Shetty upset, Gokhale smug, Satam as usual mum
Smiles around the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters said only one thing -- good riddance! A day after the state Cabinet decided to scrap the Mayor-in-Council system, the atmosphere in the BMC was that of subdued celebration, fire-crackers probably saved for the day when the bosses would finally go.

Victim of sexual harassment sues Saudi for Rs 1 cr damages
After emerging successful in the sexual harassment case against Saudi Arabian Airlines, Shehnaz Sani has now sued the company for damages to the tune of around Rs one crore in a civil suit filed in Bombay High Court. This is the first time in India that somebody has filed for damages in a sexual harassment case.

Teachers brought under Essential Service Ordinance
After a brief debate and walkout by Communist and Peasants and Workers Party members, the Legislative Assembly today passed a resolution to enlist the services of secondary, higher secondary and junior college teachers associated with the SSC and HSC examinations.

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  Wild ass population increases in Rann of Kutch
  Undertrial gives jail staff the slip
  Don't trivialise news, warns President
  CISF jawan `missing'
  Clock genius finds he has to change with the times
  Why Octroi abolition will take a heavy toll
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  HPCL faces boycott by pvt oil tankers
  Baywatch to the rescue in Goa
  Indo-Bangla talks on track for a new train
  Temple refurbishing in Karnataka breaks religious barriers
  Civic bodies violate Gujarat Govt order
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  No toll on flyovers for Mumbaikars
  Sharp-tongued Zhu cuts US down to size
  Tony Agarwal's bail plea rejected
  Election results sobering for Chandrika
  Committee to check errant State officers
  Munde orders probe into stripping of Pune woman
  Ribeiro panel recommends setting up of security council
  Autonomy option doubtful, says Blair
  They kill the girl child to survive poverty and hardship
  Yeltsin backs Yugoslavia puts his guns where his mouth is
  Pak TV scores as DD transmitter hits snag
  Exide man back as mysteriously as he vanished
  Pratibha Pratishthan scam accused arrested
  George goes by the booklet on Bhagwat
  Quicktakes
  WR station masters to join stir
  Irrigation Dept engineer faces arrest for contempt
  Arafat arrives in Delhi
  World at a glance
  Mumbai Notes
  A Boeing ride for terminally ill kids
  Mega block between CST and Kurla
  Mumbai Beat
  MAFCO unit in Borivli park hangs fire
  WIAA blames govt, greens for poor roadways
  Chandigarh Headlines
  `Scooter on side road' trial misfires; cops shelve plan
  Minor drivers, beware from Monday
  Wastage of water
  A trip to the bottom of the earth and back...
  In Brief -- Chandigarh
  IGP visits city slums
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  Research on Website for Punjab
  Class VIII result today
  SAD-BJP councillors meet Chhibber
  Lawyers to be off work on Saturdays
  Paramjit, Tara joined by two others in fast-unto-death
  Bail denied in dowry case
  Panel reduces compensation
  Lottery
  Health scheme for kids
  Munjal, Chatterjeein CII body
  Open darbar held by DC
  Tohra has no concrete issues to fight govt, says Sukhbir Badal
  Why Army institute
  Regional Beat -- Chandigarh
  Tributes paid to OSD's mother
  Haryana traders observe bandh
  Strenghten PDS, urge Punsup staff
  Marches from Patna, Dwarka in Ludhiana
  Fifteen cases sorted out at open `lok darbar'
  Stampede at Cup concert
  Three Hundred Fifty awarded degrees
  Congress bypassed provisions to raise Rs 909-crore loans
  MLAs' special grant plea rejected
  Students' ad-campaign impresses
  Expert stresses upon widening of tax base, compliance
  Impressions of the `red lit' life
  Release TADA convict on parole
  Patang Umang at Chandigarh Club on Sunday
  Four held for separate cases of robbery
  If the city does not take care of slums, they will take over
  Assembly disrupted for third day over Khalsa Panth issue
  HC seeks input son qualifications of MPs, MLAs
  Inquiry committee asks to be relieved of GB Pant case
  Police yet to make breakthrough in couple's murder
  In Brief -- Delhi
  Joyriders plague vehicle-owners in Delhi University
  Sarod maestro enthralls Delhi
  Minor clash in Jehangirpuri
  Dropsy case transferred to sessions court
  Police Files -- Delhi
  Corporal punishment
  In Brief -- Pune
  Panchgani picks up Bhatia lead
  Cops probe rejected currency notes in circulation
  Sena corporator shuts down liquor den
  HC stays PMC action against buses
  Fresh directories short on nos
  Sindhu Utsav '99 from May 1
  People's support for Bhatia just the beginning
  PCMC maintains water rates for Balewadi complex
  Uproar over PMC staffers' protest
  Ragpickers could have stashed ammo
  Cops charged at
  Cops zero in on Pune's red light area
  Hotel raided for serving liquor sans permit; 5 held
  Bomb scare holds up PCMC work
  Now, PCB turns heat on 6-seaters, pvt buses
  PMC slams door on bus owners
  Doctor PMC to prescribe bitter pill for filthy hotels
  Watchmen watch as youth is murdered
  Call for innovative programmes for special kids
  House burgled