Sahib falls in line, will get berth after polls
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma abandoned his rebellious tone yesterday and meekly accepted the Prime Minister's offer to join the Union Cabinet ``after the elections on November 25.''

Sensex plunges to 52-week low
The festival of lights failed to prevent the bears from taking control of the stock markets on Tuesday. With foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and local speculators hammering down share prices, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex plunged by 89 points to a 52-week low of 2764.16.

Nigeria inferno victims buried in mass graves
The first group of victims of the explosion and fire at a fuel pipeline in Nigeria that may have claimed as many as 600 lives have been buried in mass graves, radio reports said yesterday in the West African country.

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