IIT develops `shock freezer' for food items
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has developed a liquid nitrogen based Individual Quick Freezing (IQF) tunnel that can now be commercially exploited to store food products for months together without losing out on quality.

Harinder's hosts in Russia worked for firm on MoD blacklist
Justifying the Navy Chief's sacking, Defence Minister George Fernandes dismissed Niloufer Bhagwat's charge that it was a result of a "nexus" between arms dealers, politicians and bureaucrats.

Sena men dig up pitches at Kotla ground
Bal Thackeray's remote control works pretty effectively in the Capital. First, it was Fire, now he may just have succeeded in preventing the Capital from watching Pakistan play India.

  Bangalore NGO trains police to halt children's route to crime
  MEA to hold Pasport Adalats
  Pharmacists to go on strike
  Air cargo service for agro products soon
  Pak flays Vajpayee's comments on Sharif assassination attempt
  Mineral water proposal withdrawn
  States find serving hot meals in primary schools costly
  Pak sending emissary
  US warplane fires on Iraqi missile base
  Sorry, we are two years away from the new millennium
  Currency Note Press official penalised for cheating
  Attacks in Gujarat have more to do with politics than animosity among tribals
  Top police official resigns over torture of Anwar in custody
  Films Division plans to start documentary channel
  Death sentence for another MQM man in Pakistan
  Bhagwat's dismissal unfortunate and shocking
  Minorities Commission members arrive in Gujarat
  Let scientists regulate DNA experiments, says Watson
  One teacher sacked, 4 transferred for misbehaving with girls
  Boy survives, beloved dies in failed suicide pact
  Wildlife experts differ on quail controversy
  US jet fires at Iraqi radar site
  Plans for developing Shirdi shrine on anvil
  Kashmir cut off due to heavy snowfall
  Repair Board sets up panel to end malpractice
  Warrant issued against film mag CMD
  US used UN data on Iraq
  Fernandes takes exception to US "arrogance"
  Nepal Shiv Sena launched
  UN arms inspectors, US deny spying in iraq
  Quicktakes
  Post-graduate diploma, gratis varsity
  State ministers blame babus for bad press
  Bandh to create Kalwan district
  China, Vatican row flares up
  CM's spiel fails to impress ballot-boycotting villagers
  Day one
  Nashik ZP wants ban on onion export lifted
  Budget constraints push Army to begin restructuring exercise
  US admits to spying on Iraq; Annan backs off
  Where religion is an opium, violence a political game
  Sena crows, Centre offers extra cover for Pak tour
  3 cops suspended for Kotla fiasco
  Orkay workers lathicharged
  3 Rajan gangsters detained
  Bhishma aka Shaktimaan smells a `Shakuni plot' in serial-ins
  MBRRB panel to check malpractices
  Ad Club's campaign to boost cops' Alert Citizen
  `Separate the twins? Good god, no!'
  `BMC in doldrums, but BEST is better off'
  Women turn drug peddling into a small-scale enterprise
  2 Chhota Shakeel men killed in encounter
  Home Ministry assures full cover to Indo-Pak matches
  Mumbai Beat
  Trigger-happy men kill 2, hurt 9
  Mumbai Notes
  Ministry calls for Sharma tapes
  Government officials first to ride the bus to Pakistan
  Vadodara Beat
  Army accountable to civil authority
  Relief distribution begins in Dangs
  NMC keen to get to bottom
  Gowda guns for Keshubhai Govt
  Fourteen dams set to gain height
  National Fire Academy opens
  No quick snip to their freedom
  Petrofils workers face an uncertain future
  Govt ruining ties with neighbours
  MACHTECH show begins
  Kolhapur-Mumbai air link takes off
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  ABVP proposes national seminar
  Mother's gain, foster parents' loss
  Navrachna wins IE contest
  Vadodara to be a model district
  CP restricts entry of heavy goods vehicles
  Civil Court rejects MSU students' plea
  GEB to complete Rural electrification by March
  DSO carries out raids in Surat
  Civic authorities recovers taxes worth Rs 6.5 lakh
  Police could have been sterner on offenders
  Surat Beat
  Five advocates on token fast
  Crime Watch -- Surat
  Villagers protest SUDA land move
  Essential commodities worth Rs 3.27 lakh seized
  Lt Governor tells DVB to gear up for summer
  Woman murdered in Pitampura
  Jewellery shop robbed
  Four pickpockets stab man in moving bus
  Man gunned down in encounter
  V-C, profs fly to Tokyo; DU says the Japanese paid for it
  Delhiites are insecure
  Four alleged robbers arrested
  Crime Beat -- Delhi
  Police hauled up for ignoring court orders
  Truck kills college student
  Bureaucrats should be shown their place
  Cold wave to intensify
  Committee moots fines to regularise illegal structures
  Pune Notes
  Christians register protest
  Oil dealers get 3-yr SI for defying forum order
  Road safety councils a must, says Foundation
  No change in HSC exams as teachers' stir continues
  No immediate threat to Vajpayee Govt
  Stone laid for bottling plant at Wai
  AIR, DD strike continues
  Chandigarh Headlines
  Mock robbery makes mockery of Safe City
  Seven hour ban on loading trucks along highways
  Sagar gets HC exemption
  Two men found dead in city
  Another Lalru PSEB employee suspended
  Occupants hit the roof in water leak
  Water supply likely to be affected today
  Array of hand-designed products on display
  Statement recorded in triple murder case
  Spurious oil case accused remanded
  DGP's statement sought
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  "Rash" bus driver gets 15-month RI
  AIR, Doordarshan staff go on strike
  Mahila Congress expresses concern
  PNB branch celebrates anniversary
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  Punjab University to remain closed on Jan 8 and 11
  372 in fray for 147 panches' posts
  Tight security for President visit
  Visa issue
  Regional Beat -- Chandigarh
  Crowds gather as Akalis attend meet
  INLD to help topple Bansi govt
  Industry for higher exemption limit
  Badal directive to officials
  Girl's disappearance
  Amarinder warns party men of action
  Protest against Sumitra's arrest
  Errors in Sanskrit textbooks?
  Haryana urges slashing of interest rates
  PCMSA asks medical officer to ignore show-cause notice
  Let Nirankaris join march
  Punjabi varsity teachers sport black badges
  Shimla receives first snowfall of season
  Punjab postings
  Biz File -- Chandigarh
  Druckgrafen declared sick unit
  Sufiana Kalaam brings alive Thursday
  BJYM to hold yatra in city
  Euphoria '99 takes off at GMC
  History of Kannada lit. to be published
  3 held for manhandling BWSSB staff
  Boy fatally assaults girl, ends life