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Tiwari hits road to seek votes

Ludhiana, April 3 The city today saw huge gatherings in various parts of the city to welcome Mr Manish Tiwari, the Congress candidate for the Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency.

Mr Manish Tewari, Congress candidate from the Ludhiana parliamentary constituency on “padyatra” in Purana Bazar on Saturday. — Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Congressmen back Dullo
Amloh, April 3
“The Congress has worked for the freedom and development of the country,” asserted Vaid Hari Krishan, chief of the District Congress Committee, Fatehgarh Sahib. He was addressing a party meeting at Canal Rest House here today in support of Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, the Congress candidate for Ropar (reserved constituency).

BJP rakes up oil refinery issue again
Ludhiana, April 3
Mr Sukhminder Pal Singh Grewal, a member of the State Executive, BJP, today raked up the controversy surrounding Guru Gobind Singh Oil Refinery at Phulokhari village in Bathinda district, blaming the Congress for opposing the Rs 16,000-crore project.

MCPI extends support to 2 candidates
Ludhiana, April 3
The state committee of MCPI has extended support of Sukhdev Singh Bari of the CPM (Pasla group) from Sangrur and the CPI (MC-Liberation) candidate from Bathinda parliamentary constituencies.

DNA preserved to give father’s name to child
Doraha (Ludhiana), April 3
A pregnant woman in Doraha has got the DNA sample of her deceased husband preserved in order to prove that he was the father of her child. The woman, Ms Amandeep Kaur had an inter-caste marriage with Gurpreet Singh, in a gurdwara last year. The marriage was not accepted by Gurpreet’s relatives.

Teachers decry paper leakage allegations
Khanna, April 3
Leaders of the Punjab Pardesh Teachers Union and the Unemployed Elementary Teachers Union condemned allegations levelled by the Democratic Teachers Front against leaders of the Punjab Pardesh Teachers Union for leakage of examination papers in a joint press note issued here yesterday.

COMMUNITY

Parking blues at Bhadaur House
Ludhiana, April 3
A jeweler’s shop has a gunman with a bus conductor’s whistle. Whenever someone tries to park a vehicle in front of the shop, he blows the whistle, gesturing to the person to look for an alternative site.

Tension continues in Seera
Ludhiana, March 3
Tension continued in Seera village in the Basti Jodhewal area for the second consecutive day today over the alleged controversy over possession of a five-acre piece of land that led to a clash between some villagers and members of a minority community yesterday.

The idol of Bajrang Bali in the Sankat Mochan Shri Hanuman Mandir at Daresi Ground Ludhiana will be open for darshana from Monday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Police inaction in fraud case alleged
Mandi Gobindgarh, April 3
Mr Shakti Prasad Singhi, proprietor of Singhi Steel and Agro Industries, has urged the Director-General of Police, Punjab, to take action against persons booked by the local police for allegedly defrauding him of Rs 21,70,684. It was alleged that false accounts were prepared and bogus sale bills issued by the accused.

D.S. Jaspal bereaved
Ludhiana, April 3
Mr D.S. Jaspal, Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations and Information System and Administrative Reforms, Punjab, lost his nephew Mani Pal Singh (16). The boy died in the DMC Hospital here on Thursday after a brief illness. The deceased was a son of Mr Mohinder Pal Singh, Managing Director, Guru Nank Dev Homoeopathic College, and nephew of Dr Tejinder Pal Singh, a former Chairman of the Punjab Homoeopathic Council.

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120 get B.Ed degree
Ludhiana, April 3
Seven students of Pratap College of Education were honoured today. Among the honoured were university position holders Priyanka who stood first, Meenakshi and Ravneet second and Vaneet Kaur and Renu Bala third in the college.

Students of Pratap College of Education await to receive the degree. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Students of Kamla Lohtia College during the convocation on Saturday morning. A Tribune photograph

CULTURE

Nikku — a singer of clean songs
Doraha, April 3
His gentle smile, jolly nature and melodious voice single out Nikku in the crowd of Punjabi pop singers. ‘Kiwen chinda soniyan’ from his latest album ‘Panjebanwali’ has brought him fame.

Pakistani writer Fakhar Zaman honoured
Ludhiana, April 3
Eminent Pakistani Punjabi writer and former Culture Minister Fakhar Zaman was the chief guest at a function organised by the Young Writers’ Association, PAU, in association with the Punjabi Sabhyachar Akademi and Rangmanch Sansthan here yesterday.

HEALTH

Obesity — major problem among adolescents
Ludhiana, April 3
Obesity is emerging to be one of the worst health hazards among adolescent children. While earlier it was considered to be the problem of affluent countries, now it seems to have become a worldwide phenomenon cutting across regional and economic barriers.

Nephrology update at DMCH
Ludhiana, April 3
To update the knowledge of nephrologists in the region, the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) is organising Nephrology Update -2004 in the Dumra auditorium on April 4. Delegates from all over the region are expected to attend the event.