Tuesday, October 23, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Stalemate on nuke deal
New Delhi, October 22
The assembly election in Gujarat seems to have forced the UPA and Left parties to close ranks and project a united face, even as the deadlock continued between them on the nuclear deal issue.

External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks after a Congress-Left meeting in New Delhi on Monday. — A Tribune photograph

When the PM felt let down by allies
New Delhi, October 22
Upset over their turnaround on the Indo-US nuclear agreement, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is learnt to have conveyed his anguish to the UPA allies over their public rejection of the deal.

Another LTTE air raid on govt forces,
32 killed
Monday’s early morning raid on a strategic air base in northern Sri Lanka via both air and land by Tamil Tigers has once again proven that the LTTE is far from being a spent force despite recent military set backs the group has suffered in the north and east of the country at the hands of the Sri Lanka military. In video (56k)

Musharraf warned me about suicide attacks: Bhutto
Islamabad, October 22
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who survived an assassination attempt last week, has said that President Pervez Musharraf had warned her before her return to Pakistan from exile last week that four suicide squads had been sent to kill her.

Benazir Bhutto prays at the grave of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the nation, in Karachi on Monday. — Reuters photo

Sanjay Dutt reaches Yerwada Jail
Pune, October 22 Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt tonight reached the Yerwada Jail here to resume serving a six-year sentence for illegal weapons possession in a case linked to a 1993 bombing that killed 257 persons. Dutt reached the jail around 11.30 pm amid tight security arrangements. Here he would be kept in cell number three, which falls under the category of high-security cell.
BACK TO JAIL: Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt arrives at a special court in Mumbai on Monday. He was taken into custody after he was given a copy of an earlier order sentencing him to six years in prison under the Arms Act. — Reuters photo

Suicide by another soldier in J and K
Jammu, October 22
An Army havildar was found hanging inside his room at Bari Brahmna in the city’s outskirts. Identified as Balprasad of Signals Regiment he belonged to Banda district in Uttar Pradesh.

Jewellery stolen, shop owner suspect
Amritsar, October 22
The owner of Punjab Silver Ornament House, situated in famous gold market of Guru Bazar here, was in a spot today for exaggerating the amount of the alleged robbery that took place at his shop last night.

A view of the shop in Guru Bazar in walled city of Amritsar from where burglars decamped with gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees on Sunday night. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

PM’s relief fund misused Rs 40.65 crore contributions, only 30 crore deposited New Delhi, October 22 A 38-year-old employee of South Eastern Coalfields Limited has exposed Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries for betraying 4.5 lakh employees by allegedly misusing their hard earned money donated for the much trusted Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.