Over to Gen Kiani
Musharraf bids farewell to arms
President Gen Pervez Musharraf paid farewell visits to the naval and air force headquarters on Tuesday, a day before he quits as army chief, as he braces for what is regarded as one of the most difficult moments in his eight-year rule to shed the uniform he had once described his “second skin”.

General’s last walk: Pervez Musharraf reviews the guard of honour in Islamabad, on Tuesday. — Reuters photo

World page: Imran not to be part of ‘fraudulent poll’

Sharif as power centre worries US
As Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf prepares to give up his duties as chief of the army and serve as a civilian president, the Bush administration is concerned about the re-emergence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a power centre in Pakistani politics, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Cash for Query Scam
HC orders probe against MPs
New Delhi, November 27
Ten Lok Sabha MPs and one from the Rajya Sabha, who were expelled from the Houses for their involvement in the cash-for-query scam, were in trouble again as the Delhi High Court today ordered the investigation into their criminal act of bribery giving the Delhi police two months to complete it.

Dimasa ultras kill 12 workers
Guwahati, November 27
At least 13 persons were killed in two separate violent incidents when Dimasa militants attacked two saw mills this evening near Umrangso in North Cachar Hills, Assam, official sources said. They said the Dimasa gunmen attacked two saw mills near Umrangso and fired indiscriminately killing at least 12 workers. In a separate incident one Dimasa militant was killed by a faction taking the toll to 13. — UNI

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Taslima shifted to ‘safe house’
New Delhi, November 27
Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of controversial Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who was shifted out of he Rajasthan government’s guest house here past midnight, in the continuing drama ever since she was hounded out of Kolkata last Thursday.

Supercop Kiran Bedi wants out
New Delhi, November 27
Kiran Bedi, the nation’s first woman IPS officer, has put in her papers for voluntary retirement from service. The reason behind this major decision appears to be her desire to move on in life.

Punjab page: Loss for govt, gain for NGOs, says Brij Bedi

Meeting of JD (S) rebels
Prakash may not get enough support
Bangalore, November 27
There are indications that Janata Dal (Secular) legislators are reconciling and the parallel party meeting called by senior leader M.P. Prakash may not get enough members to rebel against the Gowda family.

Plight of Malaysian Tamils
Karuna seeks PM’s help
Chennai, November 27
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh regarding the plight of Tamils in Malaysia who are being “ill-treated”.

15% pension for stocks okayed
New Delhi, November 27
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has cleared the decks for investing up to 15 per cent of the retirement money of new central and state government employees in stock markets, by appointing SBI, UTI Mutual Fund and LIC as fund managers.

Lot of catching up to do
India 128 in HDR, China 81
New Delhi, November 27
India ranks 128 out of 177 countries in the latest human development index released by the United Nations Development Programme here on Tuesday.