UK seeks millennium partnership with India
India and Britain seem to be settling down at last to a more mature relationship, with London openly ready to take a far more pragmatic view of New Delhi's positions on issues ranging from Kashmir.

New State Bank deposit scheme adds glitter to gold
For all those with pots of gold and no clue about what to do with it, there is finally a scheme that could earn them interest on gold.

Gujaratis leave their mark on new millennium
On the midnight of December 31, 1999, if American planes don't drop from the sky, bank transactions don't go haywire and X-ray machines don't zonk out.

  Quicktakes
  Centre to amend ER Act
  Method to make cheaper refractory bricks developed
  Amusement parks -- Licensed, but not for safety
  Govt against petition to delete Rajiv's name
  American tourist killed in elephant fight in Kaziranga
  Science expo to showcase models from 154 schools
  Track 2 diplomacy to rule meet
  Hospital to pay up as girl loses foot
  People
  Family denies suicide theory
  In safe hands? Think again
  Agent Orange -- Koreas see red
  Periscope on Pakistan
  Mumbai Beat
  Riot breaks out in Thane after cops raid brewery
  `There are too few films with social messages'
  11-month-old girl dies, gives sight
  HC gives NMMC two weeks on hawking zones
  Historical research institute set up at Vasai college
  Court misuse -- Gujarat HC rapped for quashing PIL
  Akali man's bid to hush up rape bared
  Women corporators give a lesson in empowerment
  Landmark European arms treaty signed
  Row over `Rajiv's gift' to Prabhakaran
  Russian strikes on Chechnya continue; 170 die
  Customs arrest two for fake exports
  Indira Gandhi remembered
  Imelda Marcos has slipped out of Philippines, say reports
  Declare financial emergency in UP, says RLD
  Israeli PM safe after plane hits truck on tarmac
  Cut in PF, NSS interest likely
  HC returns swimming pool to filmstars
  High court tells taxi union not to `force its hand'
  Humiliated, widow tries to kill self, kids
  Fearing Y2K bug in India, world airlines to `keep distance'
  Coast Guard's got the pirates but at sea over booking them
  Blair baby news delights UK
  Engineers build a consensus on collapses
  Bihar sounds red alert in Palamu
  Sloppy ASI gets a slap in its face
  WR to thrash out squatter problem
  Invalid 88-yr-old watches over wife's corpse for 3 days
  Sharif remanded to police custody
  Rock band Aryans to perform in city
  Bail granted in fraud case
  Nutrition workshop comes to an end
  Relief invited for Orissa victims
  Collection camps for Orissa affected set up
  National pharmacy week celebrated
  Students fascinated by lectures on geophysics
  Badal flayed for no representation of state at Centre
  Kids stage play on freedom of animals
  Kids get to know about e-commerce
  Punjab pensioners to meet on Nov 20
  Healthy baby contest held
  Rs 22,000 stolen from scooter
  Nagar kirtan held
  Dharna enters fourth day
  Owner of chit-fund firm booked
  Punjab takes up loan waiver with finance panel
  Issued on Oct 1, expired a day earlier
  Refer Lokayukta Bill back to House, says Haryana Cong
  Over 1,000 kids take part in Kharar polio awareness rally
  Panchayati raj Act changes wrong -- CPi
  Indira's birth anniversary celebrated
  PPCC panel to probe police excesses
  As pistol `gift' recoils, DCP Garg shunted out
  I don't want to talk of the murder
  CNG bus project develops a flat
  Orange juice -- Family is pleased to squeeze
  Bata girl Rani puts best foot forward
  Remove illegal structures near Zafar Mahal -- Court
  Police files -- Delhi
  Hands tied with shopping, parents let go of kids
  Heavy turnout in JNU student polls
  City rushes cyclone-hit to safe water
  LPG backlog to be cleared by March 31
  6,000 survivors in six villages quench thirst with NCL
  Bhatia charges -- Quick probe assured
  CID probing custodial death
  Staging a real life drama
  Party hopping with close ones
  Two die in mishaps
  Launch drive to solve jam
  14 officers pass out with distinction
  NCC cadets donate blood