Gauhati HC questions CBI validity
Quashes Home Ministry’s 1963 resolution; says agency’s formation void
Guwahati, November 7
A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court has set aside and quashed a Union Home Ministry resolution of April 1, 1963 through which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was constituted, saying that the very process of setting up the CBI was invalid.

Sonia-Modi faceoff at Bastar Red citadel
Kondagaon/Kanker, November 7
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi today virtually came face-to-face in the poll campaign in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region where they clashed over the Maoist attacks that had wiped out the entire state Congress leadership and over governance.

Editorial: Protecting Modi

Academy recalls IAS trainees from Moga
Moga, November 7
Padamveer Singh, Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, today summoned all IAS, IPS and IFS probationers to the academy with immediate effect. The trainee officers were on a weeklong rural training exercise in Moga district.

HC declines to stay CBI probe involving Tytler
New Delhi, November 7
The Delhi High Court today declined to grant a stay on the Central Bureau of Investigation probe involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Without repairs, Sirhind’s heritage inn could be history
Decades ago, the Punjab Tourism Department ventured into setting up tourist complexes at scenic places. Among these sites were Pincassia on the bank of the Sutlej, Madhopur near Pathankot, Aam Khas Bagh and the Floating Restaurant in Sirhind. However, most of the tourist complexes are either in a bad shape or have been shut down. The Tribune takes a look these tourist sites.