Wednesday, January 15, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Chautala, MPs meet PM on SYL
Say give work to central agency
Om Prakash Chautala New Delhi, January 14
A delegation of Haryana MPs and representatives of political parties led by state Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala today urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to expeditiously construct the Punjab portion of the SYL canal through its own agency in pursuance of the judgement of the Supreme Court so that Haryana could draw full quantity of water that has been allotted to it.

Haryana page: BJP stands by Chautala
SYL: Cong ‘won’t allow injustice’

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SYL echoes at Maghi Mela
Amarinder calls for unity
Muktsar, January 14
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s appeal to both the SAD and the BJP to participate in the special Vidhan Sabha session on Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal was responded to positively by Mr Parkash Singh Badal here today.

SAD’s conditional offer to CM
Muktsar, January 14
Accusing the Congress leadership and its successive government at the Centre and in Punjab of bartering away the interests of the state for remaining in power, the SAD (Badal) today passed a resolution vowing to fight for the interests of Punjab especially its right on river waters per riparian principles by observing 2003 as the year of the struggle.

    Kidney scam: CM promises action
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The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, addresses a political conference of the Congress at Maghi Mela, Muktsar, on Tuesday and (right) Mr Parkash Singh Badal, President, SAD, Mr Kirpal Singh Badungar, SGPC President and Mr Ashok Pradhan, Union Minister of State, at SAD’s political conference.
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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Jammu, January 14
Amidst protests by those left out, the Chief Minister, Mufti Sayeed, today expanded his over two-month-old PDP-Congress coalition ministry by inducting 22 new ministers. The Governor, Mr G.C. Saxena, administered the oath of office to the new ministers.
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Aid for illegal Sikh migrants
New Delhi, January 14
To mitigate the hardship faced by illegal Sikh migrants, the Vajpayee government has directed Indian missions abroad to issue travel documents after satisfying themselves that the applicants are Indian nationals.

10 cr for Maya’s birthday bash
Lucknow, January 14
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s birthday on January 15 has become an official event for which regular meetings are being held to fix responsibility of different government departments to ensure that nothing should be left undone to escape wrath of “behanji”.

Spice, Airtel bar calls to Connect
Chandigarh, January 14
The ongoing war between the cellphone operators on one hand and the Telephone Regulatory Authority of India and WiLL-based mobile services on other has claimed its first victim in Punjab.

Business page: Cellular-WLL row deepens

High-tech facilities proposed
Heritage status for Golden Temple

Amritsar, January 14
The dossier being sent for declaring the Golden Temple as a world heritage site has suggested major changes with a view to synchronise them with the standards set by UNESCO.

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