* Finance ministry official says fisc deficit control must to tame inflation.
* Left trade unions' strike hits banking, air, road transport services.
* Civil aviation secy says no plan to list Air-India, Pawan Hans soon.
* TRAI issues guidelines on letting users choose STD, ISD carriers.
* Hyderabad airport gets govt nod to levy domestic travel user fee.
* Kandla Port invites global bids to set up 12-mln-tn bulk terminal.
* Geometric gets US patent for shape-based search technology.
* India partially lifts export ban on non-basmati rice, maize.
* PEC floats tender to import 30,000 tn RBD palmolein in Nov-Dec.
* Indian crude oil basket dn marginally at $108.57 per barrel Tue.