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Decision on DCC (urban) chief in Sept
Ludhiana, July 28
There is not going to be any change in the leadership of the District Congress Committee (DCC) Ludhiana-urban as of now. The DCC issue would be resolved in September. Sources close to the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President, Mr Shamsher Singh
Dullo, disclosed that since the party was working for a few programmes in August, the issue of DCC president had been postponed.
Poor sanitation in Rajguru Nagar Colony
Ludhiana, July 28
Strong resentment prevails among residents of Rajguru Nagar Colony against the lukewarm attitude of the authorities of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust towards the poor sanitation in the colony. The Rajguru Nagar Welfare Society has made repeated requests to the authorities of the improvement trust to take steps for repairing the roads and filling up potholes there.
Women welcome SC order on Gill
Ludhiana, July 28
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former DGP, Punjab, and President of the Indian Hockey Federation K. P. S. Gill in the Rupan Deol Bajaj case and local residents, particularly women, feel though law took its own time but justice has been meted out to Ms Bajaj at last. A majority of women said guilty, irrespective of caste, religion or designation, should be punished for outraging the modesty of a woman.
Now e-payment of excise duty
Ludhiana, July 28
The Central Excise Commissionerate here has put in place the necessary infrastructure for electronic payment of central excise and service tax by all assessees which would do away with long queues at designated banks.
In order to popularise e-payment and to apprise taxpayers with the mechanism, the Ludhiana commissionerate will observe an ‘electronic payment week’ from Aug 1 to 5.
Gurgaon episode ‘condemnable’
Ludhiana, July 28
Public Cause, a state-level social service organisation, in a press note, has expressed anguish and concern over the savage action by the Haryana Police against protesting workers of Honda Motorcycles at Gurgaon. “It is condemnable and most unfortunate. Strict action should be taken against the officials responsible for it.”
Kanwarias’ arduous journey for Ganga water
Ludhiana, July 28
In the holy month of Shravan, hundreds of Kanwarias take an arduous journey to Hardwar from different cities of North India to get holy water from the River Ganga. Hundreds of Kanwarias have been undertaking this journey since many years to offer holy water in Shiv temples in their respective cities on Shravan Shivratri which falls on August 3 this year.
Raj Kumar Garg with a contingent of Kanwarias that reached Ludhiana
on Thursday. — Photo by IV |
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Affidavit process made easier
Raikot, July 28
The search for an elected representative of the area for putting signatures on an affidavit as a token of identification has become a thing of past for residents of this subdivision in Ludhiana district as the administration has started issuing a computer-generated document without going in for personal verification.
The condition of roads in Phillaur has gone from bad to worse in the monsoon.
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Probe into steel import resented
Ludhiana, July 28
The Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Punjab, has taken exception to the probe initiated by the Centre into import of steel from China.
Mr P.D. Sharma, President of the Chamber, in a letter to the Commerce and Steel Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary, has stated that on the one hand the government had scrapped anti-dumping duty on long steel products and on the other had initiated a probe into import of steel from China.
Close shave for scribes; case against ETO
Samrala, July 28
A team of local correspondents had a miraculous escape in a road mishap near Neelon Bridge, 7 km from here, last evening allegedly due to the negligence of Mr Naresh Bharti, ETO, Ludhiana II.
SDM takes stock of civic amenities
Amloh, July
28
Administrator of the Amloh Municipal Council Sandeep Hans, SDM, held
a meeting with municipal employees today. Mr Hans asked the employees to
ensure safe potable water supply. Duties were assigned to maintain a
park in the heart land of the town, which at present gives a look of a
garbage dump.
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