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Armed robbers loot workshop, injure two Fatehgarh Sahib, May 21 Mr Charan Singh Punia, owner of Punia Truck and Bus Body Builders GT Road Sirhind, told this correspondent that last night at about 1 a.m. a gang of clean-shaven robbers having patkas on their heads and iron rods and a .12 bore gun entered his workshop. The gang members, who conversed in mixed Hindi and Punjabi and in some other language among themselves, woke up the four persons sleeping in the retiring room of the workshop. There they started beating two customers Gulam Hassan and Shokat Ahmad — who had come from Anantnag, a watchman and Sukhwinder Singh Cheema, a worker, and tied their hands and legs. They also locked two of the employees and started removing the tyres from the trucks. They broke open the almirahs and took away the cash worth Rs 1 lakh. The robbers also took gold jewellery worn by the four persons. He said as the robbers were busy searching the premises, one of the workers managed to escape from the workshop and raised an alarm in the nearby village Tarkhan Majra and the villagers marched towards the workshop. On sensing trouble the robbers fired at the villagers and escaped from there. Mr Varinder Rattan, general secretary of the Truck and Bus Body Builders Association alleged that the villagers had made a telephone call to the police station Sirhind, which is at stone’s throw but nobody attended the phone. Then they telephoned the SSP at his residence, but the police party came after a long time. He said such incidents would hit their trade as majority of the trucks come for fabrication from nearby states particularly the J&K. He demanded security for the truck and bus body builders. A few days ago an armed gang of robbers had struck at village Nabipur, 5 km from here, the robbers has looted the cash and jewellery and killed one member of the family and injured five others. The police has registered the case under Sections 458, 336, 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. |
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Man gets life imprisonment Ludhiana, May 21 |
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Tension
over truck union poll Ludhiana, May 21 Heavy police was deployed at both the old and new offices of the Ahmedgarh Truck Union, where leaders of rival factions, both claiming to be the elected representatives of the union, had set up their camps. One group was led by Sukhdev Singh Walia, while the other was led by Gurjeet Majri. Both owe allegiance to the Shiromani Akali Dal. The groups had clashed yesterday afternoon over the issue of the elections of the union. While Gurjeet Majri claimed that he was unanimously elected president in place of Sukhdev Singh Walia, the latter claimed that the election was not proper as it was postponed by him. Even some gunshots had reportedly been fired in the air. The intervention of the police averted the flaring up of the incident. It managed to disperse the operators who tried to hold the daily pukar at Old Union Office here at old Bus Stand Road. In the meantime, pro-Akali group garlanded Gurjit Singh Majri, the chairman, Market Committee, Kila Raipur, as unanimously elected president of union. According to the police, the atmosphere remained tense on Sunday due to the elections, which the dissident group claimed had been postponed. The supporters and members of both groups appeared ready for any situation and many were carrying arms. The police had to call in extra force from Malerkotla when they heard that a shot was fired by a .12 bore gun. In the afternoon, the opposing group, including Sukhdev Singh Walia, previous president, tried to hold pukar at old office. A large number of operator belonging to the ruling faction also came there and the situation became critical. The SHO city and SHO sadar persuaded both factions to leave the place. The group led by Gurjit Majri locked the office and went to the new building of the Union at Pohir Road. After the pukar there, Majri was declared president unanimously. Meanwhile, Karnail Singh Zirakh, president of Truck Operators Union, Dry Port, Dhandari Kalan, alleged that a number of irregularities had been brought to his notice. He assured the opposition operators that fresh elections would be held if it was established that trucks from outside had been entered, as alleged by them. |
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2 recommended for PAU posts Ludhiana, May 21 Although their appointment is not official yet, sources close to the university authorities have confirmed it. The announcement will be made after the appointments get a nod by the board of management of the university, which is scheduled to meet on May 28. The interview for the two posts was held at PAU yesterday, which was conducted by the four-member selection committee headed by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh. Other members of the committee were Dr Kirti Singh, former Chairman of Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Dr Charanjit Singh, former Horticulture Director of Himachal Pradesh, and Dr J.S. Samra, Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Fourteen faculty members of PAU had applied for the posts, but only nine members appeared for the interview. Four candidates which were conspicuous by their absence were Dr A.S.Dhatt, Dr Darshan Singh, Dr S.P.S. Brar and Dr Buta Singh Thind. Interestingly, Dr Dhatt and Dr Darshan Singh were seen as prominent candidates for the posts. The campus was rife with the speculations during the last days that these two candidates were trying their level best to be selected for these posts. Dr Brar and Dr Dhatt had applied for both the posts while Dr Darshan Singh had applied only for the post of Dean, COA. Dr Aulakh, when contacted, said the final decision would only be announced after the meeting of board of management, which would be held in Chandigarh on May 28. He said the two candidates were informally selected by the four-member committee yesterday. Dr Aulakh said the meeting of board of management was being held on May 28 because the officiating Dean of COA, Dr Ranjit Singh, would retire on May 31. Dr Ranjit Singh had taken over as the Dean last month only when Dr Pal had left the office after getting an assignment from the World Bank in Delhi. Dr M.S. Bajwa, Director, Research, would retire on August 31 on superannuation. The Vice-Chancellor said the selected candidate for the DR would take charge on September 1 and Dean, College of Agriculture, would join office on June 1. He said the interview of Comptroller of PAU, which was postponed on May 19, would be held soon. |
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Rise in crime fuels need for arms licences Ludhiana, May 21 Several incidents of crime, especially robbery and snatching incidents in the first four months, coupled with flaring of tempers in property disputes, are being attributed as the main reasons for the large number of aspirants for an arms licences. Due to the rate of the crime, a deep sense of insecurity seems to prevail among the residents. The recent shootout incident has put a question mark on the trend of issuance of high number of licensed weapons. The most recent cases worth mentioning are the death of three persons in a shootout over a property dispute in Sunet village and the killing of a person and serious injuries to two others in Khanna earlier this month. There have been several cases of gunshots being fired in the air from licensed weapons in property disputes. One of them took place at Agar Nagar south end, while a few cases were reported from Jagraon police district. Last month a nephew of a Congress MLA was killed in a shootout in a dispute over a liquor vend in Samrala. There were scores of other minor cases as well. According to figures available from the district administration, the spurt in issuance of armed licenses has been witnessed since January. While last year only 152 arms licences were issued in the first month, 444
were The Additional Deputy Commissioner said the trend showed that this year, the number of arms licences issued by the district administration would be lot more than the number issued last year. He said the number of applications received was much high and despite discretion used by the administration, the number of licences issued was still increasing. According to him, people desired arms licences for several reasons. Prominent among these was the fondness of rural people to possess a weapon and the second was a security threat to people. He said people from villages normally said they feared attacks of robbers, and thus needed a weapon for their safety. A number of applications were also received from towns where people were fearing theft or robbery incidents. Commenting on the use of licensed weapons in recent crime incidents, the ADC said they issued a licence after a complete verification of the applicant. A case was given a nod only when the police verification report went in favour of the applicant. He said they had no right to deny a person a licence when he completed all the conditions. |
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Security
arrangements go hi-tech Ludhiana, May 21 Ludhianvis are now opting for modern security gadgets like electronic burglar alarm, fire-detection system, close-circuit television, spy cameras and access control systems for their protection. Mr Ramnik Gill, a local resident, feels that these gadgets provide complete security. He says,” Many such incidents could be prevented if the residents were more active and attentive towards their security”. With the police arrangements proving ineffective in dealing with the rising crime in form of burglaries, robberies, kidnapping incidents, murders, assaults, abductions and rapes, city residents are not left with much choice except to go in for modern gadgetry. Most of the industrialists in the city have installed electronic security devices at their workplaces. Even the common people have installed these gadgets at their homes. The latest electronic devices include control panels, key pads, digital communicators, magnetic switches, infrared sensors, microwave sensors, beam detectors, panic buttons, smoke detectors and strobe lights. One of the popular security devices is a close-circuit TV camera which is connected with a television. This can also be connected to a VCR to identify and record the presence of visitors. Mr Naresh Jain, an industrialist, says that this gadget is neither very expensive nor it needs a qualified person to operate. He feels, “one should not mind spending a few thousand rupees for security purpose”. The residents have also opted for digital communicators. In emergency, this gadget dials up to three pre-programmed telephone numbers informing either the police, fire brigade, doctor or two of your friends depending on the nature of emergency within eight seconds time. The message through this device is repeated four times on each telephone number. Most of the city jewellers and factory owners have opted for this device. Other sophisticated electronic security devices include passive infrared and microwave sensors which pick up human body heat on movement. Once switched on, any person who make moves within the protected area is picked up by the electronic eye and an alarm is raised. Certain city VIPs have also opted for the card access control and proximity control systems. These sophisticated devices can keep a watch on the entry and exit of about 20 to 2000 people. Car alarms are the most common security devices adopted by the city residents for the protection of their vehicles. An alarm is raised, which can be heard far and wide, whenever the vehicle is touched. |
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Judge’s gunman held on theft charge Ludhiana, May 21 According to sources, Gulshan Kumar, on SPO posted as a gunman with an Additional Sessions Judge, had in connivance with his brother-in-law, Jaswinder Singh Kala, a daily wager, had allegedly stolen the gun from the record room on October 10, 1999. The two were arrested by the CIA police from the outskirts of the city
According to the official, the two have been booked under Sections 25,54 and 59 of the Arms Act. The gunman has confessed to the police that he had stolen the gun two years ago with a motive to rob liquor vends. He, however, claimed that he had only once attempted to rob a liquor vend in the Sangowal village, but the liquor vend employees foiled the attempt by locking themselves in the vend. He said the failure in this attempt discouraged him and he did never made any such attempt again. |
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Youth
killed, sister hurt in blast Ludhiana, May 21 Mool Chand (17) died on the spot while his sister, Behni (19) has
been admitted to the Civil Hospital. Her condition is stated to be
critical.
According to DSP Gurjit Singh the incident took place around 6p.m.
when Mool Chand was trying to break a lump of scrap bought by him. The
police has registered a case under Section 304A of the Explosive Act.
The police said that Mool Chand was working in a factory. This
evening he brought some scrap to his hut. The police believe that this
explosive (likely to be shell) material was a part of the scrap.
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Amarinder ready with treatise on Kargil war Ludhiana, May 21 According to Capt Amarinder, the 400-page book has been divided into four parts giving historical background, listing the geography, terrain and the detection of the intrusion and the consequent operation. Given his military experience of 10 years and the familiarity with the terrain, he says, it was not difficult for him to compile the book, which he describes as a “military study”. He has served in Kargil for about four years during his decade-long tenure in the Army. He was posted there during the 1964 war. “Kargil was an important topic for military research,” he said, without revealing what his observations are about the performance of the government and the Army. Not prepared to court any controversy by promising any sensational revelations beforehand, he asserted “it is a simple case of military study and nothing else”. Army, besides politics, continues to remain his favourite subject of study. The scion of the Patiala’s ruling family has written a book “Lest We Forget” earlier also. The book was also a military history of India. After the Kargil war finished, he spent quite some time in Kargil trying to recreate the images of war, given his own experience of the area in early sixties. “In fact when Chhitisinghpura massacre took place in March, 2000, I was in Kashmir at that time,” he recalled. He spent some time in Kargil talking to the people and the defence personnel at the outposts. Besides, he talked to several other people who have since been posted out to different places of the country. And how did he get so much time for such a serious study and then documenting it, while at the same time negotiating the tough tricks of politics and that too as a leader of a national party heading an important state at an important time, when elections to the state Assembly are not too far. “Where there is a will, there is a way,” he remarks, while maintaining that he does not feel having done anything extraordinary, “but serving my own interest (in defence forces)”. |
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BJYM geared up for poll Ludhiana, May 21 Under a comprehensive plan to mobilise the masses in favour of the party and to apprise them of the programmes and policies of the government, the BJYM would launch a campaign to motivate the youth for constructive works. In addition, the party would organise blood donation camps and special camps for redressal of public grievances. It would also provide financial assistance to poor and needy school children, added Mr Chatley. Speaking on the occasion, the BJYM general secretary and councillor, Mr Harish Tandon, remarked that the party workers were given duties to interact with members of the public at all levels to propagate the party policies. They would also clear the confusion created by the propaganda of opposition parties. Other speakers claimed that mass contact programme in all the 70 wards would be completed before May 27, when the party would meet again to give final touches to the electoral strategy. They appealed to all mandal presidents, working committee members and other party activists to work for the success of the party campaign. |
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CITY SCAN LUDHIANA'S recent history has some important landmarks. The Phillaur fort was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The Baddowal-Aliwal battles of the first Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) made it a temporary cantonment town. The realignment of the ‘Jarnaili Sarak’, the present GT Road, was a big step towards modernisation. But it was the railway that represented the big leap forward for the region. Ludhiana appeared as a railway station on the Ludhiana-Ambala main line on October 12, 1869. Ambala Cantonment had already been linked with the Saharanpur-Meerut section. The Amritsar-Lahore line was inaugurated on January 1, 1869. The then East-India Company geared up all economic resources to build sea-ports from Karachi to Chittagong. In England, towns like Darlington and Stockton were linked by rail in the third decade of the 19th century. The Company and Imperial Britain realised new potential of commerce, trade and industry and the Indian ports were linked with the hinterland with rare speed: Bombay to Thane (21 mile) on April 16, 1853; and Howrah to Hooghli (24 miles) on August 15, 1954. Within two decades most of the main lines were laid with trains running with steam engines. Forest wood provided the fuel. The construction of bridges and providing the infrastructure was a major engineering feat. The railway expanded on three fronts. The East-India company made the debut, the Imperial Government took the lead, and certain companies purchased shares. The princely states also financed or provided land for the construction of railway tracks in their territories. Ludhiana offers an interesting study in this respect. It was linked with Jakhal via Dhuri on January 1, 1901. The rulers of Malerkotla and Jind had collaborated to help their states. The branch line between Ludhiana and Ferozepore Cantonment (77 miles) was ready in 1905. Meanwhile, Phillaur was planned to be linked with Nakodar with a further link-up with Lohian Khas on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala-Ferozepore line. Subsequently, when Nakodar was joined by rail with Lohian Khas, Ludhiana was directly linked in 1913. Ludhiana had earned an important place on the railway map of the then North-Western Railway (NWR) All mail and express trains halted here. It was directly linked with three main ports — Calcutta, Bombay and Karachi. Ludhiana grew as an important railway station and gained prominence as a rail junction. During the NWR era, all trains halted at Jalandhar Cantonment, but not all at Jalandhar city. But all did stop at Ludhiana. It became a popular railway station due to its branch lines catering to the countryside. Students, armymen, visitors, traders and business men added to the popularity of this junction. The railway yard has expanded to full capacity. The railway quarters and colonies have proved too small for the large number of employees. The loco-shed is a landmark of organisation of the vital rail junction. Electrification of the rail track is a recent step in modernisation. Shadows of the city’s expansion are falling on Laddhowal, Gill, Jassowal, Sahnewal and Doraha railway stations. Jammu has been linked with all railheads or terminals in India and most of the traffic has to pass through Ludhiana. Trains originating from Amritsar also pass through Ludhiana which has became one of the busiest railway junctions. Yet much needs to be done to provide facilities, sanitation, reservation, information, etc. The citizens are also waiting anxiously for the Ludhiana-Chandigarh rail link. |
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Corruption
at PSEB office flayed Ludhiana, May 21 Mr Joginder Kumar alleged the newly appointed executive engineer at Model Town, who has been transferred from Jalandhar, was acting in an irresponsible way and his attitude was far from being impartial. Mr Kumar further alleged, ‘‘The Executive Engineer is using abusive language against particular persons at the behest of some persons. It does not behove a public servant. The matter has been brought to the notice of Mr V.K. Virmani, Superintendent Engineer but no action has been taken so far.’’ Regarding the day to day mismanagement of the board, he said,‘‘ The officials do not observe the norms while checking the meters. It has been brought to association’s notice that two officials who were on inspection duty, had opened the door without knocking at it in the afternoon in Sandeep Nagar where only one old lady was there. They did not disclose their identity. The matter has been brought to the notice of Mr J. S. Grewal, Chief Engineer (Central Zone) who has joined recently.’’ Mr Kumar observed that the meter readers do not take the reading properly as a result the consumers had to run from pillar to post to get their bills corrected. There were large number of complaints in this regard. Both the leaders urged the Chairman of PSEB and Chief Engineer (Central Zone) to take stern action against the corrupt officials in the district. They demanded the overhaul of the Model Town division immediately. |
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Designer
jewellery captures hearts Ludhiana, May 21 The jewellery worn by maharajas and kings was opulent using diamonds as big as “Kohinoor”. Nizam of Hyderabad’s jewels have been crafted with meticulous care and have used rare jewels. Indians, have a special fascination for gold and have the maximum amount of gold jewellery. Gold is hoarded as it is considered to be good value for money. Indian women have always cherished their ‘Rani Haars’, broad bracelets and ‘kadas’. But jewellery studded with stones and diamonds has not been very popular primarily because it was not considered to be of much value. But tastes have changed with changing times. But now Modern woman does not want to wear the traditional heavy chunky ornaments to work. So many working women are preferring trendy, inexpensive, jewellery that goes well with their dresses. ‘Oysterbay’ has revolutionised jewellery by crafting elegant pieces of designer jewellery all priced under Rs 5000. “Silver jewellery set with precious stones is becoming a hot favourite with young trendy crowd. The designer jewellery is what matters. Stones both semi-precious and precious set in elegant designs are very popular with young college students and young married people, “ says Pranav Kumar Singh. Mr Vinod, owner of a reputed jewellery shop says, “There is a marked change in the trends of jewellery. People do buy traditional ‘jadao’ ‘kundan’ and long gold “Rani Haars”, but only to be given during the weddings. The women prefer designer jewellery these days. That means we have to make one set of each design. We, use stones of different colours like sapphires, rubies, emeralds, amethyst, garnets, jade and many other stones. The people prefer to match their jewellery with their dress so they want to buy jewellery set in different coloured stones at an easily affordable price. These days, we are using 22 carat gold with DJ 916 stamp which is in accordance with the international standards. These kinds of sets costs Rs 25,000 upwards. The women are wearing collar type necklaces and long earrings. Jewellery of diamonds and precious stones is also in vogue.” Gold and diamond jewellery works out to be quite expensive. So the latest trend is to use Zircons commonly known as American diamonds, which look just like diamonds but are comparatively much cheaper, with gold. But for not so upwardly mobile, there is a lot of imitation and costume jewellery with different stones. It looks quite elegant and cost 1/10th of the real thing and is also in great demand. Some enterprising young people have also started making jewellery items out of junk by using glass beads, wires and other such stuff. Some are into making paper jewellery embellished with stones. These are preferred mostly by young girls. Inexpensive black metal and brass jewellery, chunky beads, and strings of different kinds of stones with matching ear rings are preferred for every day use. “There is a demand for such jewellery, which is attractive and affordable by youth, “ says Mr Vasant Nangia of a jewellery fashion house. |
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Rajiv Gandhi remembered Ludhiana, May 21 In a ‘shardhanjli samaroh’ held at Punjabi Bhavan, Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, MP, Mr Surinder Dawar, president, District Congress Committee, Mr Pawan Diwan, chairman, Urban Development Cell of the Indian Youth Congress, Mr M.S. Dakha, a former minister, and Mr Krishan Kumar Bawa, PPCC Secretary, among others, paid glowing tributes to Rajiv Gandhi. Two minutes silence was also observed. Mr Ghalib administered a pledge to the party activists to work for communal amity and unity, irrespective of the caste, religious or linguistic differences. He described Rajiv Gandhi as a progressive, far-sighted and dynamic leader, who had laid down his life for the sake of unity and integrity of the nation. Mr Dawar recalled the contribution made by him in giving the foreign policy and science and technology a new direction. Mr Diwan, elaborating the significance of the anti-terrorism day, observed to mark the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, said the underlying purpose was to mobilise and educate the masses against terrorism and violence of all kinds. Mr Bawa said the then Prime Minister had done a great service to the youth by giving voting rights at the age of 18. Mr Akshay Bhanot, district chairman, Urban Development Cell, described Rajiv Gandhi as a pioneer of information technology who had vision for the future. Mr Ghalib gave away free exercise books and stationery items to students of RBM Model School, on behalf of the Urban Development Cell. The function was attended, among others, by Mr Jaswinder Singh Sabi, Mr Gopal Monga, Mr Kala Jain, Mr Jasvir Singh Jassal, Mr Gurbhej Chhabra, Mr Sushil Malhotra, Mr Charanjit Singh Sonu, Dr R.S. Yadav, Mr Mohan Lal, and Mr Tarlochan Singh Grewal. The activists, led by Mr Parminder Mehta, took out a ‘goodwill scooter rally’ to mark the anniversary. The rally commenced from the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Old Town Hall and passed through main roads in the city, while paying floral tributes at the statues of martyrs, Kartar Singh Sarabha at Chowk Clock Tower, Major Bhupinder Singh at Bharat Nagar Chowk, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev at Chowk Jagraon Bridge, on the way. Mr Pankaj Sood, Mr Ashok Arora, Mr Sukhwinder Fauji, Mr Raj Kaushal, Mr Anil Sachdeva, Mr Surjit Kaushal and others paid rich tributes to him. The blood donation camp was organised at the District Red Cross Society jointly by Mr K.K. Bawa, secretary, PPCC, and Mr Sushil Malhotra, a former general secretary, Punjab Youth Congress. The Muslim Aman Society, Punjab, also organised a function to observe the martyrdom day of Rajiv Gandhi. Mr Paramjit Singh Tikka was the chief guest. He said Rajiv Gandhi’s ‘sacrifice’ would keep intact the unity and integrity of the country. The society president, Mohd Naseem Ansari, described Rajiv Gandhi as a ‘great son’ of India. A number of poor school children were given uniforms. A large number of Youth Congress activists garlanded a portrait of Rajiv Gandhi. To mark the ‘anti-terrorism day’, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu, administered an oath to members of public to strengthen mutual brotherhood, peace, unity and integrity and to denounce terrorism at all levels, in a function, held at the Mini-secretariat here today. Mr Jagdish Singh Garcha, Minister for Technical Education, Punjab, Mr Rakesh Pandey and Mr Bachan Singh Cheema, both MLAs, Mr S.R. Kler, Additional Deputy Commissioner, and Ms Anita Darshi, Assistant Commissioner (Grievances), were present on the occasion. |
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Christians
seek ban on book Ludhiana, May 21 The book has been written by Mr Satnam Singh and published by Gurmati Prachar Kendar, Sher Shah Suri Marg, Amritsar. The forum has also demanded the registration of a criminal case against the author, besides Mr Upkar Singh Chhabra, who it claimed had financed the publication of the book. In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner, Mr S.K. Sandhu, the forum alleged that the book has defamed “the Christians and the Christian community of Punjab, India and all over the world”. The forum while objecting to the contents of the book pointed out that the author had defamed Jesus Christ and had also cast aspersions on his character. It also alleged that the author had defamed the Christians also. Hundreds of Christians led by the forum vice-president Pastor K. Koshy marched to the Deputy Commissioner’s office here and presented the memorandum. The processionists dispersed off peacefully after presenting the memorandum to the DC for forwarding it to the President of India. |
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Local talent shines
in fashion show Ludhiana, May 21 Despite the show starting two hours late, the crowd waited patiently. In the first round of “professional sequence”, the models wearing trendy dresses walked on the ramp very confidently. The dresses were brightly coloured and included shorts and mini skirts. The second round was a blend of Indian and Western outfits which was inspired by the mirror and was named ‘Aks’ (reflection) round. The enthusiastic budding models of the city walked on the ramp shoulder to shoulder with professional models.
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Gunjan, Nidhi win beauty contest Ludhiana, May 21 The participants were dressed in cool shades of summer. They wore chiffon and net sarees in pastel shades of pink, yellow, beige, sea-green and blue. The participants were divided into two categories over - 40 and under - 40 years. More than thirty contestants participated in the contest. There were a total of three rounds — ramp walk round, questionnaire round and final round. Ms Gunjan Bassan was declared May Queen in the below-40 age group. Ms Gunita was adjudged first runner-up, while Mr Amandeep Bawa was declared second runner-up. Ms Nidhi Naz was declared May Queen in the above-40 age group. Ms Anita Nagpal was chosen first runner-up and Mr Kikky Behl was declared second runner-up. Ms Meneka Choudhry and Ms Shaban were given
surprise gifts for best hairstyle and best dress. Ms Bindu Jain was declared Ms Attractive. Ms Rajni Kalra in above-40 age group was given a special prize for glowing skin. |
PSEB JE arrested Ludhiana, May 21 Mr R.P.S. Bajwa, SP (Vigilance), said today that Sampooran Singh, the accused, was caught red-handed from his residence in Mohali by a team of vigilance officials led by DSP Malwinder Singh. He was arrested on the complaint of Mrs Sunita Ahuja, a resident of Ropar. She stated that she lodged a complaint for the change of a faulty meter. However, the accused made an allegation that she was indulging in power theft. He demanded money and threatened to take action against her if his demand was not met. |
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