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BJP begins groundwork for elections
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Ludhiana, June 4
The BJP has formally started preparations for the forthcoming elections to the state Assembly. Mr R.P Singh, the deputy in charge of the party affairs for Punjab and a member of the national executive, is currently in the city to have feedback from the workers, leaders and councillors.
Mr R.P Singh, member of the national executive of the BJP, presides over a meeting of BJP workers in Ludhiana on
Sunday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Employees to launch phased agitation against govt policies
Ludhiana, June 4
The Punjab Employees Action Committee has decided to launch a phased agitation against the anti-employees policies of the state government. In the first phase of the stir, the employees will hold a state-level “anti-repression’rally and protest march at Hoshiarpur on July 6.
Pakistan summons meeting of Sikh representatives
Ludhiana, June 4
The Pakistan Government has summoned a meeting of representatives of Sikhs in Lahore on June 6 to finalise the programme to observe the 400th martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev.
Tributes paid to Karnail Singh
Ludhiana, June 4
Tributes were paid to Karnail Singh, a social activist of Pawa village, at a “shardhanjali samaroh” at Gurdwara Reru Sahib Nandpur, Sahnewal, near here, today.
PPCC chief Shamsher Singh Dullo pays tributes to Karnail Singh, a social activist of Pawa village, at a “shardhanjali samaroh” at Gurdwara Reru Sahib Nandpur, Sahnewal, on Sunday.
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The secretary of the All-India Mahilla Congress, Ms Sushila Gupta, distributes free ration among destitute women at a function organised by the Punjabi Nishkam Seva Dal, Ludhiana, on Sunday.
— Photo by IV
Passersby drink sweetened water at a chabeel organised by the sangat of Nanaksar Ashram Thath in
Mandi Ahmedgarh on Sunday |
Residents submit memo to Mayor
Ludhiana, June 4
The Mayor, Mr Nahar Singh Gill, today inaugurated a park in LIG colony of Urban Estate Dugri, Phase II, at a function organised by the Urban Estate Welfare Society, Phase II.
The Urban Estates Welfare Association, Punjab, general secretary, Dr Shiv Gupta,
the Urban Vihar Residents Welfare Council president, Dr Ajay Shahi, the Urban
Estate Shopkeepers Association general secretary, Mr H.L. Kaura.
Bypass plan resented
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 4
Leaders of various social, political and constitutional organisations of the local town and surrounding villages have impressed upon the social experts accompanying the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board officials, deputed to review the proposed bypass at Pohir village on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road.
Rly flyover sought at Mandi Gobindgarh
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 4
A meeting of the Railway Bridge Sangarsh Committee, Guru ki Nagri, Mandi Gobindgarh, was held here today. It was presided over by its president, Mr Harpal Singh
Jassar.
Police zeroing in on girls who fired in air
Ludhiana, June 4
The city police is learnt to have finally established the identity of the four girls who had caused a scare in the Sarabha Nagar market by firing several rounds in the air on the night of May 27 late night.
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Hosting “relationship building” parties has become a common trend in the city. At a similar function, the organisers, who hosted a large scale party, expected the who’s who to attend the function. But they were in for a disappointment. For, most of the people who attended the function were eager to register their presence in every possible way. No wonder relationship were the first casualty.
