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 New dishes for the diaspora from Markfed |
| After wooing the international market with Indian delicacies like Sarson ka Saag and Dal Makhani, Punjab State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation, Markfed, is now eyeing the large Indian diaspora abroad with its latest offerings. |
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| Drought-hit Hamirpur loses Rs 9 crore |
| Hamirpur district has suffered a net loss of about nine crore rupees due to successive drought conditions during the Rabi and current Kharif seasons. This was stated by deputy commissioner, Abhishek Jain, while presenting the drought picture before a central team that visited Hamirpur on Thursday. |
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| Haryana, Punjab declare two-day State mourning |
| Condolences poured in over the sad demise of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy, whose death in a helicopter crash was confirmed on Thursday, with Haryana and Punjab Governments declaring a public holiday in the States on Friday as a mark of respect to the departed leader. |
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| MDU inks pact with AIIS, Delhi |
| With the twin objective of promoting studies on Indian culture, languages, civilisation and other related subjects along with facilitating academic exchange between University and American scholars, Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New Delhi’s American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS). |
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| Chandigarh set to be city of greens and gardens |
| The City Beautiful will soon don a new look, as the city administration is thrashing out a Rs 9 crore action plan to develop Chandigarh as a city of greens and gardens to broad based tourism infrastructure to attract more tourists. It will leave city much greener, which boasts of already having a slew of good gardens with nearly 50 per cent green cover. |
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| e-Revolution 2009 conclave begins in UT |
| Underlining the role of Information Technology in social transformation and improving the service delivery systems, Punjab Governor and city administrator General SF Rodrigues on Thursday called for a major collaborative effort and an integrated approach for giving a further boost to the IT sector in the region. |
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| Badal announces BDB to boost veggie production |
| Punjab Government on Thursday announced the constitution of a Basmati Development Board (BDB) to facilitate Basmati growers and the exporters of the Basmati as well as a board to boost the production of vegetables, flowers and fruits in the State. |
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| Purse search by teachers irks Chamba college girls |
| Resentment prevails among the parents of girl students of DAV College, Banikhet in Chamba over searching of purses of their wards by male teachers to ensure that they were not carrying mobiles in their purses. The decision of the college authorities angered the girls and boys and they raised slogans against the orders of the management. |
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| Cloud on PU elections for violating Lyngdoh guidelines |
| Panjab University will be facing the biggest setback of the year as the UT Home Secretary, Ram Niwas, and Punjab and Haryana High Court have accepted the petition filed by the campus students and notified the university authorities to take quick action against the violation of recommendations of JM Lyngdoh committee set up by the Supreme Court. |
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| Spend, splurge, woo is PU mantra |
| Poll fervour is gripping the Panjab University (PU) campus, as student elections draw near. Political parties are throwing the rule book out of the window as they splurge to woo young voters, ahead of polling on September 4. |
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| MDUTA rejects Govt notification on payscale |