Friday, November 2, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

N-Deal
Meltdown? Consensus possible, says CPI
New Delhi, November 1
After praising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s integrity, the CPI today did not rule out the possibility of consensus on the Indo-US nuclear deal and said it depends on what action the government takes.

"After all, it is not a one-issue or a one-party government but a coalition... — CPI general- secretary A.B Bardhan CPI general secretary A B Bardan and national secretary D Raja address a press conference at their party office in New Delhi on Thursday. — Tribune photo by Manas Ranjan Bhui

A day after telling reporters that she was postponing the visit as she feared that the Pakistan government would impose emergency during her absence...
Bhutto goes to Dubai
Islamabad, November 1
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto today left for Dubai to meet her family, barely two weeks after she returned to Pakistan from eight years of self-imposed exile.

Fed rate cut adds to India’s worries
Indian stocks hit a new intraday high and the rupee rose to its highest in nearly a decade on Thursday as investors bet that the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut overnight will lure more investment money into emerging markets like India.

Rupee on song, hits 9-1/2 year high
Business page: Exports grow despite strong rupee

Oppn calls for Bihar bandh
JD(U) MLA held for assaulting scribes
Patna, November 1
Popularly known as “Chote sarkar” in his fiefdom, the ruling JD(U) MLA from Mokama Anant Singh was among five arrested by the police today for assaulting three television journalists at his Mall road residence in Patna.

House tax in urban areas to go: Hooda
Yamunanagar, November 1
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced waiving of house tax in urban areas and ‘chulha’ tax (hearth tax) in rural areas with effect from April next year provided the people deposited their outstanding arrears by March 31, 2008.

SC reserves verdict in OBC quota case
New Delhi, November 1
After a marathon hearing on the contentious OBC quota in central institutions of higher learning, the Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on the validity of the new Reservation Act passed by Parliament in December last year.