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                Sandeep Joshi |  | Nagi’s
    appointment set asideChandigarh, January 10
 
  Dr
    Onkar Nath Nagi’s appointment as the Dean of Post-Graduate Institute of
    Medical Education and Research was today set aside, for the second time, by
    the Punjab and Haryana High Court. His appointment was initially set aside
    in November, 2001. Vedanti’s
    nod to kirtan by womenPatiala, January 10
 
  The
    SGPC President, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, said today that Akal Takht
    Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti had given his approval to allow women to
    perform kirtan in the Harmandar Sahib, but said a final decision in the
    matter would be taken after the public opinion on the issue. Sikhs in jail can wear ‘patka’New Delhi, January 10
 Acting on a complaint from the National Commission for Minorities
        that Sikhs brought to lock-ups or jails in the national Capital are forced to remove their turbans, the Delhi police has decided to allow Sikh accused persons to use “patka” in lock-up.
 Virbhadra
    heads HP  poll panel
  New
    Delhi, January 10 Firming up its strategy for the
    Himachal Pradesh elections, the Congress today appointed former Chief
    Minister Virbhadra Singh as convener of the campaign committee in Himachal
    Pradesh.
 
    
 
      
        | Cold wave fails to deter farmersRoad blockade to continue until dues are paid
 Kharar, January 10
 
            
              | Undeterred by the freezing cold, hundreds of farmers have been blocking the
                Chandigarh- Jalandhar national highway, near here, for the past three days to press the Punjab Government to pay their sugarcane dues worth Rs 80 crore of last year. |  Braving the freezing cold, farmers block traffic on the Chandigarh-Jalandhar road, near Kharar, demanding payment of sugarcane dues on Friday.
                — Tribune Photo Manoj Mahajan
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