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Cong camp jubilant over Malout win
Ludhiana, April 7
The victory in Malout was marked by celebrations by the Congress leaders and workers here today. Immediately after the results were declared the Congress workers led by the District Congress Committee (urban) president, Mr K.K. Bawa, took out a victory procession and distributed ladoos. Some activists also performed bhangra.
‘Allot tickets to councillors’
Ludhiana, April 7
Local Congress leaders have suggested that the party should allot tickets for the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections to all 22 party councillors. Besides, those candidates who have lost the elections on party tickets with nominal margin should also be considered for the forthcoming MC elections.
Cong leader seeks jobs for lawyers
Ludhiana, April 7
The Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee (Legal Cell) organised a function to facilitate the newly elected Congress members of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. The function was attended by Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, MP, Mr Rakesh Pandey, minister, Harnam Das Johar, MLA, and former speaker, Punjab, Vidhan Sabha, Mr Malkeet Singh Birni, MLA, Mr Surinder Dawar, MLA and large number of lawyers and intellectuals.
Former Navy chief flays foreign policy
Ludhiana, April 7
Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Ramdass today said only talks can lead to a proper settlement of the Kashmir problem. He was speaking here today, after inaugurating a conference organised by the Ludhiana chapter of the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD).
Former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Ramdass at a conference organised by the local chapter of the IDPD in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Interior decorator with
silk and satin touch
Ludhiana, April 7
She is into interior and exterior designing from her early twenties. To her credit is the designing interiors of hotels, farm houses, offices and residences. She is Hema Dhaul and these days in Ludhiana. She has done up the lobby of Maurya Shertaon, Siddarth and lobby of Taj Hotel in New Delhi. She has done the interior of three hotels in Jaipur, besides hundreds of
houses. Hema is attached to famous architects and landscapists in New Delhi.
Hema Dhaul with flowers which don’t wilt. |
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Fluids good for summer
Ludhiana, April 7
Nature in its bounty and wisdom indicates that man ought to change his food habits in the summer. The juicy, musk melons, watermelons come in abundance in summers. For nature is aware of the fact that due to heat and excessive sweating, people get dehydrated and they need to replenish more water. Watermelons and musk melons have 96 per cent water content.
Kashmiri Pandits get together
Ludhiana, April 7
It is the nostalgia for their homeland, love for their mother tongue and a deep sense of belonging with their rich and glorious culture that keeps the microscopic minority of Kashmiri Pandits together. Wherever they go, they tend to remain Kashmiris at the core of their heart. |
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| Members of the Kashmiri Pandit community at a function organised in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Parivar Divas celebrated
Ludhiana, April 7
In a unique scheme aimed at the recreation of police personnel and their families, the Ludhiana police today celebrated a Parivar Divas at the police lines here today. A three day intra-district sports meet which included volleyball, kabaddi, tug of war and
athletics. According to SSP Harpreet Singh Sidhu, members of the force participated with enthusiasm in the event, organised for the first time in Ludhiana and only twice in the state. |
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| Tug-of-war event in progress at the sports meet-cum-Parivar Divas celebration of the Ludhiana police.— Photo Inderjeet Verma |
Plea to
regularise
ad hoc safai
workers
Ludhiana, April 7
The Akhil Bharatiya Safai Mazdoor Congress has called upon the Punjab Government to regularise hundreds of ad hoc safai workers who were employed in the Municipal Corporation here for a number of years.
Against all odds
Ludhiana, April 7
Mrs Sudershana Jain is old. She lost her husband. Within few months, one of her sons was found dead.
Later, her second son, her only hope, was put behind the bars after being implicated in a criminal trespassing case and under the NDPS Act.
Borlaug award for Dr Johl
Ludhiana, April 7
The Agricultural Technocrats Action Committee (AGTAC), Punjab, in collaboration with JDM Agricultural Research and Development Farm, Ladhowal, will celebrate Dr Norman E. Borlaug Day on April 9, at JDM Farm, Ladhowal.
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