whose car 3.5 kg of RDX was seized near Mullanpur a month ago.

Mukerian mob stones man to death
Mukerian, October 21
Enraged by an incident in which a villager was shot at, a mob stoned the accused to death at Depur village, about 15 km from here, early this morning. The police, however, remained a mute spectator.

Jintao is all-powerful
Chinese Vice-President’s wings clipped
Beijing, October 21
Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong was today eased out from the ruling Communist Party’s powerful Central Committee, bolstering President Hu Jintao’s control over the party on the eve of the crucial election to select the new-generation leadership.

China’s President Hu Jintao (left) and former President Jiang Zemin vote during the concluding session of the 17th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. — Reuters photo

RTI Act
CIC seeks info on amendment
New Delhi, October 21
The Central Information Commission, the highest arbitrator on the right to information in the country, has asked the UPA government to place before it entire details on the amendment it wanted to make in the Right to Information Act.

Bobby Jindal elected Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was elected Governor of Louisiana on Saturday night, becoming the first Indian American governor in the United States. The Indian American community, however, has mixed feelings about his triumph. Louisiana’s Governor-elect Bobby Jindal, his wife Supriya and son Shaan Robert acknowledge supporters at the Republican party headquarters in Baton Rouge on Saturday. — AP/PTI photo