Friday, October 5, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Pak Presidential Election
Judge hints at stay
Heavens will not fall: Justice Ramday
A Judge on the 10-member Bench of the Supreme Court today hinted at granting a temporary stay in the presidential election due on October 6, but deferred decision till Friday.

Mush-Bhutto deal gets all-clear

Dera chief gets interim bail till October 15
Ambala, October 4
A CBI court today granted interim bail to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Special Judge for CBI cases in Haryana R.K. Saini granted interim bail to the dera chief till October 15. A regular bail application was moved by counsel for the dera chief.

TN Bandh
AIADMK moves SC against Karunanidhi, Balu
New Delhi, October 4
The controversy over the DMK-led alliance’s Tamil Nadu bandh refuses to set at rest with Opposition AIADMK today filing a contempt petition against Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, union minister T.R. Balu and state chief secretary for alleged defiance of the apex court’s ban order.

Power crisis: CM talks of poll
Bangalore/New Delhi, October 4
Ahead of crucial talks on the power struggle in Karnataka, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy today threatened to go for snap poll and even break the power-sharing pact with the BJP which insisted that the agreement was “non-negotiable” and that “goal-posts” cannot be shifted.

Court seeks CBI reply on closure of Tytler case
New Delhi, October 4
A city court today sought reply from the CBI to an application of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee challenging the agency’s move to close the probe against former union minister Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.