Sunday, October 14, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Patil: Blast link beyond the border
Ajmer, October 13
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today hinted at cross-border links in the blast at Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti's Durgah here on Thursday, saying there could be a foreign hand behind the terror act which left two persons dead and several injured.

Cops probe Mecca angle in Ajmer
Hyderabad, October 13
A Hyderabad connection is now emerging in the Ajmer blast case with the police suspecting that Syed Saleem, a city youth who was killed in the explosion, could have triggered the terror attack.

Bhattal versus Badals
‘I would even sacrifice myself in this battle’
Chandigarh, October 13
Besides other senior Congress leaders, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who took charge as president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee here today, raised her battle cry against the Badal government, especially Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Rajinder Kaur Bhattal being garlanded by Margaret Alva at a function in Chandigarh on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

World page: Human shield, aerial surveillance for Bhutto

Selfish and too good looking to be in politics: SRK New Delhi, October 13 Selfish, materialistic, capitalistic and too good looking. This is how Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan describes himself as he justifies his desire to keep away from politics.

Kidnapped Posco officials released
Bhubaneswar, October 13
After keeping them hostage for nearly six hours, anti-Posco (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) agitators finally released three South Korean and an Indian official of the Posco India project this evening. The Posco officials were released after the officer-in-charge of the Kujang police station gave an undertaking that no Posco officials would enter into the proposed Posco project area in the future. — UNI

22 die of leptospirosis in Mumbai
Mumbai, October 13
Twentytwo persons died in Mumbai in September after contracting leptospirosis, according to data released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Leptospirosis is caused after dung and urine of rats find its way into the blood streams of humans when they wade through areas flooded by rain water. (Details on Nation page)