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SHSAD forms panel to select candidates
Ludhiana, April 20
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal led by Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra set up a six-member committee here today to select its candidates and explore alliance possibilities.
On the first day of the new traffic management plan of the MC, total chaos prevailed on the roads around Mata Rani Chowk and Clock Tower as the city traffic cops had a tough time diverting
vehicles towards alternative routes in Ludhiana on Saturday. —
Photo Pradeep
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Maintenance of parks: MC
staff panel urges probe
Ludhiana, April 20
Indiscriminate allotment of public parks in the city to various Park Management Committees (PMCs) by the Municipal Corporation administration has assumed scandalous proportions with allegations of gross financial irregularities being levelled against the officials of horticulture wing.
Rush for tickets for MC poll
Ludhiana, April 20
There seems to be a great rush for tickets for the forthcoming elections to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.
Animals a nuisance on city roads
ANIMALS moving freely on the city roads have become a traffic hazard, besides causing nuisance for the public. Cows, donkeys, dogs, pigs, you name it and you will find them roaming all around the city.
The animals move from one place to another in search of food for their survival. This in turn hampers not only the movement of the passersby but also the pedestrians. People are afraid to get hurt by these animals. |
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Denial of amenities irks residents
Ludhiana, April 20
Irked over the Municipal Corporation's lack of action over persistent lack of basic civic amenities, the residents of Dugri Urban Estate locality here came out in the streets and held a demonstration outside Phase I water reservoir recently.
Constraints of cinema owners add
to problems of cinegoers
Cinema is the cheapest means of entertainment for the working class, specially for the slum dwellers and labourers. For those three hours that they spend in a theatre, they can suspend their beliefs, forget the worries, and grim realities of life.
Earning their living in
their own way
Chaura Bazaar, a famous market of the city is providing livelihood to many people in its own way. As you enter the market you find there are people running to you saying “yeh le
lijiye, mahange nahi hai”. They are people earning their livehood by selling small things like cotton buds, gas
lighters, purses, pesticides to kill rats and many more such small things that does not cost you more than Rs 20.
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Ghalib gives 2 lakh grant for development
Ludhiana, April 20
A senior Congress leader and Member of Lok Sabha, Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, yesterday presented a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to Mr Girdhari Lal, Sarpanch of Harkishan Vihar, Rahon Road, for development works of the village.
Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib presents a cheque for Rs 2 lakh to the Sarpanch of Harkrishan Vihar for development works, in
Ludhiana on Friday. |
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He created stars but now cannot move
Ludhiana, April 20
Jugal Kishor Chawla has created history in the world of sports by training more than 100 state and national-level players. Call it the irony of fate, he is unable to move today as both his kidneys have stopped functioning. He is not in a position to go for the transplant on his own due to financial constraints.
Ram Navami shobha yatra
Ludhiana, April 20
Shri Sanatan Dharam Mahotsav Committee took out its 51st shobha yatra on the eve of Ram Navami here last evening.
The yatra, which started from the Daresi Grounds in the afternoon, was led by Mahamandleshwar Swami Ved Bharti, Swami Nigam Bodh and Pandit
Bhimsen, passed through Partap Bazaar, Girjaghar Chowk, Chaura Bazaar, Chowk Vaishno Devi, Chowk Division Number three, Khwaja Kothi and Sanglan Wala
Shivala, before culminating at the Haridev Temple.
Kartar Singh Sarabha remembered
Ludhiana, April 20
The Dhan-Pothohar Brotherhood, Punjab, organised a function at a local hotel here which was dedicated to the memory of Kartar Singh Sarabha. On this occasion, the sacrifices made by all martyrs of Punjab, particularly at Jallianwala Bagh were recollected and tributes were paid to all freedom fighters, who went to jail, suffered losses and death of dear ones at the time of Partition.
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