Halt before the last
journey
 Ludhiana, March 27
“My daughter-in-law used to beat me up every day. My husband walked out of my life with another woman. My widowed daughter suggested that I spend the rest of my life in Shri Vivekanand Swarag Bridh Ashram, Model Town Extension. I came here and found peace,” says Ms Gurbir Kaur, a 75-year-old inmate. She has given instructions that her son should be turned away from the gate.
A view of Shri Vivekanand Swarg
Bridh Ashram, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana. — Photo by Rajesh Bhambi
Bank fraud case follow-up slow
Ludhiana, March 27
Much to the dismay of hundreds of people who lost huge amount of money in the sensational fraud at Ludhiana Central Cooperative Bank in December 1999, the bank has been very ‘slow’ and ‘selective’ in its follow-up. The exposure of the fraud had revealed that certain employees of the bank were transferring depositors’ money into a parallel bank.
3.35 cr for welfare of
Ludhiana
Ludhiana, March 27
Funds amounting to Rs 3.35 crore were cleared for different development and welfare programmes of the government in the district at the meeting of the District Development and Planning Board here today, taking the amount of funds released during the current financial year by the board to Rs 17.40 crore.
IT staff demand promotions
Ludhiana, March 27
Promotions of the Income Tax officials and the cadre restructuring proposals were being blocked by the minister of state for revenue. Leaders of the local units of the Income Tax Gazetted Federation and Income Tax Employees Federation said while addressing a demonstration held here today.
BSNL notice to BKU
leader
Samrala, March 27
Mr Balbir Singh Rajewal, national general secretary of the Bharti Kisan Union, has been issued a notice by the junior accounts officer, Telephones Revenue Accounts, Khanna, to pay his telephone bill dated 1.12.96 for Rs 536 or present its receipts before March 31.
PFA demands inquiry
Ludhiana, March 27
The People for Animals, Ludhiana, has urged the Senior Superintendent of Police, the Deputy Commissioner and the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation to get a case registered under Sections 428 and 429 of the IPC against those responsible for the death of nearly 50 pigs in the municipal piggery on the Tajpur Road.
33,440 animals
vaccinated
Jagraon, March 27
Vaccination work for prevention of foot-and-mouth disease in animals is in progress under the directions of Dr H.S.Gill, Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, Ludhiana. According to Dr Surjit Singh, Senior Veterinary Officer, Jagraon, 33,440 animals have been vaccinated against foot-and-mouth disease in the Jagraon subdivision. About 600 cows have been vaccinated at the gaoshala Jagraon.’
Ten injured
Ludhiana, March 27
Ten persons were injured in a clash between two families at Mushtaq Ganj Colony here this morning.
The clash took place when a child urinated in front of Mr Swarn Singh’s house.
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WHILE the great American President Abraham Lincoln described democracy as the government of the people, by the people, for the people, the Principal Secretary to the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Ramesh Inder Singh believes otherwise. He has coined a new definition that probably suits best to the Indian and more so to the Punjab conditions, given the number of employees the state has employed and is feeding them regularly.
