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Rally marks World Population Day
Ludhiana, July 11
The World Population Day was observed by school students, who participated in a rally organised by the District Education Department here today.
‘Decline in sex ratio alarming’
Fatehgarh Sahib, July 11
Sex ration in the state has declined due to female
foeticide, whereas, at the national level, it has improved, said Mr
R.L. Kalsia, Director for Social Security, Child and Women Development, at a seminar on the occasion of the World Population Day here today.
Threat to sue Telecom Dept
Ludhiana, July 11
The Urban Estate Welfare Association has threatened to file a suit in the District Redressal Consumers Forum for claiming damages and refund of advance rent from the Telecom Department if the defective phones were not made operative within three days.
Police inquiry finds gunmen
guilty
Ludhiana, July 11
Following a police inquiry, the gunmen of Namdhari guru Jagjit Singh have been found guilty of intimidating an Army official and his friend by firing at them after an avoidable altercation near Jagraon road on Monday and also of lodging a false complaint against them with the police.
SSF for drug-free
Punjab
Ludhiana, July 11
Mr Gurcharan Singh Grewal, president, Sikh Students Federation (Mehta faction), has expressed grave concern over the menace of drug addiction in society and called for a mass movement to eradicate this evil from the state.
Complainant seeks transfer of case
Ludhiana, July 11
A resident of Talwandi Kalan village, near here, was detained from June 10 to June 16 at Laddowal police post in connection with a land dispute case. On his release, he wrote an application challenging his arrest and presented it to Mr Suresh Arora, DIG, on June 18.
FCI workers to join CITU
stir
Ludhiana, July 11
The Food Corporation of India workers and palledars of this district plan to join the Centre of India Trade Unions (CITU) rally at Jalandhar on July 24. Mr Amar Nath Koom Kalan, General Secretary of the Punjab unit of the FCI Workers and Palledars Union, said this at a meeting of depot-level heads and the other activists of the trade union here today.
Bahujan Samaj Morcha flays
Kanshi
Khamano, July 11
A meeting of the local unit of the Bahujan Samaj Morcha was held at Kheri Nandh Singh under the chairmanship of the district president of the morcha, Mr Raghvir Singh Badla. Among others, it was addressed by the district general secretary, Mr Rajwinder Singh Bhalmajra, and the tehsil president and general secretary, Mr Surinder Singh Farour and Mr Gurbachan Singh Dhiman, respectively.
New devices for elderly women
Ludhiana, July 11
The aged in society are a neglected lot. When women reach their 70s, a lot of problems occur both at the psychological and physiological levels. To ease the physiological stress in elderly women, especially in urban Punjab, devices to reduce the stress have been developed by Ms Pushpinder Kokri, a research scholar at PAU.
SAD (A) opposes Devi Lal
memorial in Punjab
Ludhiana, July 11
Sticking to its radical stand, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) led by Mr Simranjeet Singh Mann, opposed the setting up of a memorial to Devi Lal in Punjab.
SHYAD convention on July
15
BSNL subscribers a harassed lot
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