Sunday, November 02, 2008, (New York)
Gannett Company Inc., the largest US newspaper chain, has announced that it will lay off about 10 percent of its workforce by early December.
The move, together with projected job cuts at Time, New York Times and other big-name media organisations, has made the US economic scenario look even gloomier for [...]

A 14-year-old German minor, who was allegedly raped and abused by the relatives of two of Goa’s politicians, testified in a court in Mapusa on Saturday.
Her statement was recorded in camera and will now be sent to the Goa police.
The minor’s mother has filed a case of rape against Rohit Monserrate, the son of Goa’s [...]

Saturday, November 01, 2008 10:43 AM (New York)

The race to the White House is almost over. And on Friday, Barack Obama told Americans that his first priority if he wins the election, will not be tax reform, but to catch Osama Bin Laden.
It’s a clear indication that in spite of the polls showing Barack Obama [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today rejected charges that the UPA government was soft on terror.
“We are not going soft on terror. There can be no compromise with terror,” Singh told reporters here after visiting the victims of Thursday’s serial blasts in Assam.
“Whosoever is responsible for these dastardly act… We will [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 — Protesters torched vehicles, blocked railway tracks and roads and burnt effigies as a day-long bandh called by BJP and other saffron outfits to protest against the serial blasts hit normal life in Assam today.
All markets, shops, offices as well as educational and financial institutions remained closed with public and private [...]

As he veered through four different campaign stops in Ohio, Sen. John McCain, the war hero, longtime lawmaker and Republican presidential nominee, was mindful of the final, elusive hurdle he has yet to conquer — winning the presidency.
While on the stump in Ohio today, McCain, R-Ariz., reiterated his message.
“There’s just four days left,” he told [...]

GUWAHATI, Oct 31 – The death toll in the serial blasts in Assam has gone up to 77 and the possibility of casualties further increasing cannot be ruled out with the condition of over 20 injured still stated to be serious. So far six persons have succumbed to their injuries at the GMCH alone, of [...]

GUWAHATI, Oct 31 – Several organisations have called for bandhs to register their protest against yesterday’s serial blasts that took over 77 lives so far. While the Sadou Assam Karmachari Parishad (SAKP) has decided to observe November 1 as a black day in protest against the blasts, the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba-Chattra Parishad (AJYCP) today burnt [...]