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            |  He is a Special Secretary (CMBB) — Chief  Minister’s birthday bash!
 
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            | by
              Sandeep Joshi |  | Exempt
    Mandi Board from IT: Capt, BadalChandigarh, January 15
 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
    and Leader of the Opposition Parkash Singh Badal are together at least on
    one issue — the income of the Punjab Mandi Board should be exempt from
    income tax.
 Suspend
    Principal: DograRejects demand for CBI probe
 Amritsar, January 15
 Health Minister R.C. Dogra has
    recommended the suspension of Dr O.P. Mahajan, Principal, Government Medical
    College, who was arrested by the special investigation team in connection
    with the kidney racket.
  Docs get
    anticipatory bail 
  Kidney
    racket agent at large 
  Punjab page: IMA
    seeks impartial probe 
  Ludhiana page: Doctors
    divided over kidney racket
 HP poll: BJP to
    finalise names by Jan-end New Delhi, January 15
 The BJP Central Election Committee is
    meeting on January 29 or 30 for finalising party candidates for the Himachal
    Pradesh elections, even as party sources indicated that the candidature of a
    majority of the sitting MLAs was likely to be retained.
 
  In video: As Himachal Pradesh gears up for the forthcoming elections,
    the Congress blames the BJP for flouting election norms. (28k,
    56k) 
 Petrol,
    diesel prices increasedNew Delhi, January 15
 State-owned oil companies today
    increased petrol and diesel prices by around 40 paise per litre, effective
    midnight tonight..
 
 
 
      
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            | Golden
              Temple ‘symbol’ of Amritsar Amritsar, January 15
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            | The SGPC
              has prepared a case for declaring the Golden Temple as a world
              heritage site on the basis of its unique architecture and art
              works. The dossier, prepared with the help of INTACH under the
              guidance of Bibi Kiranjot Kaur, a former general secretary of the |  A view of the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple : The SGPC is sending a dossier to Unesco for declaring the temple a world heritage site.
              — Photo Rajiv Sharma
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              reads, “It is a revered icon of the city as the Taj is to Agra
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            |  | Punjab
    moves SC on SYL January 14, 2003
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            |  | BSF thwarts ISI’s bid to dig tunnel January 13, 2003
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            |  | HP
    elections on Feb 26 January 12, 2003
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            |  | Norms
    for overseas investment eased January 11, 2003
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            |  | PIOs in 6 countries eligible for dual citizenship January 10, 2003
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            |  | All-party meeting backs Amarinder January 9, 2003
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            |  | Advani:
            deport overstaying Pakistanis, Bangladeshis January 8, 2003
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            |  | Centre
            against disbanding SOG January 7, 2003
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            |  | Centre
        clears dual citizenship January 6, 2003
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            |  | PM to control N-trigger January 5, 2003
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