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Lalji Tandon’s prosecution sought
Ludhiana, April 14
Former president of the District Congress Committee (Urban) Krishan Kumar Bawa today demanded that senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon should be arrested and prosecuted for causing the death of 2 persons in a stampede during the distribution of free sarees at his birthday celebrations in Lucknow.
POLL POT
Tiwari’s roots are in Punjab, says mother
Doraha, April 14
Mrs Amrit Kaur, mother of Congress candidate for the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat Manish Tiwari, said at her native village of Daburjee last evening that her son was not an ‘outsider’ rather he was very much the son of the soil of Punjab.
Cong candidate seeks votes
in Ludhiana East
Ludhiana, April 14
The Congress candidate from the Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency, Mr Manish
Tiwari, today did a padyatra of the Ludhiana East Assembly segment. He was accompanied by local municipal councillors and Congress leaders. A spokesman for the party claimed that Mr Tiwari received a warm response.
Manish Tewari, MP and Congress candidate from Ludhiana, being welcomed by residents of Field Ganj during his padyatra in Ludhiana on Wednesday morning.
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Kidwai to visit city today
Ludhiana, April 14
Congress General Secretary Mohsina Kidwai, who is also in charge of Punjab affairs, will visit the city tomorrow to take stock of the situation. She is scheduled to address a workers meeting at the local party office in the afternoon.
Ramoowalia claims direct
contest with SAD
Ludhiana, April 14
“The mounting response of the electorate to the party’s door-to-door election campaign has now turned the electoral battle in to a direct contest between the Lok Bhalai Party (LBP) and the SAD, claimed the party chief and candidate for Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat, Mr
B. S. Ramoowalia, while maintaining that the Congress candidate, Mr Manish Tiwari, was seemingly on a losing plank.
AT THE CROSSROADS
Teach us to live
Ludhiana, April 12
With the publication of “Khamoshi di Awaz” (The sound of silence) in 1998, Amar Jyoti had arrived on the scene. Earlier her collections of poems, such as “Maruthhal vich turde pair” (1985), “Mainu Sita na Kaho” (1988) and “Daropadi ton Durga” (1990), had made their mark in no uncertain terms.
Some memories of Lahore
A
visit to Lahore before Partition used to give a sense of pride to a person. It was a city of learning fashion, aristocracy and above all a city of intellectuals. A person graduating from a Lahore college was considered superior to those from district colleges.
Frothy soaps satisfy little
Ludhiana, April 14
“How come the serial makers think that the audience is bereft of any intelligence? How else can they make us believe that Parvati’s face in “Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki”, badly burnt, is all healed up and a different face is created through plastic surgery only in a week. “Impossible,” says Mr Jaspal, a shopkeeper in Caliber Plaza.
Management tussle comes into the open
Khanna, April14
Tussle among office-bearers of the local A. S. High School Trust and Management Society came into the open today when two office-bearers of the management levelled allegations and counter-allegations against each other at separate press conferences here today.
Show of exotic thorny plants from April 17
THE National Cactus and Succulent Society of India (NCSSI) is all set to woo lovers of exotic thorny plants during the 27th annual show beginning April 17.
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