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Tussle begins for mayors posts
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[Indian Express] - Among the frontrunners are Hakam Singh Giaspura. Chosen mayor in 2007, Giaspura is trying for a second term. However, he is facing opposition from within as SAD councillors want a mayor who is at least a graduate - Giaspura is not even a matriculate.
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[Hindustan Times] - Senior Akali leaders have referred to Pal Singh Grewal, winner from ward number 10, and Hakam Singh Giaspura, winner from ward number 72, (who was the mayor in the last term), as the other two alternatives for the post of the mayor.
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[Hindustan Times] - Hakam Singh of Shaheed Balwinder Singh Nagar in Faridkot was one of their victims. About 18 months ago, he had lost his wife and there was no one to bring up his children. A woman contacted him on his cell phone and proposed marriage.
Wives of councillors bump out new faces
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[Indian Express] - The current Mayor Hakam Singh Giaspura, who lost badly in the Vidhan Sabha elections, has been given a ticket from ward 72. Apprehensions were being raised that Mayor may not contest elections this time because SAD had decided Dhanda's name for this
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