New Delhi, Nov 3 : State-run oil firms on Monday cut jet fuel prices further by Rs 2,100 per kilolitre on top of the 17 percent reduction announced last week, after government exempt the fuel from payment of customs duty.

Government had on 31st October exempted jet fuel from 5 percent import duty.

Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum had from 1st November cut jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price in Delhi by Rs 9,429.87 per kl to Rs 47,017.93 per kl, in line with fall in international oil prices.

New Delhi, Nov 3 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked India Inc to refrain from “knee-jerk” reactions like lay-offs after admitting that India was not untouched by the global financial crises.

Singh asserted that saving investors’ confidence is the first priority of his government. He further tried to dispel fears of investors regarding safety of bank deposits, saying that government stands behind the banks.

Nagpur/New Delhi, Nov 3 : Security around master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has been stepped up on Monday following Maharashtra Police receiving reports from Central agencies of a threat to him from Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.

However, intelligence sources in Delhi said they had not received any fresh input about any threat to Tendulkar other than in 2002.