Tuesday, September 25, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Poll-sense
Rahul is Congress general secretary
New Delhi, September 24
After months of speculation, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi was today finally appointed party general secretary in an exhaustive and long overdue organisational reshuffle which also saw the induction of several young faces and three junior ministers into the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) secretariat.
Mama’s boy: Rahul Gandhi with mother Sonia after he was chosen general secretary of the party. — AFP

Bhattal made PPCC chief
New Delhi, September 24
Preferring old order over new, the Congress today appointed former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal as the PCC chief of Punjab. The party appointed former minister Mohinder Singh Kaypee as the working president of the party in Punjab in keeping with its strategy to keep a balance between various castes and regions.

Lynching: SC blames judiciary
New Delhi, September 24
The Supreme Court today put the responsibility for the recent lynching of thugs and thieves in Bihar by the public squarely on the judiciary for slow decision in cases, saying abnormal delay in deciding the cases was eroding the people’s faith in the justice delivery system and they were taking law into their own hands.

Monks take on Generals
Yangon, September 24
At least 10,000 monks cheered on by thousands of on lookers began marching in Yangon on Monday in what appeared to be growing into the biggest demonstrations yet against the ruling generals.

Re Rise
Cos should cut costs: Nath
New York, September 24
The government today asked companies to increase efficiency and cut costs to remain export competitive in the wake of strengthening of the rupee against other currencies. “China calibrates exchange rates, but we’ve left it to be market determined.