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This overloaded and overturned truck becomes a traffic hazard on Jagraon bridge on Sunday.
— Photo Rajesh Bhambi
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Sukhbir
hints at early poll
Ludhiana, August 5
While the Chief Minister, Mr
Parkash Singh Badal, has insisted that the elections to the state
Assembly would be held on schedule, i.e. in February 2002, the general
secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal Badal (B), Mr Sukhbir Badal, said
here today that the elections could be held any time in November or
December.
Congress
open to alliance with secular forces: Vohra
Ludhiana, August 5
Senior Congress leader and the
party treasurer, Mr Moti Lal Vohra, who is also in charge of the party
affairs of Punjab, today said his party was open to alliance with any
secular party for the forthcoming assembly elections. He said the nature
of alliance, if any, would be explored by the Pradesh Congress Committee
President, Capt Amrinder Singh, who will make his recommendations to the
AICC President for the final decision.
Congress
prepares for Issru rally
Ludhiana, August 5
A meeting of the District Congress
Committee was held here to review the arrangements for the forthcoming
Issru rally scheduled to be held on August 15. The meeting was presided
over by the Lok Sabha MP, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, who has been made in
charge of the rally.
Illegal
construction on overbridge
Ludhiana, August 5
An advertising company has
constructed a bus shelter on the Jagraon overbridge, despite knowing
that such a practice on a flyover could be a traffic hazard. The
advertising company has done it without any approval from the municipal
corporation.
A
promising young writer
Ludhiana, August 5
Little did Anu Kapila know that her writing
features and stories for The Tribune and Sunday Observer would one day
inspire her to write a novel. Anu, after getting a great numbers of
articles published, thought of writing a novel . She says,” I started
writing as a teenager as a diversion from studies in school and
discovered my potential to write short stories, and finally the novel.
Writing for me is food for my soul.”
‘Politeness
and policing must go together’
Ludhiana, August 5
‘Be polite’ is the latest
buzzword in the Ludhiana police. Politeness, according to the new Senior
Superintendent of Police (SSP), Mr Harpreet Sidhu, can prove to be the
greatest weapon for a policeman. This, he believes, creates greater
confidence in the police, among the public. “And public confidence is
the greatest asset for a policeman”, he adds.
A
taste of Europe
Ludhiana, August 5
If you have missed Euro Food
Express in the past two days here, you have squandered a golden chance
to taste delicious European cuisine. At this two day food show held in a
local hotel, there were 100 authentic European dishes prepared by chefs
who had been brought here from New Delhi.
Guests enjoy European cuisine at a food show in a Ludhiana hotel on Sunday.
— RB
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