India will survive meltdown: PM
New Delhi, November 21
Even as his government grapples with the impact of the global economic meltdown in the election season, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed confidence that India would emerge stronger from this crisis and said the country had the ability to sustain a growth rate of about 8 per cent.

Business page: Sensex up 464 pts
5 lakh textile workers may lose job

Shutdown in valley Two days to polls Round 2, militants attack BSP candidate’s house in Sopore, clash in Ganderbal Srinagar, November 21 Taken aback by the high turn-out in the first phase of the polls in Kashmir, separatist attempted to re-assert themselves today as the valley went for a complete shutdown. Militants launching some grenade attacks, including one on the house of BSP candidate from Sopore.

Supporters of the National Conference, Kashmir's main opposition Party, shout slogans during an election rally for the second phase of local elections in Gandarbal, 22 km east of Srinagar on Friday. Reuters

Voters want a promise bond signed & sealed
Are you a victim of an unkept promise made by a politician? A promise he made when he came begging for votes but forgot all about it when he was sitting in his lofty chair at the secretariat? Well, here is something you can learn from the people of Rajasthan.

Pak runaway boy sent home Faridkot, November 21 This morning was a sad moment for Sunil, another Pakistani teenager, as he and other inmates of the juvenile home here were not allowed to come out to say goodbye to Nasir Sultan when he was released and taken to Wagah for being handed over to the Pakistan authorities. ‘I’ll come back on valid visa’ Nasir Sultan heads for Attari Border after leaving the juvenile home he was staying in after he crossed over into India illegally to meet actor Shah Rukh Khan. Tribune photo: Vishal Kumar

103 yrs on, Einstein proved right
Paris, November 21
It’s taken more than a century, but Einstein’s celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.

Madhya Pradesh
Cong turns to RTI to take on BJP
It is said that knowledge is power. But those sitting on the seat of power hate any attempt made to know about them inside out. That is why, politicians and bureaucrats dislike the Right To Information (RTI) Act, which people have started using extensively to expose corruption in the corridors of power.

Bad times can be good Easydrive at ONGC Dehradun, November 21 Car-makers, rammed in by the global economic downturn, have suddenly found new clients to woo. And that too by their thousands, thanks to an employees-retention initiative by the country's premier oil company, Oil and Natural Gas Commission. Auto-sale at the ONGC building in Dehradun. Tribune photo: Anil P. Rawat