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Monday, December 13, 1999, Chandigarh, India
   
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PM announces 400 cr package for HP
SAINJ (Kulu), Dec 12 — The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, responding to the fervent plea by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Prem Kumar Dhumal, for financial assistance to tide over the state’s ten-year accumulated financial problems, announced a package of Rs 400 crore for the state while laying the foundation stone of the Parbati Hydro Electric Project here.		   Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
KULU, HIMACHAL PRADESH: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee addressing a rally after laying the foundation stone of the Parbati hydroelectric project at Sainj, 45 km Kulu, on Sunday.
— Tribune photo by Karam Singh

CWC adopts Antony report
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 — The Congress has concluded that weaknesses in its organisational structure had contributed immensely to the party’s debacle in the last Lok Sabha elections.
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CM’s brother seeks CBI probe
NEW DELHI, Dec 12 — Former Haryana MLA Pratap Singh Chautala, younger brother of Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, today demanded that investigations in a case of corruption filed against his elder brother be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

Nawaz SharifSharif’s trial begins today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 — The trial of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz and five others accused, on charges ranging from waging war against the state to hijacking, will formally begin tomorrow in an anti-terrorism court of administrative judge Shabbir Ahmed.

11 die after drinking spirit
FEROZEPORE, Dec 12 — At least 11 persons, including two women, have died here since last night, allegedly after consuming ‘spirit’ supplied by a local medical practitioner.



Animals eat bodies at morgue
DHARAMSALA, Dec 12 — The mortuary at the local zonal hospital is in such a dilapidated condition that wild animals creep in and feast on bodies kept there for the night.

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