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Hunt on for absconding duo; police puts banks, traders on alert
Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 22
The Dehlon police has registered a case under Sections 308, 353, 333, 186, 224 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act against the absconding undertrial brothers.
Tax raids on industrial houses yield rich haul
Ludhiana, November 22
Sleuths of the Income Tax Department made a rich haul in the course of surveys on three industrial houses here yesterday when two of them made a surrender of Rs 1.5 crore of unaccounted income and agreed to meet the additional tax liability thereupon.
Rs 55 cr spent on elevated road but no one is happy
Ludhiana, November 22
The issue of non-linking of elevated road to various parts of the city is going to reverberate in the General House meet of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation scheduled for tomorrow.
The elevated road which is not connected to any part of the old Ludhiana city and is not according to the original plan.
— Photo by I.V.
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Protest against demolition of Iskcon temple
Ludhiana, November 22
In protest against the demolition of the Iskcon temple in Kazakistan, members of the Iskcon, Ludhiana, and the Bhagwan Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsava Committee held a march from Vrindavan Road near Kailash Cinema Chowk to Mini Secretariat here today.
Members of the Iskcon, Ludhiana, and the Bhagwan Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsava Committee on Wednesday protest against the demolition of the Iskcon temple in Kazakhistan.
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Devotees throng nagar kirtan
Ludhiana, November 22
A nagar kirtan was taken out in the city by Gurudwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib on the eve of martyrdom day of the ninth Sikh guru, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Sahib Ji, here today. The procession was led by the
'Panj Piaras' in the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji adorned in the highly decorated palanquin created for the purpose.
Children dressed in traditional ‘Khalsa’ attire take part in the nagar kirtan taken out on the eve of martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
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Survey finds most people
prefer the male child
Ludhiana, November 22
Despite the undisputed opinion among the rural and urban people that girls are more loving and caring who bring good luck to the family, most people in Ludhiana district have been found to be still preferring the male child.
Serve humanity selflessly, exhorts Nishkam chairman
Ludhiana, November 22
The Nishkam Sewa Ashram celebrated its 31st Annual Day here last evening at the Nehru Sidhant
Kender. Mr Sarwan Kumar, chairman of the ashram, said people
should selflessly serve their parents and humanity.
Students of one of the institutes of the Nishkam Sewa Ashram present a qawwali at annual function held in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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Sidhwan canal catches IHRO attention
Ludhiana, November 22
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) has decided to take up the issue of rising pollution in Sidhwan canal passing through Ludhiana, which had become a garbage dumping yard for pollutants around the city like the Budda Nullah.
Mini-bus owners discuss problems
Ludhiana, November 22
Mini-bus owners highlighted the problems being faced by them at their general meeting held here today.
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Gurbhajan Gill is a versatile poet. Whatever concerns his motherland, concerns him the most. Be it the desertion of Punjabi daughters by their non-resident Indian husbands or female foeticide, terrorism or the erosion of social values, he gives expression to everything with masterly ease, mixing pain with beauty and reminding us of Shelley's famous couplet, "Our sweetest songs are those that tell our saddest thought".