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Probe
sought against doctor
Doraha, July 29
It has been more than a month since
a lineman died allegedly due to the negligence of a Senior Medical
Officer of Civil Hospital at Khanna, but the aggrieved family has got
neither justice nor any compensation for the loss. The family has also
sought an independent inquiry into the case.
SSF
to disrupt Nurmehlia sect function
Ludhiana, July 29
The stage is set for a
showdown between the Sikh Students Federation and the followers of
Baba Ashutosh of the Nurmehlia sect with the former resolving to
disrupt the ongoing Guru Puja Mahautsav organised by the latter at
Dabwali Maloke village near Malout. The SSF has been a vocal
opponent of the sect which allegedly denigrates the Sikh gurus and
their teachings. |
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| The president of the Sikh Students Federation, Mr
G. S. Grewal, along with office-bearers, addresses mediapersons in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo IV |
Industrialist
alleges police high-handedness
Ludhiana, July 29
A city industrialist is moving from
pillar to post to seek police action on his complaints and to protect
him from alleged high-handedness of some cops. Even though a warrant
officer appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court had intervened in
the case and had got an employee of the industrialist released from
illegal confinement of Division No 7 police, the police allegedly
continues to harass the industrialist.
BJP
lambasts govt on fresh tax
Ludhiana, July 29
The Bharatiya Janata Party has come
down heavily on the Congress government in Punjab and the Punjab State
Electricity Board for imposing tax on power generators. “The move is
unjustified, arbitrary and uncalled for, particularly in view of
recession and financial crisis facing the trade and industry in the
state.”
Cong
flayed for ‘terror campaign’
Ludhiana, July 29
The local unit of the BJP has
flayed “the terror campaign being pursued by the Congress wherein
innocent workers are being harassed and implicated in false cases by the
police”.
DYC
demands ban on ‘gutka’
Ludhiana, July 29
The non-implementation of a ban on
‘gutka’ and other intoxicants in Punjab is forcing a number of
social organisations to demand its ban. Now, a voice has been raised
even from within the Congress for the implementation of the ban on the
lines of the Maharashtra and Delhi Governments.
Transport
Nagar phones play hookey
Ludhiana, July 29
Following digging of trenches
by the Sewage Department, hundreds of telephone lines were
disrupted at Transport Nagar here today. Stating this, owners of
transport companies said employees of the department used
buldozers this morning to dig soil for putting sewage lines and in
the process they cut telephone ducts underneath.
Broken telephone ducts at Transport Nagar in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo Inderjit Verma |
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Two
injured in engine shed fire
Ludhiana, July 29
At least two persons were injured
when fire broke out in an engine in the engine shed here this afternoon.
One of the injured persons, Ramesh Kumar, was admitted with burn
injuries at the Christian Medical College and Hospital.
Class
IV union to intensify agitation
Amloh, July 29
The local police has failed to
arrest the persons responsible for manhandling PWD and MC employees and
causing damage to a PWD truck on July 12, according to Mr Hari Chand,
district president of the Class IV Employees Union, in a press note here
today.
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