Refrain from large-scale lay-offs: PM
‘Deposits are safe, growth will continue’
New Delhi, November 3
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met leaders of industry and assured them that all monetary and fiscal measures would be taken to stimulate growth in the wake of the global economic crisis.

Sensex back at 10
Business page: Bank on us: FM
ATF prices cut again
Export growth plunges to 10.4%
‘Euro zone in technical recession’

US ’08
Obama has solid lead, McCain is ‘back’
As one curtain comes down on two years of intense and at times bitter campaigning, another will go up on a new era in US politics as millions of Americans will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect their 44th President.

WILL IT STAY 'WHITE'? Construction work under way at the White House in Washington on Monday for the presidential viewing podium for the January 20, 2009, inauguration of the next US President. Polls will be held on Tuesday. — AFP

World page: Indian-Americans pitch for Obama’s fresh energy Obama’s Kashmir remark reaffirms old US stand

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Share pay panel burden: FMs
Chandigarh, November 3
Powered by a better bargaining force as a joint entity, the Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers has demanded that the Central government now share a 50 per cent burden for implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission.

Police guns down student
Bhiwani tense; markets, educational institutions remain closed
Bhiwani, November 3
A police party from Hansi in Hisar district shot dead a student mistaking him for a notorious criminal on the Dadri-Tosham bypass here early this morning.

Accidental firing: SP

80 kg RDX used in Guwahati blasts
Guwahati, November 3
Nearly 80 kg of deadly research development explosive (RDX) was used in the October 30 serial blasts in Guwahati alone, officials said today as investigators worked on sketches of the suspects.

Victims’ kin to get relief at home
Guwahati, November 3
The Assam government has worked out a strategy for prompt pay compensation to victims of serial blasts to the next of the kin at their respective residences through concerned district level officials.

Assam to set up research cell
Bandh hits life

Ultras kill 3 Hindi-speaking traders
Guwahati, November 3
Three Hindi-speaking traders were shot dead by suspected Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) militants in Central Assam's Nagaon district today morning, the police said.

Punjab On A High IV Mafias flourish on lax centre-state coordination Chandigarh, November 3 Drugs worth hundreds of crores criss-cross international and national borders before percolating through a strong and reliable network of distributors and retailers to consumers every year.