Assault on culture worrying, says PM
New Delhi, October 13
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed anguish over the recent ‘tragic events’ in Orissa, Karnataka and Assam, saying the forces trying to generate an atmosphere of hatred and violence in the country needed to be firmly dealt with.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at the National Integration Council meeting in New Delhi on Monday. A Tribune photograph

Stop violations, India tells Pak
New Delhi, October 13
India and Pakistan today set in motion the process of an intense dialogue between the National Security Advisers (NSA) of the two countries on various outstanding issues at which New Delhi is understood to have inquired from Islamabad whether it had made any progress in the investigations into the July 7 suicide bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul.

HC stay on Maya orders
Angry residents of Sonia Gandhi's constituency protest
Lucknow, October 13
The Mayawati government's decision to cancel land for the railway coach factory in Rae Bareli was challenged in the Allahabad High Court as well as people on the streets of Rae Bareli.

Editorial: Another bad M

Generic drugs to become cheaper
Mohali, October 13
Some relief for the ill. The ministry of chemicals and fertilisers is set to start generic drug stores in 11 states, including Punjab and Haryana.

Sensex leaps
Mumbai, October 13
The Sensex today surged 781 points to close at 11,309 levels on the back of renewed buying following a respite in the bad news from around the world and short-covering by traders.

Pak on the edge too
Business page: Global markets bounce back
PM’s panel for further cut in CRR
Don’t stop lending, RBI tells banks
Editorial: Fundamentals are fine

Nobel for Paul Krugman
Stockholm, October 13
American economist Paul Krugman won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics for bringing together analysis of trade patterns and where economic activity takes place, a new theory that addresses what drives worldwide urbanisation, the prize committee said today.

Cash Scam
Bansal granted bail
Chandigarh, October 13
After being in custody for almost two months, the CBI Special Court of Jagdeep Jain today granted bail to Sanjiv Bansal, Rajiv Gupta and Prakash Ram in the cash- at-judge’s-doorstep case.

Defensive Oz good for us: Zaheer
Zaheer Khan, the architect of India's morale-boosting draw in the first Test, could not help taking a dig at Ricky Ponting and his men, dubbing them the most defensive Australian side he had come across. (Details in Sports page)

Mera Gaon Mera Gurgaon III — A Tribune Special Bumped out of the fast lane Gurgaon, October 13 There’s more to Gurgaon than malls, multiplexes and state-of-the-art buildings. With potholes, craters and vanishing roads, Gurgaon is no more in the fast lane. Recently laid concrete roads have been dug up for laying of pipes even as the city is crying for parking space.