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He is a Special Secretary (CMBB) — Chief Minister’s birthday bash!
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Sandeep Joshi
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Exempt
Mandi Board from IT: Capt, Badal
Chandigarh, 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: Dogra
Rejects 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 increased
New Delhi, January 15
State-owned oil companies today
increased petrol and diesel prices by around 40 paise per litre, effective
midnight tonight..
Golden
Temple ‘symbol’ of Amritsar
Amritsar, January 15 |
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 |
SGPC,
reads, “It is a revered icon of the city as the Taj is to Agra
or Eiffel Tower is to Paris”. |
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Chautala, MPs meet PM on SYL
January 15, 2003
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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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