SN Vashisht is new Haryana DGP
Chandigarh, October 30
The Haryana Government today appointed SN Vashisht, director of the State Vigilance Bureau, as the Director General of Police. The 1981 batch IPS officer succeeds Ranjiv Singh Dalal, who retires tomorrow after a record tenure of nearly six-and-a-half years.

STORM STRUCK A home ravaged by Hurricane Sandy in Milford, Connecticut on Tuesday. Millions of people across the east coast in the US woke up to scenes of destruction wrought by monster storm. — Reuters

Taxman knocks at doors of cos linked to Gadkari’s sugar firm
Mumbai, October 30
The Income Tax Department today conducted ‘open inquiries’ on the premises of companies which invested in Purti Sugar and Power run by beleaguered BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and found many of their directors were people with small means like security guards and labourers.

Education Advisory Board meeting on RTE put off
New Delhi, October 30
The Ministry of Human Resource Development today postponed the meeting of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) which was scheduled to take place tomorrow to review the implementation of the Right to Education Act among other things. (Details on nation page)

HC gives Punjab 4 months to verify ’84 riot victims’ claims Chandigarh, October 30 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that the authorities in the State of Punjab are required to decide the claims of the “1984 anti-Sikh riots victims” in a time-bound manner. “It is imperative upon the authorities to consider their claim in a time-bound manner,” a Division Bench of the high court has asserted, while setting a four-month deadline for the Ludhiana and Mohali deputy commissioners to verify the claims of the “riot victims”. NATION PAGE: Justice still eludes 1984 riot victims ‘Govts have failed us’ It took me a long time to move on... Their battle for survival is far from over For many survivors, wait for help continues