Centre ready with anti-Naxal plan
Identifies rebel hubs to launch much-awaited offensive
Madurai/New Delhi, November 1
Two days after extending an olive branch to Maoists, Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that he will not allow an armed revolution to succeed in India till his last breath. The government is also ready to launch the much-awaited full-fledged anti-Naxal operations in three different areas, considered tri-junctions of Maoist violence.

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Justice Dinakaran not to be elevated: CJI
New Delhi, November 1
Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today confirmed that Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran, who is in the eye of a storm over allegations of corruption, is not being considered for elevation to the Supreme Court along with four others, including Chief Justice TS Thakur of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

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Abdullah pulls out of Afghan run-off election
Kabul, November 1
Afghanistan's presidential challenger today announced he would not participate in the next weekend's run-off election because his demands for measures to prevent fraud were rejected. He stopped short of calling on his supporters to boycott the balloting.

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The BT Tower in London, lit up with the flashing up of a screen and fireworks, 1,000 days before the London 2012 Olympics. — AP/PTI

BJP backs Yeddyurappa
Rebels too given a hearing
New Delhi, November 1
In no mood to yield political ground to the opponents in Karnataka, BJP central leadership today assured supporters of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa of his continuation in office. Senior party leaders tried to resolve the crisis by meeting the CM’s supporters and the rebel faction representatives separately in the Capital throughout the day.

Now, it’s Karat vs PC on Naxals
CPM chief rebuts Home Minister’s claim that Marxists were friendly to Maoists
New Delhi, November 1
The political war being fought between the UPA and the CPM over the Maoists menace in the country took a new turn yesterday, with the CPM lashing out at Home Minister P Chidambaram for insinuating that the Marists and Maoists were friends until recently.

IOC Inferno
Fire dies down in 6 tanks; toll 10
Jaipur, November 1
The bodies of two more IOC employees were spotted on its depot premises, taking the total number of dead in the tragedy to 10, even as the fire died down in six out of 11 storage tanks of the depot here today.

Patients or victims? — part iii 40 drips a day! Anything’s possible here Chandigarh, November 1 How many drips you think a patient can be administered in a day? Well, if you are admitted to any of the corporate hospitals, the count could range between 30 and 40! Not humanly possible, but this is what a bill given to a patient at a renowned hospital in Mohali showed.