SAD(A) reacts to Badal’s remarks
Ludhiana, June 27
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amrtisar) has taken strong exception to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s remarks that the SAD(A) was a symbol of militancy and has served an ultimatum on Mr Badal to withdraw the remarks within seven days, failing which a defamation suit will be filed against him.
Sewerage cleaning proves nightmarish for
shopkeepers
Ludhiana, June 27
A choked sewerage line and subsequent exercise to clear it, right in front of the Calibre Plaza in the Bhadaur House Commercial Complex, proved to be a nightmare for the shopkeepers in the vicinity here today, as the unimaginative method of clearing the choked line by the O
& M staff of the Municipal Corporation, made the matters worse.
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Sewage from a choked sewer line is mechanically discharged on the main road in the commercial complex of Bhadaur House in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Photo Rajesh Bhambi |
Phone bill arrives after 12 years
Ludhiana, June 27
Strange are the ways of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited to show its efficiency or the lack of it. A local subscriber was shocked when the department sent her a telephone bill for November, 1989.
Industry seeks check on
pollution
Ludhiana, June 27
The autorickshaws have become a big nuisance for the common public as they are a big source of air and noise pollution. A number of autorickshaw operators were mixing kerosene with petrol resulting in a high level of pollution that was affecting the health of commuters.
Minister’s remark angers
singers
Ludhiana, June 27
Promising singers of Punjab at their meeting held today protested against the statement of the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Mr Swaran Ram, that the government would impose a ban on vulgar songs.
Screening of
Gadar opposed
Ludhiana, June 27
After facing opposition from Muslim organisations, the film Gadar, has sparked off protests among Sikh organisations also which have demanded banning the film if certain “objectionable” scenes are not deleted from it immediately.
Candidates for DSP exam
a harassed lot
Ludhiana, June 27
Scores of candidates from the city who had gone to Patiala to appear for the DSP examination held are a harassed lot as they were not allowed to appear for the written test.
Was it bravery or
suicide?
Ludhiana, June 27
Uma Devi Yadav, a woman who was crushed to death by a train at the Ludhiana-Delhi railway line near Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran here yesterday, was cremated by her “poverty-stricken” husband today, though the circumstances of her death remained unclear.
Suraksha samiti vice-president, others quit
Ludhiana , June 27
Mr Rakesh Kumar Kalia, state vice- president, All-India Hindu Suraksha Samiti, along with several other functionaries, have submitted their resignations, while charging that he was falsely implicated in a case of committing a sacrilege at a religious place in Amritsar.
‘Need to identify new role of women’
Ludhiana, June 27
Dr Sarjit Singh Gill, Additional Director Extension Education (Communication Centre), Punjab Agricultural University, emphasised the need to identify the new role of women in the context of 21st century which is going to be dominated by science and technology.
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