Tuesday, March 14, 2000, Chandigarh, India
Giani Puran Singh directs CM
to replace Bibi
AMRITSAR, March 13 — In a blitzkrieg move, Giani Puran Singh, the Jathedar of Akal Takht, has directed Mr Parkash Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, to immediately appoint an acting president of the SGPC in place of Bibi Jagir Kaur who was “excommunicated” from the Sikh Panth for violating the edicts of the Takht.
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A convoy of transport vehicles, carrying equipment related to US President Bill Clinton's visit, winds its way through Mumbai on Monday. Government-RSS ties to be cordial: PM
ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT, March 13 — Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee today sought to underplay the recent developments in Bihar saying it was not exactly a “setback” for the National Democratic Alliance.
A convoy of transport vehicles, carrying equipment related to US President Bill Clinton's visit, winds its way through Mumbai on Monday. — PTI photo
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CJI asks lawyers to end stir
NEW DELHI, March 13 — The Chief Justice of India, Mr A.S. Anand, today appealed to the striking lawyers to end their agitation and return to work as it has caused untold miseries to the litigants and brought the administration of justice to a halt.Members of the Bar Council and Bar Association of Delhi staging a protest in front of the Delhi High Court on Monday.
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Congress to join Rabri govt
NEW DELHI, March 13 — The Congress tonight decided to join the Rabri Devi government in Bihar on the basis of an eight-point mutually agreed common minimum programme.

Army train enters Guinness book
CHANDIGARH, March 13 — An Army medical train which traversed the country some time back has chugged its way into the Guinness Book of Records for undertaking the longest rail journey in the world.

Changes in urban rent Act
CHANDIGARH, March 13 — The Punjab Council of Ministers, which met here this morning, has approved the proposed changes in the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949.
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