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‘Attacks’
on PSEB teams resented
Ludhiana, May 24
The PSEB Engineers Association has
taken a serious view of the increasing tendency among industrialists to
manhandle PSEB staff or to lodge false and fabricated complaints with
the police as diversionary tactics to cover up theft of energy and other
irregularities.
Industry
threatens agitation
Ludhiana, May 24
The industry, as other categories
of consumers, have sharply reacted to increase in the security charges
(advance consumption deposit) by the Punjab State Electricity Board and
have threatened to launch a state-wide agitation against the
high-handedness of the PSEB management if the same was not immediately
withdrawn.
BJP
councillors stage dharna against Mayor
Ludhiana, May 24
In an unusual development, which
might have far reaching political ramifications in the civic body set up
in the city, Bharatiya Janata Party councillors today started an
indefinite dharna against the MC administration, with the City Mayor, Mr
Apinder Singh Grewal, being their particular target. The two-hour daily
dharna would continue on all week days till the demands, put forth by
the party, were conceded.
Ghuman
stresses Panthic unity
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 24
Panthic unity between the two
warring factions of the SAD led by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief
Minister of Punjab, and Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President of the
SHSAD, is the need of the hour, which can usher an era of peace,
progress, development and prosperity in the state. All the senior Akali
leaders, workers, intellectuals, senior citizens and well-wishers of the
Panth should make sincere efforts to bring about this unity.
AT THE CROSS ROADS
A poet who
establishes instant rapport with readers
Ludhiana, May 24
Meeting Jaswant Zafar is like
having a glimpse of the futuristic vision of life. He is ever in the
process of views and reviews. He thinks differently not as a matter of
routine but as the result of conviction. He composes poems to establish
a rapport with his readers.
Participants at Ms Ethnic Contest waiting anxiously for their turn in Ludhiana on
Thursday. — Photo: Rajesh Bhambi |
A
display of traditional attire
Ludhiana, May 24
It was a day with a difference for
the fashion conscious women of the city. Forgetting all that is in vogue
now-a-days, it was their turn to look traditional and ethnic. So, decked
up with heavy antique jewellery, they participated in a beauty contest
organised by VLCC at Sutlej Club here today. Members from over five
ladies clubs participated in inter-club ‘Mrs VLCC Ethnic’ contest.
Shruti
declared Summer Queen
Ludhiana, May 24
The annual function of the Maharani
Ladies Club was held at a restaurant in Model Town, today, where a
‘Summer Queen’ contest got underway. Members
of various age groups took part in the contest. Some of the contestants
looked ethnic and graceful in sarees in pastel summery shades.
Villagers
seek inauguration of exchange
Ludhiana, May 24
On a call given by the Kirti Kisan
Union, residents of Manuke, Deharke, Bhamipura and Bassuwal villages
staged a dharna outside the office of General Manager (Telephones)
demanding an early commissioning of the Manuke exchange, here today.
Amarinder’s
7-point programme hailed
Ludhiana, May 24
Congress functionaries have
welcomed the seven-point programme for trade and industry, announced by
Capt Amarinder Singh, President, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee,
during an interaction with members of trade and representatives of civic
bodies.
Arrest
criminals, demands association
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 23
Members of the Truck and Bus
Bodybuilders Association, Sirhind, held a strike today in protest
against the failure of the Sirhind police to nab a gang of robbers who
looted goods from their workshops and injured a few employees recently.
League’s
plea to SGPC
Ludhiana, May 24
Lieut-Col C.S. Dhillon, president,
Indian Ex-Services League (Punjab and Chandigarh), has appealed to the
SGPC to ensure that the families of those Sikh Armymen who had left
their barracks in the wake of “Operation Bluestar” are ‘given all
benefits of sustenance and their children are looked after and brought
up as proud citizens’.
Bonsai
is a passion with him
MR
Ranjit Singh Chakkal, a local resident, has achieved the distinction of
having the largest collection of bonsai in the region. Bonsai, the
Chinese word originates from two words- ‘bon’ and ‘sai’.
‘Bon’ means the pot and ‘Sai’ means the plant. Bonsai means the
plants collected in pots or flat trays. He has planted over 300 bonsai
plants. Today, he claims with pride that some of the plants are more
than 30 years old.
Sarabha’s
renovated house inaugurated
Ludhiana, May 24
The newly renovated house of
Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha was formally dedicated to the state at a
function held in Sarabha village today on the occasion of the martyr’s
birth anniversary.
Bank
employees hold demonstration
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 24
On a nationwide call given by the
United Forum of Bank Union, nearly 250 employees, including officers,
working in branches of nationalised bank in the district gathered in
front of Punjab National Bank’s branch at Sirhind yesterday and held a
demonstration in protest against the non-acceptance of their demands.
Corruption
in PSEB alleged
Mandi Gobindgarh, May 24
Mr Dalip Singh Pandhi, former
minister, alleged that the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) had
kept Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab, in the dark about
the poor financial state of the board.
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