Mood mellow as Pope is set to arrive today
The mood was mellow on the eve of the visit by Pope John Paul II as the Vajpayee Government geared up to face its first major diplomatic challenge in its second coming.

Gujarat IAS officer restores wires to Orissa
It was a senior IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre known for his penchant for mobilising ham radio users during natural calamities, who was instrumental in setting up the first communication channel in cyclone-ravaged Orissa.

Madhuri weds surgeon in US
Word is finally out. On Oct 17, actress Madhuri Dixit, oomph queen & reigning muse of artist M F Husain tied the knot with a US-based Dr Shriram Nene, a surgeon & physician settled in Los Angeles.

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  Indian maid gets detah sentence
  Russia rejects pleas to end Chechen war
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  Mumbai Notes
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  Mumbai beat
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  Study trashes claims on garbage collection
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  Another US shootout -- 2 killed, 2 wounded
  Mumbai notes
  Quicktakes
  Vadodara Beat
  Jaspal orders plot probe
  Bhajia trick works again
  Liquor flows easy in MSU campus
  ... And for quiet introspection
  Diwali -- Time for e-fireworks
  Chemical stink upsets equations with villagers
  Crime Watch -- Vadodara
  Computers & common sense?
  Relatives of cyclone-hit in city still on tenterhooks
  VMC to return all seized larri-gallas
  Laparoscope unit for SSG Hospital
  ONGC machines worth lakhs stolen
  Bribes, not gifts
  Long queues, but no shortage
  Arrest helps DCB solve four theft cases
  Two injured in plant gas leak
  Chimpanzee died of ulcer
  Surtis go all out to help Orissa
  Surat quacks turn counsellors
  MC fire safety teams for Diwali
  Minor reshuffle in UT Admn
  Crime Beat -- Chandigarh
  PU to start agro-based courses from Nov 24
  Jain urges Advani for early bonus to UT staff
  Ragging in PEC -- one rusticated, four fined
  Careers in Canada discussed
  Punjab to open donation-based schools, colleges
  BSP to mark Nov 9 as `black day'
  UK students learn Bhangra
  Secy issue too trivial -- V-C
  Aesthetics on full play at Centre Stage
  Music video shot at city petrol pump
  Diesel price hike -- Farmers threaten to intensify stir
  Rs 12.49 lakh for Army Welfare Fund
  Daily Despatches -- Chandigarh
  Girl dies, 40 huts ravaged in fire at slum
  Bursting of crackers on roads banned
  Goon attacks cops escorting him
  Constable fires in air after row with neighbours
  Company man chased, robbed
  They battled enemy, nature
  Movement of garbage trucks flayed
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  Inter-school event by Tetra Pak