The biggest stories of November 9, 2013

Prime Minister decides against attending the Commonwealth meet in Colombo, Karunanidhi welcomes decision; The Supreme Court stays the order of the Gauhati High Court that declared that the CBI was unconstitutional; It now emerges that the BSP MP's help who was tortured to death was not paid for 10 months; More than one thousand dead and the number expected to rise sharply as Philippines is ravaged by the superstorm Typhoon Haiyan; and more in our news wrap of the day.