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MC renders disabled man’s family homeless
Ludhiana, October 23
A physically challenged man, Dhuni Parsad Verma, who had been living in Model Town Extension for the past 12 years and makes a living by repairing cycles, is now spending nights in the open with his wife and seven children.

Dhuni Parsad with his family in their demolished house in Model Town Extension in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Senior citizen alleges police harassment, writes to President
Ludhiana, October 23
Even as the Supreme Court has taken up the cause of senior citizens by asking all courts to expedite the cases involving them, an elderly man here is forced to make rounds of a police station to get a case registered against a pick-pocket who was caught by him.

Fake degrees: action against panel sought
Ludhiana, October 23
After getting a case registered against the Director and Chairperson of Baba Nand Singh Memorial Trust in a fake degree scandal, students of the institution have now trained their guns towards members of the management committee.

BJP activists burn Amarinder’s effigy

Ludhiana, October 23 Activists of the BJP burnt an effigy of Capt Amarinder Singh for his alleged autocratic style of functioning and lack of development activities in the state in the past over two-and-half years, near Clock Tower today. Activists of the BJP burn an effigy of Capt Amarinder Singh near Clock Tower in Ludhiana on Saturday.

COMMUNITY

Dal (A) protest at Cong behest, says Badal
Ludhiana, October 23
The Akali Dal (A) is organising protests against the SAD (B) at the instance of the Congress, says Mr Prakash Singh Bada, chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal . Mr Badal told mediapersons here today that showing black flags and organising demonstrations against him and SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur were attempts at weakening the Sikhs.

Yog Sadhna Shivir ends
Ludhiana, October 23
A ‘yog sadhna shivir’, organised by Punjab National Bank at the Ludhiana Club, Near Rakh Bagh, ended here on Saturday. The camp was inaugurated on October 17. It was held under the supervision of Acharya Arun Kumar of the Rishi Kalap Ashram, Dehra Dun.

1,100 poor girls to tie nuptial knot

Ludhiana, October 23 Eleven hundred poor girls would tie the nuptial knot at a mass marriage function at Baddowal on October 31. Each of them will be given household items worth Rs 25,000 as gifts on the occasion. Baba Jaspal Singh (third from left), ‘prabandhak’ of the Baba Kanhaiya Charitable Hospital Public Sewa Samiti, tells about the plan of organising a mass marriage function where marriages of 1,100 poor girls will be solemnised. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

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SPORTS

1-run thrilling win for KVM lads
Ludhiana, October 23
In a nail-biting finish, Kundan Vidya Mandir School, Civil Lines, pipped hosts Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, by wafer-thin margin of one run in the PCA Parle Inter-School Cricket Tournament (under-17) being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association here today.

Samrala enthused over cricket match for visually challenged
Ludhiana, October 23
A cricket match between the visullay impaired teams from Haryana and Punjab will be held at the Adam Cricket Ground, Baddal Road, Samrala near here on October 24.