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December 24, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Dhumal: HP will go Gujarat way Stage set for HP winter capital INTUC flays policy on disinvestment Milk Coop fails to pay villagers Biotech village for Kangra dist |
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Dhumal: HP will go Gujarat way
Mandi, December 23 Addressing public meetings at Aut, Balichowki, Pandoh and Sunder Nagar here today, Mr Dhumal said the BJP would expose the Congress and highlight the achievements and works carried out by its government in less than five years as compared with the Congress’ 45-year rule in the state. He said the Congress only talked about doing things, but the BJP believed in doing them. He said the BJP government was concerned about the uplift of the common man. He said development would be the main poll plank of the BJP and during the ‘vishwas yatra’, people would be informed about the unparalleled development carried out by his government in the state. Mr Dhumal flayed the Congress for claiming that the Gujarat results would not have any impact on Himachal Assembly elections and pointed out that these very leaders had earlier been harping on the view that the BJP would be finished after its defeat in Gujarat. Referring to the Gujarat poll and the sweeping victory of the BJP, he said the Congress was perturbed over the response the BJP was receiving during the ‘vishwas yatra’ and this would prove a ‘vinash yatra’ for the Congress in the ensuing Assembly elections. He announced the creation of the post of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Development, shortly at Sunder Nagar besides Sarkaghat in response to the mounting pressure of the Sunder Nagar area and party workers. Mr Roop Singh Thakur, Forest Minister, Mr Maheshwar Singh MP, Mr Parkash Chaudhary, Minister of state for Rural Development, and Mr Ramesh Sharma, Vice-Chairman, HP Agro Industries Corporation, also spoke. PTI
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Stage set for HP winter capital Kangra, December 23 Deputy Commissioner Kangra Prabhod Saxena said here today that all arrangements had been completed to run the government from Dharamshala from December 26, this year. He said the Mini-Secretariat was ready with arrangements being made for ministers and secretaries. He said residential accommodation for them had been arranged in different rest houses at Dard, Dharamshala, Kangra and nearby places, apart from the Circuit House. He said the Chief Minister, Mr P.K. Dhumal, would arrive here on Christmas eve. He would attend the office next morning. The first Cabinet meeting at the winter capital would be chaired by the chief minister on December 27, this year, he added. The Chief Minister, told this correspondent that he was eager to see the functioning time of the winter capital increase gradually. |
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INTUC flays policy on disinvestment Shimla, December 23 Addressing a press conference here today, he said the NDA had promised to strengthen public sector units but after coming to power it was “indiscriminately” disposing of these prestigious units. Besides, the labour laws were being amended to curtail trade union rights and facilitate the closure of industrial units without notice. He said the INTUC would build a strong mass movement to force the government to reverse its anti-worker and anti-employee policies. Meanwhile, Mrs Kanta Sood, newly elected president of the Himachal unit of the INTUC, said her organisation would stake a claim to the Congress ticket in the coming assembly elections in the state. Talking to newsmen she said the INTUC would seek the party ticket for its leaders who stood a good chance of winning. She said there was no controversy over her election as president which was held in the presence of the returning officer, Mr A.K. Jha, and Mr Kuldeep Rathore, observer and in charge of the front organisations of the Congress in the state. She appointed Mr Kalyan Bakshi and Mr Chaman Lal senior vice-president and vice-president, respectively, Mr Rajneesh Kumar, Mr Waryam Singh, Mr Jagat Singh and Mr Kailash Rana general secretaries and Mr Mohan Lal Sharma secretary.
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Milk Coop fails to pay villagers Mandi, December 23 According to officials source, about Rs 60 lakh are due to the milk producers. Officials of the plant plead helplessness, saying funds are not being released from Shimla. Most of the milk producers live below the poverty line and non-payment of dues by the milk federation has made their lives miserable. Bhimi Devi of Tandi village, who died yesterday without money for her treatment was making both ends meet by selling milk. Her death has sparked off resentment among the villagers who assembled in large numbers outside the Chakkar Milk Plant and raised slogans against the management. |
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Biotech
village for Kangra dist Nurpur, December 23 Official sources say that under the project, Himalayan flora, particularly herbs and aromatic plants, will be conserved. |
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School lecturers
to continue stir Hamirpur, December 23 In a statement here today, Mr Rao lambasted the Education Minister, Mr
I.D. Dhiman, for his statement that appeared in a section of the media today. |
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9.95 kg of charas seized from bus Mandi, December 23 The Moviseri-bound bus was coming from Sugarani. The charas was in a cement bag wrapped in a newspaper. The international value of the seized contraband is about Rs 80 lakh. Four suspects have been rounded up in this connection, the police said. |
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