Himalayan Times (1954)

TweJve *w«»»n 4<m«- Registered No. C3032

I» UJ.'o tlii*. WppIc flood damage to assam KAPOOR-MANI

In India 1 His weeK link line New Delhi

•-- New Delhi, Dec. 10 Two well known fa-
Dec. 5 : Deputy Minis- Sri Shah Nawaz, Par- milies of the Punjab have
ters for Finance, Sri 51. 0. Jiamentary Secretary to been united last week.
Shah and Mr. A. C. Guha Rajiway Minister, in reply Promila Mani, the accom-
and Deputy xMmister for tQ a que8tion in the Lok plished daughter of Dr.
National Resources and gabba recentiy gave figu. and Mr8> C> Manii waa
Scientific Research, Mr. re8 of the amouut 8pent married to bl/Lt. B. L.
K. D. Malvia h*ve been Qn the repair8 u* bridges Kapoor, the youngest son
promoted to be Ministers an(J trftck Qn the As8am of Dr> and Mrs. Maharaj
of State. P*« &yed_Mah-' Link Railway line dama- Singh Kapoor.
mud and Mr. H V. Patas- ged due to floods. * . . .
kar have also been ap- 6 At a colourful cere
pointed as two new minis- He sa'd approxima- mony called the ''Sehra-
ters in the centre. . tely Its ■ 12.11,400/- were bandij' the young groom
2 * # spent on temporary repair looking very dashing in a
* c t> done to bridges and Rs beautiful brocade achken,
The Governor of Bom. ,1,77,300/- on temporary and pink turban was put
bay, Sri Girja Bhankar repair8 to the lines on the through the traditional
T-Tfo^'fM t'nL„ Assam Link. Approximate- rights and festooned by
died at. 2-30 A.M. to-day , R8.73 00)000/- were ex- the women of the family
at Government House, pectedto be 8pent on per- with what they playfully
Bombay. manent restoration work. called his "halter and

Dec. 6 : Sri Meher Cha'nd
Khanna, Adviser to the
Ministry of Rehabilitation
' has been promoted to b»
a Minister of the Union
Governmept of India.

Deo. 9 : A News Agency
report says that His Holi-
ness the Dalai Lama may
visit Russia.

*, *■ *
The Bank Employees'
strike which was to start
from the 10th Dec. 54
has been deferred.

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Gangtok.

horse blinkers." One could
distinguish the various
gentlemen members of the
family by the pink turbans
they wore—beginning with
the father, Dr. Maharaj
Singh Kapoor and conti-
nuing with his two sons,
Col. B. K. Kapoor of the
Army Medical Corps end
Mr. B. K. Kapoor, till re-
cently Indian Political
Agent in Sikkim

. DO you KNOW

1. Out of about 5
lakh Indian villages, Pan-
chayats are new covering
nearly 3 lakh villages.

2. Among the world's
muUi-purpese river valley
projects the longest dam
is Hirakud Dam (India)

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