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Friday, November 5, 2010, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Sensex sparkles to a new high
Fuelled by spectacular response to Coal India’s public issue, BSE closes at an all-time high of 20,893.57
New Delhi/Mumbai, November 4
It was a cracker of a Divali closing for the BSE Sensex to end Samvat year 2066 at a new all-time high powered by a spectacular listing of the largest-ever public issue of Coal India, which had received 17 lakh retail applications in its public issue.

Punjab gives autonomy to village cooperative societies
Chandigarh, November 4
In a decision that will give autonomy to over 20,000 village cooperative societies in Punjab, the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today nodded to the implementation of the Punjab Self-Supporting Cooperative Societies Act 2006.

THE TRIBUNE WISHES YOU A Happy AND PROSPEROUS Divali: The offices of The Tribune will remain closed on Friday. The next edition of the paper will appear on Sunday, November 7.

Women safety to be employer’s job
Cabinet okays Bill to bar sexual harassment at workplace
New Delhi, November 4
Thirteen years after the Supreme Court delivered the Vishakha judgment detailing guidelines for the protection of women at workplaces, the Union Cabinet today approved the Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill 2010 for introduction in the Parliament’s forthcoming session.

Nation page:
Differences evident on Obama visit eve
Aamir, Rahman on guest list

Special to The Tribune
An insider’s view of freedom struggle & Independence
"Indu will never arrest you, but Sanjay might". Vijaylakshmi Pandit's words of warning were taken at face value by her daughter who took up a prestigious Fellowship in the US for the duration of the Emergency.

ADARSH AOCIETY SCAM
Antony briefs PM on probe
New Delhi, November 4
Indian Defence Minister A K Antony today reportedly briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the outcome of the ongoing in-house probe of the Ministry of Defence into the Adarsh society scam involving senior bureaucrats, defence officers and politicians.