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Badal retains Home among 10 Ministries, Manpreet gets Finance

Chandigarh, Mar 7 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today retained ten ministries including Personnel, General Administration, Home Affairs and Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Vigilance, Excise and Taxation, Power, Employment, Legal and Legislative Affairs and NRIs affairs in the distribution of portfolios among his 18-member SAD-BJP coalition Council of Ministers.

State Governor Lt Gen (retd) S F Rodrigues announced that Mr Manpreet Singh Badal has been given Finance and Planning and Programme Implementation while the portfolios of Parliamentary Affairs, Medical Education and Research, Forests and Wildlife Preservation Wing of the Agriculture Department and Labour ministries have been allotted to Mr Tikshan Sud.

Mr Manoranjan Kalia will take care of Local Government and Industries and Commerce. Mr Ranjit Singh Brahmpura will look after Rural Development and Panchayats and Elections while Capt Kanwaljit Singh has the ministries of Cooperation, Defence Service Welfare, Removal of Grievances, Pensions and Welfare of Pensioners Wing of the Finance Department.

Among the Women Cabinet ministers, Ms Upinderjit Kaur will take care of Education and Civil Aviation while Ms Lakshmi Kanta Chawla will look after Health and Family Welfare ministry.

Mr Adesh Partap Singh has the ministries of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Information Technology and Mr Guljar Singh Ranike will look after Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Dairy Development, Welfare of SCs and BCs and Sports and Youth Services.

Mr Ajit Singh Kohar will take care of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management and Master Mohan Lal will look after Transport department. PWD (B&R) ministry have gone to Mr Parminder Singh Dhindsa.

The ministries of Technical Education and Industrial Training, Social Security and Development of Women and Children ministries come under Mr Swarna Ram while Mr Sucha Singh Langah will look after Agriculture ministry.

Mr Janmeja Singh will take care of Irrigation Department while Jails Wing of Home Department, Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Printing and Stationery ministries goes to Mr Hira Singh Gabria.

Mr Bikram Singh Majithia has the ministries of Water Supply and Sanitation, Information and Public Relations and Science and Technology, Environment and Non-conventional Energy.

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Harkat Chief among two militants killed in Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 7 (UNI) A self-styled chief of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) and another militant were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in north Kashmir early this morning, a senior police officer said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kupwara, said that a joint operation was launched by police and 2 PARA Regiment after receiving information that some top militants were hiding at Demnar top forest in the frontier district. He said during the operation, militants opened fire on search party with.....

Nine killed in jeep-truck collision

Ludhiana, Mar 7 (UNI) Nine people, including six women, were killed on the spot when their jeep collided head-on with a truck near village Pandori, about 20 km from here. Five of the deceased belonged to the same family and have been identified as Ajayab Singh (45), his wife Bashinder (44), daughter Gurpreet (20), sister Gurmeet Kaur (35), brother-in-law Som Singh (50), and the driver of the hjeep Sarvan Singh (40) and three family friends Jaswinder Kaur (48) , Devi (45).....

Security beefed up at Ram Janmabhoomi complex

Ayodhya, Mar 7 (UNI) A red alert has been sounded at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi complex, following the recovery of a letter allegedly sent by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, which threatned to create havoc in several districts of Uttar Pradesh. Senior Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Pandey said the security has been intensified after a department of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) received the letter. Besides, intelligence inputs have also pointed threat to Ram temple. Mr Pandey added the help of anti-bomb disposal.....
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