Cong keeps M’rashtra, sweeps Arunachal
Falls six short of the half-way mark in Haryana
New Delhi, October 22
The Congress got a shot in the arm today when it notched up victories in Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh Assembly polls but the celebrations were somewhat subdued as the party’s performance in Haryana was clearly not up to expectations.

Congress workers celebrate victory outside Sonia Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on Thursday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Cong gets numbers in Haryana 
Independents fax letters of support to Guv
Chandigarh, October 22
The Congress, which fell six short of majority when the Haryana electorate delivered a fractured verdict today, turned the tables on the opposition by late in the night.

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Bishnoi keeps options open
Chandigarh, October 22
Haryana Janhit Partry (BL) supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi with his five MLAs, along with seven Independents, had the last laugh as the two big parties, the Congress (40) and the Indian National Lok Dal (31), scrambled for their support.

Somali pirates take 24 Indians hostage
Kuala Lumpur/London, October 22
At least 24 Indian sailors were taken hostage by Somali pirates who hijacked a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier near Seychelles today, only a week after a vessel with two Indians among the crew was seized by the sea brigands.

PM: Make eco-safe technology global
New Delhi, October 22
In the run-up to climate talks in Copenhagen in December, India today said climate-friendly and environmentally-sound technologies should be viewed as global-public goods. In his inaugural address at a high-level conference on ‘Climate Change: Technology Development and Transfer’, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said technology and its diffusion would be a key element in meeting the challenge of climate change.