|  | HPs go-ahead for
        tree felling SHIMLA,
        Jan 20  Plagued with perennial financial crisis,
        the fund-starved Himachal Government has finally given
        the go-ahead for felling of green trees. The decision is
        likely to double the states forest revenue from the
        next financial year.
 Penury
        drives family to deathUKLANA (Hisar), Jan 20  Apparently
        fed up with poverty, a young couple committed suicide in
        Chamar Khera village after poisoning their two children.
        According to neighbours, Bhura Ram (25), his wife Saroj
        (20) and children  Puja (4) and Deepak (2) 
        were found dead in their house last night.
 Irrigation
        scam unearthedCHANDIGARH,
        Jan 20  The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has
        registered a criminal case against a contractor of
        Bhiwani, Mr Satpal alias Pahari, who is alleged to be
        close to Mr Surender Singh, a former MP and son of a
        former Chief Minister, Mr Bansi Lal.
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