Fearing a slowdown, Automobile Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has urged the government on formulating a 2-3 year "bridge policy" to enable the industry survive the current economic crises. ACMA stressed the government to provide some immediate relief to the auto-component industry to sustain their growth over the next few months to ensure that the momentum built over the last 5 years is continued to meet the vision of the AMP 2016.

The Assam police has detained seven more persons from lower Assam's Nalbari district in connection with the serial blast.

They were being brought to Guwahati for interrogation.

The killing of RSS worker Dhanu Pradhan by un-identified extremists had triggered tension in the riot-hit Kandhamal district once again.

A mob of 2000 tribals gheraoed the Brahmanigaon police station and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.

All shops and business establishments at Brahmanigaon  and villages near it remained closed.

Meanwhile the district administration has enforced prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPc in the local area as a pre-cautionary measure.

"We don't rule out escalation of violence in view of the murder," Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj said.

Star Plus will air the Himesh Reshammiya’s ‘Karzzzz’ concert on November 9.

The ‘Karzzzz’ concert was held at Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai on October 12.

Hosted by the Cyrus Broacha and Mona Singh, the show features the star-studded performance of Bollywood babes like Riya Sen, Amrita Arora, Amisha Patel and Neha Dhupia.

Other singers who performed in the event included Vineet, Aakruti Kakkar and Tulsi Kumar, daughter of late Gulshan Kumar.

Orissa police have registered a case against a judge for allegedly misbehaving with a woman in a train, an official said Friday.

Jhum Mohanty a resident of Damanjodi o Koraput district had filed the complaint.

According to police sources, while she was traveling to Bhubaneswar by Hirakhanda Express Santanu Rajguru, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Nabarangpur allegedly misbehaved with her.

"We have registered a case against Rajguru under sections 509 (making insulting gestures) and 323 (causing hurt with full knowledge and intention) of the Indian Penal Code," a police officer in the Bhubaneswar Railway station said.

The Bank of England’ s monetary policy group has slashed the official bank rate paid on commercial bank reserves by 1.5% points to 3%.