JD(U), BJP spar as Modi revisits Bihar
Gujarat CM meets kin of Patna blast victims; Nitish says people ready to ‘clean the muck’
Patna, November 2
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday said he met the families of those killed in the Patna serial blasts to share “their pain and agony”.

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi consoles a family member of a Patna blast victim at Kamarji village in Bihar on Saturday. PTI

No decision yet on PM’s CHOGM visit: FM
Chennai, November 2
With political parties in Tamil Nadu stepping up pressure on Centre for boycott of CHOGM at Colombo this month, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram met DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
Union Finance Minister
P Chidambaram meets DMK chief M Karunanidhi in Chennai. PTI

Pak Taliban appoints its caretaker chief
Islamabad, November 2
The Pakistan Taliban today put on hold a decision to make Khan Syed, alias Sajna, its new chief after the killing of warlord Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike when several militant commanders opposed the move.

Kidney racket: 5 doctors among 6 convicted
Amritsar, November 2
The court of Additional Sessions Judge GS Bakshi today convicted six persons, including five doctors, in one of the cases surrounding the infamous 2002 Amritsar kidney racket. 
Dr OP Mahajan (R), former principal, Government Medical College, being taken to jail in Amritsar on Saturday. Photo: Vishal Kumar

Rohit sparkles in India’s ODI series win: India registered their first bilateral ODI series win at home against Australia as they decimated the visitors by 57 runs in the seventh one-day international on Saturday. Rohit Sharma smashed record-breaking 209 runs to help put up a mammoth total of 383/6. The Aussies were bundled out for 326 in 45.1 overs. PTI (Details on SPORTS page)

10 run over by train in AP
Hyderabad, November 2
At least 10 passengers were run over by a train in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh today. The mishap occurred near Gotlam in the north coastal region.

Punjab cop facing 35-yr jail term held
Amritsar, November 2
The police today arrested a Punjab Police constable who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a case of disappearance of seven members of a family.
Constable Balwinder Singh being produced in court.

2 Punjabis among 10 Indians stuck in Nigerian jail
New Delhi, November 2
In a tragic tale of a starry dream gone awry, two young boys from Punjab have been languishing in an unknown Nigerian jail for months since the ship they were working on was nabbed by the Nigerian navy for alleged illegal oil bunkering in Bayelsa State. (Details on NATION page)