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Sustained policy on Indo-Pak affairs needed: Gill
Ludhiana, January 8
A meeting of the Rotary Club was held here last night. Major-Gen Himmat Singh Gill (retd) delivered a lecture on international affairs and India
Starting with the Non-Alignment Movement in India, General Gill discussed the Indian status during the regime of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He appreciated the tasks undertaken by the present government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh.
A doughty bread-winner for her family
Doraha, January 8
Seema’s youth has never known any fun and frolic. The only bread-winner of her family she seems to have achieved maturity at a rather young age of 22.
An accident that rendered her father physically unfit, forced Seema to assume the role of bread-winner in the very prime of her lie. Her iron will and determination made her overcome the obstacles in her way.
Seema distributes newspapers in Doraha. |
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A heaven for destitute children
Ludhiana, January 8
Three-year-old Minakshi, (not her real name), had lost her mother due to illness. She was left to the mercy of her alcoholic father, who started begging by making her sit on the road asking the people to donate for her food. But all money collected was used for buying liquor.
Children at SGB Childrens’ Home in Dham Talwansi Khurd in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Social Security Dept holds Lohri function
Ludhiana, January 8
A Lohri function was organised by the Social Security Department at Channan Devi Senior Secondary School, Saleem
Tabri, here today. Mr S.R. Ladder, Director, Social Security Punjab, presided over the function and presented 21 newly born girls and their mothers with baby suits and shawls.
Experts warn of water scarcity
Ludhiana, January 8
Scientists of the Department of Soils and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, here have warned against water scarcity in the state.
The scientists have found during a survey on ‘marketing response for water table in Punjab’ that water table in central districts of Punjab had gone down considerably obviously for the wheat-rice pattern which farmers are too reluctant to change for several reasons.
Meeting of NGOs working for consumers held
Ludhiana, January 8
A meeting of Non -Government Organisations (NGOs), working to protect the interests of the consumers, was called by District Food Supply Controller here. The meeting followed the Consumer Awareness Week celebrations from December 24 onwards.
Road encroachers
gallore
Ludhiana, January 8
Encroachments on roads are on the rise in the Focal Point area, one of the outer areas the town which still offers a lot of open space and scope for development.
Since all roadside spaces within the old city had been encroached upon a long time ago, pressures had been mounting gradually on the outer areas, such as Samrala chowk, Jalandhar bypass and Haibowal.
Keralites send relief material for tsunami-hit
Ludhiana, January 8
The Confederation of Ludhiana Malayalee Association (CLMA), in association with different associations of Keralites, including Shree Ayyappa Temple and churches, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, St Mary Jacobites Syrian Orthodox Church, St. Thomas Catholic Church, St Gregotrios Orthodox Syrian Church, have sent a truckload of relief material amounting to Rs 15 lakh for the tsunami-hit people in the south.
People’s cooperation sought to root out graft
Amloh, January 8
Mr Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Parliamentary Secretary, inaugurated elementary school building at Haibatur village today.
He sought people’s cooperation to root out corruption. On sugar prices, he indicated raids to unearth artificial shortage.
Magazine launched
Ludhiana, January 8
Parliamentary Secretary Power, Housing and Urban Development Surinder Dawar has called upon advertising organisations to adopt latest
technology so that consumers got information regarding quality and availability of the products while sitting in their own houses.
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