Govt, RBI unlock Rs 65,000 crore
CRR cut by another 1%;
Rs 25,000 cr against debt waiver
New Delhi/Mumbai, October 15
The government and the RBI have once again announced fresh measures to infuse liquidity into the system. Elaborating on the measures taken, finance minister P. Chidambaram said the government would provide Rs 25,000 crore as first installment (against the farm debt waiver scheme) to commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks, and cooperative credit institutions.

Business page: Patel hints at bailout package for airlines
Markets bearish again
Rupee loses 43 paise
US budget deficit swells to $455 b

TN MPs threaten to resign
Stop killing of our fishermen, PM tells Lanka
New Delhi, October 15
With MPs from Tamil Nadu threatening to resign en masse if the government did not come forward to ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked Colombo to de-escalate hostilities and emphasised the need for a political solution to the ethnic crisis in the island nation which respects the rights of the minorities.

Maya rally in Sonialand
Lucknow, October 15
Locking horns with Congress president Sonia Gandhi for projecting her government as anti-development, Chief Minister Mayawati today announced to hold a “maha rally” in the Nehru-Gandhi “karmabhoomi” of Rae Bareli.

Indian Adiga wins Booker London, October 15 Debutant Indian novelist Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, with ''The White Tiger''. It was only the third time in the Booker's 40-year history that a first-time writer had claimed the award, and, at 33, Adiga was also one of its youngest winners. He received a cheque for 50,000 pounds ($88,000) at a gala dinner in London yesterday and can expect not only overnight literary fame but also a sharp rise in book sales in the run-up to Christmas.

Aravind Adiga

Mera Gaon Mera Gurgaon V — A Tribune Special
Where the stench of garbage is all-pervasive
Gurgaon, October 15
Every evening, when a tired S.K. Sareen returns home from work, he is more concerned about the direction of the wind in his area than about the meals cooked everyday by his maid.

The garbage dumping site in the Aravallis, which is next to the DLF township, is at the centre of controversy between residents and the administration. Tribune Photo: Sayeed Ahmed

Muslim drivers removed from Advani’s carcade
Two Muslim drivers working with the Kerala police were removed from the carcade of BJP leader L.K. Advani during his visit to Calicut that concluded today.
(Details in Nation page)

Nine of Indian origin make it to Canadian House of Commons Chandigarh, October 15 The Indian-Canadian community, which is less than 3 per cent of the total population of Canada, has scripted yet another political success story by sending nine of its representatives to Canadian Parliament, House of Commons, in the general elections held yesterday. Ujjal Dosanjh             Nina Grewal             Deepak Obhrai