Sunday, October 28, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Naxal attack in Jharkhand
Ex-CM Marandi’s son among 17 killed
Patna, October 27
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi’s son Anup Marandi was among 17 people killed and four injured in a daring Naxal attack during a cultural programme at Chilkhadia village 
Anup Marandi’s mother wails after her son was gunned down by Maoists in Girdh near Dhanbad on Saturday. — PTI 

Rebirth Of Alliance
BJP, JD(S) stake claim in Karnataka
Bangalore, October 27
Faced with a split in the party, the Gowda clan today decided to realign with the BJP and jointly met Governor Rameshwar Thakur to stake claim to form a government in Karnataka under the leadership of the saffron party.

Advisers to Governor appointed

NGO moves SC to call for Tehelka recordings
Mumbai, October 27
A city-based NGO, Citizens for Justice and Peace, headed by Teesta Setalvad, has filed an intervening application in the Supreme Court, asking for examination of evidence gathered by Tehelka in its recent sting operation. The application has been filed in relation to pending petitions seeking transfer of 2002 Gujarat riot cases outside the state.

Distribution of channels resumes
Stung Gujarat govt counsel quits
Ahmedabad, October 27
Cable distribution of three major TV networks resumed tonight after they were blacked out for the third day in this district as a fallout of the Tehelka sting on post-Godhra riots which claimed its first victim with a government lawyer 
resigning.

BSP to go it alone in HP, Gujarat: Maya
Chandigarh, October 27
In the wake of the speculation over mid-term poll following stand-off between the Congress and the Left on the nuclear deal and the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, UP Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati said here today that the party would go it alone in the Assembly and the mid-term elections if held in near future.

Mahatma divided country on caste lines: Maya

Militants execute 15 in Pak
Islamabad, October 27
Militants executed at least 15 people, including six security personnel and dragged their bodies through a market as skirmishes continued after government troops attacked a pro-Taliban cleric's seminary in northwestern Pakistan, officials said today.

Dravid ‘rested’ for 2 ODIs against Pak
Ahmedabad:
The national selectors today sprung a major surprise by ‘resting’ former captain Rahul Dravid and recalling Virender Sehwag in the 15-member Indian one-day squad for the first two matches of the upcoming cricket series against Pakistan. (Details on Sports page)

More trouble for SRK Shahdol (MP), October 27 A day after an NGO issued a legal notice to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan for smoking in public, a case was filed against the actor in a local court here for allegedly promoting alcoholism by appearing in a liquor commercial.