The power dates back more than 90 years to the first commissioner, U.S. District Court Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who insisted on the powers before taking the job.

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Since then the sheriff and district attorney have amassed a mountain of physical evidence that they say links the three to the crime.

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This centre - dedicated to Lord Shiva - is especially popular with the tribal population in this lush district close to the Aravali mountain range and the picturesque Malwa Plateau - it has been described as "the Haridwar for tribals".

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Nonetheless, the surveyors now have their eyes on another potential mountain - 609m Illgill Head in the Lake District - which they intend to measure "in the next year or two".

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Pa. (AP) When Mayor John Callahan talks about Bethlehem's success, he often points to Lehigh University 's picturesque campus climbing South Mountain or Moravian College 's new dorms rising from the historic district.

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The district no longer includes a naval weapons station, Army fort, or a Marine mountain-warfare training center.

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