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Tuesday,
March 11, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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HP House members administered oath Virbhadra inherits
‘15,000 cr fiscal mess’ Raids continue at
SSSB office
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‘Chinese actions a cause for concern’ Jawan cremated with full honours 
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HP House members administered oath Shimla, March 10 Mr Ishwar Das,
Protem Speaker, administered the oath to 64 MLAs. Mr Virbhadra Singh, the Chief Minister, was the first to take the oath, HVC chief Sukh Ram was the last to do it. There are 20 new faces in the House, and 30 members of the dissolved House have been re-elected. First the ministers were administered the oath and thereafter the rest of the members took the oath. Twelve members took oath in English and the remaining ones in Hindi. Mrs Vidya Stokes, Mr Sat Mahajan, Mr Rangila Ram Rao, Mr B.B. Butail, Mr R.K. Gaur, Mr Harsh Mahajan, Mr G.S. Bali, Mr Harsh Wardhan, Dr Biru Ram, Mr Rakesh Verma and Mrs Anita Verma, took the oath in English. The ruling Congress has 40 members, the BJP 16, the HVC, the Lok Tantrik Morcha and the Lok Jan Shakti one each and six Independents. Election to three snow-bound tribal segments will be held on June 8. There are four women members, all of the Congress, out of which three have been made ministers. Mrs Chandresh Kumari, President of the All-India Mahila Congress, returned to the House after a gap of 18 years, and senior Congress leader Sat Mahajan made it after a gap of seven years. Mr Karm Dev Dharmani and Mr Damodar Dass, both of the BJP, made it to the House after a decade. Mr Khimi Ram, Mr Virender Kanwar, Mr Vikram Thakur, Mr Sat Pal and Mr Sukh Ram Chaudhary, all of the BJP, are first-timers to the House. Mr Sadanand Chauhan of the Lok Janshakti Party and Dr Subhash, Mr Sohan Lal and Mr Navin Dhiman, all Independents, are also first-timers to the Vidhan Sabha. |
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Musafir to be Speaker Shimla, March 10 The election of the Speaker is to be held tomorrow. However, as he is the only one to file nomination, his election is a formality. Today was the last day for filing nomination. |
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Virbhadra inherits
‘15,000 cr fiscal mess’ Shimla, March 10 Stating this here today, Mr Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, said the House would be adjourned tomorrow after the Address of the Governor. However, it would not be prorogued and reassembled towards the end of the month for presentation and passing of a vote-on-account for a period of three months. The discussion of the Governor’s Address would also take place during the session. He said the Dhumal government had left the state’s finances in a mess with a visible burden of over Rs 15,000 crore which could be even more. His main concern would be to improve the financial health of the government by controlling wasteful expenditure and prudent borrowings. He said the financial crunch would not be allowed to come in the way of development activities which would be speeded up. |
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Raids continue at
SSSB office Hamirpur, March 10 Meanwhile, employees of the board, who were on leave for two days, attended to their routine duties today. They were, however, not allowed to enter the office premises in the morning till the arrival of the Secretary of the board and after the permission of the team of the Enforcement department. Talking to reporters on the board campus, Mr Gupta said while the search and seizure operations were on, more would be known once Mr Surendra Mohan Katwal, Chairman of the board, reached the office. Mr Katwal is due here tomorrow morning. He, however, refused to say anything more but added that result of the raid was positive. If he didn’t reach tomorrow, his office would be opened and record would be seized as per the search and seizure orders received from a local Judicial Magistrate. Meanwhile, an indication regarding Mr Surendra Mohan Katwal’s joining the office was given by the brother of Mr Katwal to the DIG, Enforcement, on phone this evening. A team of the local scribes who had gone to cover the proceedings of the case found burnt question papers of the Board at a crematorium, especially constructed by the Board for burning its precious record. |
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‘Chinese actions a cause for concern’ Dharamsala, March 10 Welcoming the recent political developments in China where there has been a smooth transition of power from the third generation to the fourth, the Dalai Lama said this showed the political wisdom of the Chinese leadership. He said he was in favour of bringing China in the mainstream of the world community instead of isolating it. He said but it was a sad reflection that in contrast to these positive developments in China, there was still a lack of a flexible and pragmatic approach. |
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Jawan cremated with full honours Nurpur, March 10 Chain Singh was posted at Jyotimath Suman post in Uttaranchal in the ITBP’s 19th battalion. He was buried alive under a glacier. The body of the soldier was brought at his native village yesterday morning. He is survived by his wife and three children. He was the only son of his parents. Mr Chander Kumar, Forest Minister, laid a wreath on the body of the soldier on behalf of the state government. |
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Two killed Mandi, March 10 |
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Sharma Shimla, March 10 He was promoted as Director in 1997 during the Congress regime. However, he was removed by the Dhumal government which assumed office subsequently. |
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