New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Union Surface Transport and Shipping Mminister T R Baalu on Saturday said that he was ready to invoke the Essential Service Maintenance Act (ESMA) to force striking transporters to get back on the road.

Suggesting an advisory action plan to state governments to deal with the strikers, Baalu said it would include declaring transport services as essential services and to use transport vehicles within the state for carrying the essential commodities without permit.

He also said that while he did want to act tough, he would not hesitate to suspend or cancel the permits of strikers if they did not back down.

New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan. 10 :India''s fuel crisis blew over on Friday, but commuters in New Delhi continued to grapple with short fuel supply even on Saturday.

Commuters ran from one petrol pump to the other in search of fuel as many of the pumps had run dry after the three-day strike.

"The strike has ended but we are not able to get petrol or diesel anywhere. I''ve checked two three petrol pumps but have not been able to get any fuel," said Kapil, a commuter.

A few filling stations were found functioning normally, meeting the commuters'' demand for fuel.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Under constant threat of terrorism and urban street crime, all military forces, security & law enforcement agencies, youngsters of India are opting for ''Krav Maga, an Israeli system of self-defence and combat tactics.

In this system, students are instructed in state-of-the-art defensive principles that apply to a variety of threatening attacks that occur during commonly documented street crimes. Defensive maneuvers are combined with simultaneous counter-attacks until all potential danger is eliminated.

New Delhi, Jan. 10 : Security forces in Assam, reacting swiftly after yesterday's IED blast in Guwahati, have neutralized two ULFA cadres, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

In a joint operation carried out by the Army and the Assam Police early this morning, one suspected ULFA cadre, Dinesh Boro was killed. Boro is believed to be an explosives expert, who was involved in earlier blasts in the state.

Another ULFA activist, Kaushal Das was killed by the security forces in Baksa District of the said, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs said.

New Delhi, Jan 10 : Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that there is a close interconnect between scientific, progressive and secular values.

He was convinced of the necessity of the application of science and technology in tackling the enormous economic and social challenges facing a newly independent India.

Addressing the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Indian National Science Academy in New Delhi, Dr. Singh said that INSA has taken the cause of Indian science over more than seven decades.

New Delhi - Ramalinga Raju, founder and chairman of Indian information technology firm Satyam Computer, was scheduled to appear in court Saturday, a day after his arrest for a 1.4-billion-dollar accounting fraud.

The police Criminal Investigation Department in the southern city of Hyderabad arrested Raju and his brother, Satyam managing director B Rama Raju, late on Friday.

Ramalinga Raju resigned on Wednesday after revealing in a letter to Satyam's board that he had falsified company balance sheets with fictitious assets and nonexistent cash to the tune of 78 billion rupees (1.43 billion dollars).