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Gangster killed in encounter
MUMBAI: One of the twelve most wanted gangsters of the city, Shashi Sagnekar, alias Chikna Babu, was shot dead in a police encounter late on Saturday night along with another associate Sanjay Sandhor, alias Ghulya, alias Khiladi. Chikna Babu 30 and Ghulya 27 had called a builder at Cotton Green for extortion. However, a crime branch police team led by ACP Pradeep Sawant and API Pradeep Angre, was waiting for them at around 10.45 pm. Realising that they had walked into a trap, the two opened fire. The police retaliated and killed them on the spot. Chikna Babu was wanted in four murder cases. Police constables Jagdish More and Gotya Sawant were also a part of the team.
NATO attacks
BELGRADE: NATO warplanes on Saturday launched their biggest raids yet on Serbia, concentrating on military targets in Kosovo. In Washington, the White House however admitted that Milosevic showed no signs of buckling.
Jnanpith for Karnad
NEW DELHI:Girish Karnad received the 34th prestigious Jnanpith award 8212; the first ever to a dramatist 8212; at a function here on Saturday.
Bihar package
NEW DELHI: Centre today announced a three-pronged package for Bihar and granted Rs 500 crore assistance for development activities in violence-hit areas besides making available ten more companies of paramilitary forces for law and order requirements.
RBI order defied
MUMBAI: Bank officers on Saturday defied RBI directive to keep branches specified for collection of government duties and taxes open for full day, to protest the central bank8217;s high-handed8217; diktat, assistant general secretary of AIBOC Arvind Mahajan said.
Suu Kyi bereaved
LONDON: Myanmar8217;S pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi8217;s Husband, Michael Aris, on Saturday died of prostate cancer in a hospital here. He was 52 and is survived by Suu Kyi and two sons. Aris was refused a a visa to visit Suu Kyi recently.
