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Big
rush of Cong ticket-seekers
Ludhiana, August 20
There has been an unprecedented
rush of ticket-seekers in the Congress in Ludhiana district. About 100
odd candidates have applied for 12 assembly segments in Ludhiana
district. The two Congress observers Mr Ganga Ram Sharma (for Ludhiana
urban) and Dr Arun Anand Degevekar (for Ludhiana rural) have had a
hectic schedule during the past 10 days meeting people and prospective
candidates.
 Tributes
paid to Rajiv Gandhi
Ludhiana, August 20
Glowing tributes were paid to
former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 57th birth anniversary here
today. While a number of functions were organised to mark the occasion,
the main programme was organised at the district Congress headquarters
near Clock Tower.
Congress leaders paying floral tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 57th birth anniversary in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo Rajesh Bhambi
SPEAKING OUT
Increasing
vulgarity in ads worries public
Ludhiana, August 20
The advertisements are becoming
bolder and vulgar day by day. The things, which have been advertised in
a covert manner earlier, are becoming overt and presented in explicit
way by the media. The world of advertisements is becoming more bizarre
as the cut throat competition is growing by each passing day. The
children, ever inquisitive, are intrigued by certain provocative
advertisements.
Where
is their childhood!
Ludhiana, August 20
Life is not a bed of roses neither
is childhood a carefree period for 15-year-old Seema and her
eight-year-old sister who wake up early in the morning and after helping
their mother with household chores start their routine of picking
plastic bags and stuffing them in the sacks slung on their frail
shoulders.
SSF
opposes amnesty move
Ludhiana, August 20
Taking strong exception to the
statement of the Union Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, about granting
amnesty to the guilty and accused police personnel allegedly involved in
various human rights violations during the militancy in Punjab, the Sikh
Students Federation (Mehta) said it would hurt the psyche of Sikhs.
Ludhiana
IMA House vacated
Ludhiana, August 20
The Indian Medical Association
House in Ludhiana has at last been vacated after being occupied by a
person since past 10 years. The house had been allotted on lease by the
IMA to Mr Gurbachan Singh, who was running a marriage palace from here.
His lease was to expire on December 31 this year.
 Garbage
piles up as MC keeps eyes shut
Ludhiana, August 20
It is hard for a resident of the
city to move around without covering his nose with a handkerchief or
hand. In this rainy season, due to the acute inefficiency of the
Municipal Corporation, the piled up garbage has started decomposing
after mixing with the rainwater.
Garbage along the railway line near Kartar Nagar makes life of the residents miserable.
— RB
 Mohan
Singh Grewal dead
Ludhiana August 20
Mr Inder Mohan Singh Grewal, owner
of the Ludhiana Furnace Steel Industry, died today due to cardiac arrest
at around 2.30 pm. He had gone to Apollo Heart Institute, Delhi, for his
medical check-up.
Minister
orders probe against construction company
Machhiwara, August 20
Mr Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpura,
Minister of State for PWD, has ordered an inquiry against the claims of
the V.K. Sood Engineers and Constructions Company, which is constructing
a bridge across Sutlej river near Machhiwara.
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