Rajan effect: Rupee jumps, Sensex zooms
New Delhi, September 5
Two days into the job and new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan is inspiring fresh confidence and excitement into the markets and industry. The markets rallied 412 points to a three-week high on Thursday after Rajan announced a slew of steps to boost the rupee and revive economic growth.

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan at its Mumbai Headquarters. — PTI

Minister reviews steps to trace missing coal files
New Delhi, September 5
The UPA government today undertook firefighting measures to locate a large number of missing files pertaining to coal block allocations. Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal held a review meeting in which representatives from related ministries such as Steel and Power were also present. (Details on Nation Page)

Want to serve as Gujarat CM till 2017: Modi
Ahmedabad, September 5
Apparently to derail his critics within the BJP and outside who are trying to block his passage to the country’s top post, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said he was “harbouring no such dream to become the prime minister.”
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi at a function in Gandhinagar on Thursday. — PTI (Details on Nation Page)

Geetika case
Kanda gets interim bail to attend House session
New Delhi, September 5
Former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who has been in jail for more than a year in the suicide case of air hostess Geetika Sharma, today got interim bail for a month from a Delhi court for attending the ongoing Assembly session and taking care of his constituency, Sirsa. Additional sessions judge MC Gupta granted bail to Kanda on a number of conditions, including a personal bond and two sureties, each for Rs 5 lakh & totalling Rs 15 lakh, and that he would not leave the country or flee from the trial.