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Harpreet Singh
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King
Bruce of rallying
Ludhiana, May 28
Reaching targets at top speed is
the way Harpreet Singh lives. The winner of this year’s SJOBA (Saint
John’s Old Boys Association) Thunderbolt Motor Cycle Rally at Chail in
Himachal Pradesh, Harpreet, stretches his speed to the limit.
NRI
investments being streamlined
Ludhiana, May 28
To ensure the maximum involvement
of NRIs in the development of their native villages, the NRIs’
investment system would be streamlined and channelised by the NRI Sabha,
Punjab. A comprehensive directory containing information about each and
every NRI from Punjab, including his postal address, phone number and
e-mail address, would also be prepared so that while taking up the
integrated development of a particular village, all the NRIs belonging
to that village could be contacted.
Daresi Maidan
— going down the memory lane
DARESI
Maidan in Ludhiana is not an ordinary ground. It is a chronicler of
pitched political battles fought before and after the Partition. Daresi
Maidan, now popularly known as Ramlila Grounds, is witness to great
social and political upheavals in the state of Punjab.
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Mr Sat Pal Puri, councillor of Ward 66, and residents of several localities, at a dharna in front of the office of the Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Ludhiana, on Monday. IV
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Row
over water supply turns ugly
Ludhiana, May 28
The tension between councillors of
Wards 66 and 67 here on the issue of the water-supply distribution took
an ugly turn today. The Congress councillor of Ward 66, Mr Sat Pal Puri,
along with a large number of residents of Santokh Nagar and its nearby
localities, held demonstrations at the Municipal Corporation
headquarters and in front of the office of the MC Commissioner, Dr S.S.
Sandhu.
Panel
flays hike by PSEB in fuel surcharge
Ludhiana, May 28
The Ludhiana Electroplaters
Association has decried the hike in advance consumption deposits by 33
per cent, high consumption surcharge and fuel surcharge unilaterally and
arbitrarily imposed by the Punjab State Electricity Board.
Dharna
against Mayor continues
Ludhiana, May 28
Indefinite dharna by the Bhartiya
Janata Party against City Mayor. Apinder Singh Grewal continued here
today, with the party finding a surprise ally in a senior Shiromani
Akali Dal (B) leader Amarjit Singh Bhatia.
We’ll
give clean admn: Ramoowalia
Sahnewal, May 28
“We shall endeavour to create a
new Punjab, providing an entirely novel and clean administration, if we
come to power. For this, we have begun area-wise survey and campaigning
in order to organise a collective force in favour of the Peoples Welfare
Party.”
Ranike
expelled for anti-party activities
Ludhiana, May 28
The dissensions in the All-India
Sikh Students Federation headed by Mr Tejinder Singh Sandhu deepened
with the expulsion of Mr Kulwant Singh Ranike, senior vice-president,
for indiscipline and anti-party activities, here today.
Rain
brings respite from heat
Ludhiana, May 28
The residents had a reprieve from
scorching heat after the rain lashed the city last night. The rain
accompanied with thunderstorm brought the mercury 10°C below normal.
Fire
in cinema hall
Khanna, May 28
There was a fire in Novelty Cinema
here early today. Mr Abhinav Toki, son of the owner of the cinema hall,
said the management had come to know about it at about 5 am. He said a
short circuit had caused the fire.
Consumer
protection panel set up
Ludhiana, May 28
The district unit of the Bhartiya
Upbhokta Sanrakshan Samiti (Indian Consumers Protection Committee) was
formally installed at a function in Model Town here, with Mr Surinder
Singh and Mr Rajinder Singh, being nominated as the president and
secretary general of the samiti, respectively.
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