Russia to build four N-reactors
Condemns Mumbai attack, asks all states to cooperate
New Delhi, December 5
India and Russia today signed a long-pending agreement for cooperation in the civilian nuclear energy field, besides nine other key accords as Russian President Dmitri Medevdev, on his maiden visit to India, declared Moscow’s readiness to help New Delhi combat terror in the wake of the heinous attack on Mumbai.

PM reaches out to the world

Nation page: Russia to supply 80 military copters to India

Dmitry Medvedev walks down a red carpet in Delhi. Tribune photograph

Mumbai Heat
Intelligence lapse: PC
Mumbai, December 5
The Centre has a proposal to set up a national-level agency on the lines of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US to tackle terror, union home minister P. Chidambaram said today admitting to failure of intelligence and security systems that had led to Mumbai terror strike.

Union home minister P. Chidambaram visits the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, one of the several places where terrorists shot at people, in Mumbai on Friday. — PTI

Petrol, diesel cheaper
By Rs 5 & Rs 2
New Delhi, December 5
India has started to unveil fiscal stimulus packages to save the economy from recessionary spiral, the first being slashing the petrol and diesel prices by Rs 5 and Rs 2 per litre, respectively. The second part of the package will be unveiled tomorrow, which will include issuing infrastructure bonds worth Rs Rs 50,000 crore, easing of interest rates by Reserve Bank of India and infusing capital in housing banks and banks that lend to small-scale businesses.

Sonrise: Chavan is Maharashtra CM
New Delhi, December 5
Putting an end to days of speculation, Maharashtra industry minister Ashok Chavan was declared the new Chief Minister of the state on Friday, more than 48 hours after Vilasrao Deshmukh formally stepped down from the post.

Bhujbal is deputy CM
Ashok Chavan — From fringes to centrestage

Delhi blues: Gunshots, a speeding car, tighter security
New Delhi, December 5
Reported hearing of gun shots in the wee hours today created a scare at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after which security was further tightened while normal functioning of the airport was disrupted for some time.