Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is planning to gift an 85 hp (horse power) tractor to his counterpart in Pakistan's Punjab, Parvez Elahi, as a reciprocal gesture to the horse gifted to him by the latter earlier this year. Elahi would be coming to Patiala to attend the World Punjabi Conference and the 1st Indo-Pak Games — Punjab 2004 next month.
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Munde replaced
BJP chief L.K. Advani has replaced Maharashtra unit chief Gopinath Munde with Nitin Gadkari, leader of the Opposition in the state legislative council. Munde had led the party to a diastrous result in the assembly elections recently.
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Natwar talks to Rice
External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh spoke to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday and congratulated her on being named Secretary of State.
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Desilting project
Water resources minister P.R. Dasmunshi told the consultative committee for his ministry that the pilot projects on desilting water bodies would begin in January 2005.
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