Satyam to carry on, protect its staff
Hyderabad, January 8
A day after disgraceful exit of its chairman B Ramalinga Raju under the shadow of the largest-ever corporate fraud, Satyam Computers today said it was exploring “strategic options, including scouting for a buyer” to bail out of the crisis and admitted that the liquidity position was “discouraging”.

Business page: As probe begins, Maytas likely to take a big hit
Editorial: Asatyam

Petrol pumps start drying up
Chandigarh, January 8
In a direct fallout of the strike by oil officers’ association, over 50 per cent of the retail outlets of various state-run oil companies, especially the Indian Oil Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Chemicals Limited, ran dry in the region today even as panic-struck people took to hoarding of petrol and diesel, from wherever it was available.

Talks between govt, oil officers fail
Nation page: Day 4: Truckers in no mood to relent
Oil crisis looming in Capital

Heavy rush at a petrol pump in New Delhi on Thursday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui

Bypoll loss may force Soren out Patna, January 8 Luck seems to have eluded Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren once again as he lost the crucial bypoll from Tamar Assembly constituency today. Soren’s victory in this by-election was a must for his continuance as Chief Minister. Now that he has lost the polls, the UPA, in all likelihood, would ask him to put in his papers at the earliest and support Madhu Koda as the next Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren talks on his mobile after his defeat in the Tamar byelection, in Ranchi on Thursday. — PTI

Pranab slams Pak for flip-flop on Kasab
Chennai, January 8
Foreign Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today slammed Pakistan for its ‘flip-flop’ over owning the citizenship of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist to have been captured alive during the Mumbai strikes.

Islamabad needs to do more: Boucher

NSA was key man of Pak Prez
Durani sacked sans Zardari’s consent
Islamabad, January 8
Fissures within the ruling PPP have come to the fore as Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani reportedly did not consult Asif Ali Zardari before firing the President’s hand-picked NSA Mahmud Ali Durrani, who had confirmed Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab's Pakistani nationality to the media.

Mumbai Heat
SP gives UPA 5 days to act
New Delhi, January 8
Sensing that the overall mood in the country on the issue of terrorism was against Islamabad, the Samajwadi Party, an ally of the UPA regime, today gave a virtual ultimatum to the government to take “action” against Pakistan within five days or it would have to review its support.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Terrorism cannot destabilise India: PM
Chennai, January 8
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asserted that forces of extremism and terrorism would not be allowed to destablise India and said the country would work with the international community "to ensure there is no safe haven or launching pads for terrorists".

‘Overseas professionals can practise in India’
Stone laid for longest elevated corridor
PM must stand firm on Sethu project: Karuna
Manmohan reassures TN parties on Lankan Tamils
State to lead in global recovery: Karuna

Preparing for tomorrow Haryana to have separate CID cadre soon Chandigarh, January 8 Haryana will soon have a separate CID cadre to carry out intelligence gathering operations in a professional manner. While the Centre directed state governments to have separate intelligence mechanisms in place at the Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, Haryana could well be on its way to becoming the first state in implementing the directions on ground.