Monday, October 29, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Hiccups in Karnataka
JD(S), BJP try to mollify Prakash
* BJP claims support of 125 MLAs
* Kumaraswamy carts MLAs away
Bangalore, October 28
With dissident Janata Dal (Secular) leader M.P. Prakash emerging as the only hurdle in the formation of a BJP-JD (S) government in Karnataka, the Gowda family today tried unsuccessfully to mollify him and also persuaded its Chief Minister-aspirant and senior BJP leader B.S. Yeddyruppa to bring him around.

Editorial: Endgame in Karnataka

Shots fired at Mamata
Nine killed in fresh Nandigram violence
Kolkata, October 28
Three gunshots were fired at Mamata Banerjee’s vehicle while she was proceeding to Nandigram village around 3 pm today.

Tribune’s Bathinda edition launched
Bathinda, October 28
The Bathinda edition of The Tribune was launched by the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, at a largely attended function here this afternoon. The edition will be circulated in the Malwa belt in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

Bathinda page: Printing press starts operations

The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, launches the Bathinda edition of The Tribune in the presence of (from right) Justice S.S. Sodhi, Mr H.K. Dua, Dr R.P. Bambah, Mr N.N. Vohra and Mr Sanjay Hazari at Bathinda on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Pardeep Tewari

Naxals kill four more in Jharkhand
Patna, October 28
Even before the Madhu Koda government in Jharkhand could get its acts together to combat the ultras following the massacre of 18 civilians by them at Chilkhadih village of Giridih district after midnight on Friday, Naxals struck again by killing four more people at Boda village of Latehar district, around 100 km from Ranchi.

Editorial: Killing fields of Giridih

Maya asks cadres to gear up for poll
Chandigarh, October 28
Predicting mid-term elections, UP Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati today called upon the party cadre to gear up for poll.

Former union minister Harmohan Dhawan presents a gold crown and a sword to UP Chief Minister Mayawati at a rally in Chandigarh on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Russian wrestler apologises
Ludhiana, October 28
Russian wrestler Nikita, who became violent at a press conference here on October 25, today tendered an “unconditional apology” to all Indians, particularly the local media.

Dispossessed of land, 25,000 reach Delhi New Delhi, October 28 The national capital today played host to the marathon of the deprived and dispossessed. In an unprecedented campaign for restoring land to displaced persons due to industrial and other developmental projects, nearly 25,000 persons entered Delhi from the Badarpur side. A human column of some of the country's poorest people demanding that the government 'give back their land' arrives in New Delhi on Sunday. — AFP photo