Romano Prodi set to claim top job in crunch week for EU
Romano Prodi, the former prime minister who whipped Italy into shape to join the single European currency, is set to claim his reward by being named to Europe's most powerful job.

Protests in 5 Chinese provinces
A government order to close down mismanaged rural credit cooperatives has sparked farmers' protests in at least five provinces and cities across China, a human rights group reported on Monday.

India gets its 15 minutes of shame on American television
In what many Indians here found to be a painful but fairly credible depiction of the situation in modern day India, CBS television's highly acclaimed 60 minutes programme on Sunday took a scathing look at the practice of untouchability in India.

  Maharashtra deficit up by 550 pc
  Quicktakes
  India, Pak exchange prisoners
  US plane -- No proof of anything illegal yet
  Power cut -- High Court curbs MSEB, orders CBI probe
  House `set ablaze' in Dangs
  How Steel Ministry hammered its deal; Sinha had little role
  Romesh Sharma `marries' dead girlfriend
  Staffers will get paid -- Centre
  Centre rushes more forces to Bihar
  Substitute for N-application developed
  BJP men charged with power theft
  Maharashtra accepts litterateurs' resignations
  Accused gets bail in bogus document case
  Joshi okays Kejriwal as Nehru museum chief
  N-E village drinks to its health, finally
  Too many antibiotics kill resistance -- Expert
  Sringeri Vardhanthi mahotsava to be celebrated today
  Gujarat, UP Govts tampering with minority rights -- NCM
  World at a glance
  NATO on brink of Kosovo strikes -- Holbrooke
  Ready to run
  Journalist ends life at Colaba hostel
  BMC cracks whip on errant teachers
  Mumbai Beat
  GMC paints a picture of good health to pass MCI test
  MHADA, SPPL meets postponed
  BMC has no money for temporary staff
  Mumbai makes petrol and pays for it dearly
  Gangster's wife hangs self after his death in encounter
  Briefly...
  Youth braves thalassemia to be a family breadwinner
  ESMA -- Teachers to move HC
  Chandigarh Headlines
  City Beautiful fast becoming a City of vehicles?
  Ramsekhar takes over as city DC
  Offices in homes
  Warring Congress factions summoned
  PU roll number cards sent out
  PGI strike deferred
  Tanker full of molasses overturns
  No to Jerath's bail plea
  One Hundred Fifty jhuggis destroyed
  In brief -- Chandigarh
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Staff gives farewell to Bibi Jagir Kaur
  Jain for clearing names of HC judges
  Convention centre issue
  MC holds polls despite boycott
  Gurdwara Kalgidhar pradhan opposes function by Tohra men
  Takht Kesgarh Sahib manager transferred
  MCs directed to take action against encroachments
  Youth urged to follow Bhagat Singh
  Training programme at CCSHAU
  Gujjars persuaded to avoid areas close to J-K border
  Team to probe murders of sarpanch's family
  Financial bungling alleged
  Teacher fells trees to raise funds for school
  Sailing expedition to mark The Guards' golden jubilee
  Entries from craftsmen invited
  GMCH to hold medical camp on World TB Day
  Man arrested for killing grandfather
  Bank deposits in Punjab up by 18.7 pc
  Sixty attend course on legal literacy
  Seminar to focus on policies of liberalisation
  Panchkula block teaching staff go without salary
  Units set up for 250 youth
  Non-government colleges join private colleges in boycotting
  Haryana forfeits security of 2,261 PDS dealers
  Former minister gheroaed
  Vends auction
  Khalsa panth tercentenary chetna march
  The man who loves creepy crawlies
  Marriages on the Rocks?
  Vadodara Beat
  Surat Beat
  Panel to end woes
  Private plane crashes at Surat airstrip
  Young talent cheers up akademi anniversary
  Two Hundred Fifty attend free camp
  Seminar on new economic policies
  Gymnasts to sit in at Gandhi Baug
  The remains of the birthday
  Two Munshi men held
  Stars light up the night in Vadodara
  Detained foreign aircraft not a spy plane
  Bizarre drama at crematorium Assharma `marries' dead girl friend
  Witness in 1984 riots case identifies Sajjan
  No end in sight to land dispute
  This Tagore block has got its act together
  Partly dead, DEDA spends budget on absentees
  Yet the police can't crack the murder case
  Police files -- Delhi
  LG
  Assembly condoles death of journalists
  Scribe gets `fake' summons, court orders probe
  Control babus, listen to us
  Surat city to have rapid action cell
  In briefs -- Delhi
  Rickshaw-puller killed as bus rams vehicle
  Tribal's house `set ablaze' in the Dangs district
  Forest officer goes on hunger strike
  Robbers make off with Rs 25,000, jewellery
  Ashram shalas teach ABC of hardships
  National assn of fire officers formed
  Meet for modernising farming
  Pune beat
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  Jeep hijacked on highway
  Conserve nature or perish
  Viewing Canada through Indian eyes
  One more Provident Fund case
  Govt refutes all charges
  PMC acts, 20 years down the line
  Punyabhushan for Tatya Godse
  Car bound gunmen snatch Rs 2.27 lakh
  Warje-Malwadi residents take to road over MoD delay
  TDS drive
  Holiday Inn to construct elevated parking system
  State support for R&D urged
  Two exams in a day!
  AFK wins quality award
  In Brief -- Pune
  Auto driver kidnapped murdered in Bangalore
  Breeding colony of storks found in Karnataka
  Cooperative society for medicinal plants planned
  Tourist spots in 2 Karna districts to be linked
  State-level monitoring committee set up by KVIC
  Efforts to rescue panther from well
  Firm should be sensitised to envt'al pollution