India, China take up border issue
PM reminds Wen of ground realities
Vientiane, November 30
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao here today that the complex boundary issue between the two countries should be dealt with “realistically” after taking into account the existing “ground realities”.
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Framework to resolve border row with China by March, says PM

India, Asean draw contours of economic cooperation
Vientiane (Laos),  November 30
Talking of India’s vision of a greater Asian Economic Community which found an echo with Japan and some Asean members, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for breaking down the North-South disparities and barriers and giving a massive push to economic activities for development and betterment of the people in the Asean region.
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Power tariff rates cut in Punjab by 3 to 13 per cent
Chandigarh, November 30
Refusing to buckle down under pressure of the Punjab Government, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission today slashed the power tariff rates by 3 to 13 per cent.

Madras HC reserves order on seer’s bail plea
Chennai, November 30
While the Madras High Court today reserved its order on the bail petition of the Shankaracharya in connection with the Sankararaman murder case, the Principal sessions court here adjourned the bail plea hearing to Friday in the Radhakrishnan assault case.

Shimla in grip of cold wave
Snowfall in Manali, Srinagar
Shimla, November 30
The state experienced a severe cold wave as the entire tribal belt and some pockets in the mid hills had a fresh round of snow. According to reports received here, the tribal Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts and the higher reaches of Kulu ,Shimla and Sirmour districts were having intermittent snow since last evening.
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A Kashmiri boy removes snow from his garden in Srinagar on Tuesday. Srinagar witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Tuesday. — Reuters photo

Sensex scales past old peak in bull charge
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Mira Nair filmed what she loved
Panjim (Goa), November 30
When Mira Nair was a student at Tara Hall, Shimla, from 1971 to 1974, one book which was her constant companion was William Makepeace Thackeray’s “Vanity Fair”. 

Crocodile boom a ‘gnawing’ problem Bhor Saidan (Kurukshetra), November 30 What started as an effort to preserve the wildlife has turned into a ‘gnawing’ problem for the Haryana Forest Department. It is sun-bathing time for this crocodile at the Crocodile Breeding Centre, near Kurukshetra, on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Neeraj Chopra