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3,132 riot
victims to get compensation from today
Ludhiana,
April 12
The district administration has informed that the process of
disbursement of compensation among the 1984 riot victims settled in
Ludhiana (East) and Ludhiana (West) subdivisions would begin from April
13 from 12 noon onwards at 10 counters set up at different places in the
city.
 At the Crossroads
Six
decades of creative writing
Nearing 90, Prof Surinder Singh Narula is
still alive to the changing patterns of human life around him. He has
been with the times ever since his first novel 'Peo Putter' (Father and
Son) appeared in 1946. This novel was hailed as a pioneering work in
Punjabi realistic fiction.
MCPI (U)
supports agitating farmers
Ludhiana,
April 12
The state preparatory committee of the Marxist Communist Party of India
-United has condemned the "callous and dictatorial
attitude of the Punjab Government" towards farmers in general and
those from Dhoula, Sanghera and Fatehpur Chhanna villages near Barnala
in particular.
Sahnewal level
crossing perpetual headache
Sahnewal,
April 12
The level crossing of Sahnewal remains a perpetual headache not only for
daily commuters but also for resident shopkeepers and pedestrians who
suffer frequent traffic congestions on the single main market road of
Sahnewal.
‘Renew
licences of stamp vendors’
Samrala,
April 12
Litigants and parents of students are facing problems to receive
non-judicial papers from the local treasury. They have to stand in queue
for hours, as licences of stamp vendors have not been renewed by the
district administration. People are compelled to get papers from the
treasury.
Protest
against opening of liquor vend
Ludhiana,
April 12
Residents of Mohalla Parkash Puri, near the Dhuri line, staged a protest
and submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner today. They were
protesting against the opening of a liquor shop in their area. They said
the shop was just 30 metres from a temple.
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