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Mann for protection
of minority rights
Ludhiana, March 29
Slogans: Nalaayi Takbeer
Alla-hu-Akbar, the Muslim war cry, Jo Bhole So Nihal Sat Sri Akal
rented the air at a rally organised by the Shiromani Akali Dal
(Amritsar) against some sacrilegious acts committed in different parts
of the state recently. The SAD (A) supremo, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann,
may not admit, but the rally sounded the bugle of his election
campaign. Notwithstanding his denial, he exhorted people to stamp his
party’s symbol on the ballot paper for the forthcoming Assembly
poll.
Phone
subscriber compensated
Ludhiana, March 29
The District Consumer Disputes
Redressal Forum has directed the Telecom Department to pay Rs 1,000 on
account of deficiency in services to Dr Sarbjit Singh, a resident of
Dugri Road.
Trends
in hair styling
Ludhiana, March 29
Looking good and glamorous has
become important to a woman. She may be a housewife, a working woman
or a young budding teenager.
Power
cuts hit units, students
Amloh, March 29
Frequent and long power cuts,
especially in the morning and evening hours, have hit studies of
students. They cannot bathe in the morning before going to appear in
the examinations as water supply has also been disrupted.
Master
of the game
Ludhiana, March 28
A newly married postgraduate of
Kurukshetra University sees a letter written to her husband in an
alien language and starts crying for she feels she is illiterate. The
letter was written in Amritsari landes, a language mostly used for
communication and accounts by most businessmen of Punjab. So Ritu
Mehra persuaded her father- in-law to teach her landes and now she is
not only proficient in the almost out- going language but has become
computer savvy as her only daughter Kritika is studying medicine in
England. She finds it convenient to chat with her daily on computer.
Rain
brings mud on roads
Ludhiana, March 29
The rain in the city over the
past two days may have come as a relief from the heat, but it has
further worsened the condition of most roads in the city that are in
need of urgent repair.
Lathi
charge on Cong men flayed
Ludhiana, March 29
A meeting of the District Youth
Congress was held here today at Vikas Nagar under the chairmanship of
Mr Akshay Bhanot.
District
Credit Plan launched
Fatehgarh Sahib,
March 29
The Deputy Commissioner today
launched the District Credit Plan for 2000-2001, prepared by the State
Bank of Patiala, other banks and various development agencies, in a
specially organised district consultative committee meeting here
today.
BSP
meeting
Ludhiana, March 29
A meeting of the Ludhiana unit of
the BSP was held here today which was presided over by Mr D.P. Khosla,
regional vice -president of the party. Addressing party workers, Mr
Khosla said in order to spread the party policies to every village, 12
secretaries had been appointed in different parliamentary
constituencies of the state.
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Ludhiana March 29
