Monday, November 5, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Emergency: Day II
500 held in Pak crackdown
Opposition leaders, lawyers in line of fire
Islamabad, November 4
In a major crackdown, Pakistani security agencies today rounded up opposition leaders, lawyers and human rights activists and put under house arrest sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar M. Chaudhry amid speculation that President Pervez Musharraf may defer the January elections.

New CJ overrules Chaudhry’s order
World page: Zero-tolerance for those defying orders
Lawyers call for strike on Monday
Editorial: The darkest hour

Policemen arrest civil rights activists, who were marching towards ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s residence during an anti- Musharraf protest, in Islamabad on Sunday. — AFP photo

Benazir may head interim govt
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto currently holding intense negotiations with Pervez Musharraf to lead a caretaker government of national consensus, according to reliable sources.	Shaukat Aziz Benazir Bhutto
Decision on Assembly tenure soon: Aziz

Eyewitness provides leads into Rizwanur’s death
Kolkata, November 4
In an unexpected twist to the controversy over Rizwanur Rahman's death, a garment dealer has claimed to have witnessed the kidnapping of a man barely an hour before the computer graphic teacher was found dead.

Karnataka: JD(S) drops conditions
To give ‘unconditional’ support to BJP
Bangalore, November 4
In the continuing game of political brinkmanship in Karnataka, former Chief Minister H.D.Kumaraswamy today announced that his party would give “unconditional” support to the BJP to form a government in the state.

Karuna’s poem for slain LTTE leader sparks row
Chennai, November 4
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s poem in praise of slain LTTE leader S.P. Tamilselvan has sparked off a controversy, with Opposition leader and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa charging him with violating the Indian constitution and demanding his dismissal.

We’ll not forget or forgive Rajiv killers: Cong

Sinha wants 123 pact, Hyde Act amended
…but fails to clear confusion in BJP over N-deal
Chennai, November 4
Bharatiya Janata Party’s prominent pointsman on Indo-US nuclear deal and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha today ruled out support to the 123 agreement unless it was amended along with America’s Hyde Act.

CWC to meet ahead of AICC session
New Delhi, November 4
The Congress Working Committee is meeting here on Wednesday to review preparations for the All India Congress Committee meeting scheduled here later this month.

HP VOTES Distribution of party ticket Himachal Congress leaves it to Sonia New Delhi, November 4 True to party tradition, Himachal Pradesh Congress Election Committee today passed a one-line resolution authorising party president Sonia Gandhi to select candidates for the assembly elections in the state.