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Thousands
living in MC’s hell
Ludhiana, August 11
Residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Nagar of Haibowal here have been living among gross insanitation and
receiving contaminated drinking water in their taps. The other civic
amenities like paved streets and a functional sewerage system are also a
distant dream for them, thanks to the indifference of the Municipal
Corporation.
Dhindsa
on unity with Tohra
Ludhiana, Aug 11
Senior Akali leader and Union
Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today said
that although there were slim chances of unity with the Sarb Hind
Shiromani Akali Dal led by Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra after his alliance
with other Panthic groups, yet the issue should not be considered
closed.
Dullo
refutes Lok Morcha’s charges
Khanna, August 11
A former Minister, Punjab and MP,
Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, today refuted the allegations levelled against
him by Lok Morcha leaders. He was addressing a press conference here.
PAU
accused of discriminating against SC employees
Ludhiana, August 11
The Bhartiya Masihi Sanstha has
accused the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) of discriminating
against the university employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and
Backward Classes.
CITY SCAN
Daughter of
five rivers
SHE
is a lady with the lamp of education — Principal of the second oldest
college for women here. Dale Carnegie titled one of his best-sellers
‘Little Known Facts About Well-known Persons’. About the (then)
richest man of the world, Nizam of Hyderabad, he wrote: “Sleeps in a
bed which has no spring”. Indeed, sometimes we know so little about
well-known persons.
Protest
rally by telecom staff
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 11
The local unit of the All-India
Telecom Employees Union organised a protest rally in the main telephone
exchange at Sirhind on Thursday. The employees demanded that the
membership of Mr Harbhajan Singh Attapuri and Mr Samunder Singh from the
TAC should be cancelled immediately and the transfer orders of two
employees withdrawn.
Ludhianvis
sulking under pressure
THOUSANDS
of Ludhianvis are becoming victim of the mundane daily routine life.
Trying to cope up with the rising pressures of multiplying business
problems, unending national and global recession, high taxation levels
and unbearable administrative tensions are also adding to their
problems.
PSEB
pensioners seek free power
Ludhiana, August 11
A delegation of the Joint Action
Committee of the All-Pensioners Associations of Punjab State Electricity
Board (PSEB) met the Chairman of the board, Mr S.S. Sohal, at Patiala on
Wednesday and demanded free electricity supply to the board’s
pensioners.
Cops
who’ll never be impolite again
Ludhina, August 11
Three police personnel, including
one ASI and two Head Constables, have been sent to the police lines for
not following the orders of addressing people as ‘shreemanji’.
Stir
against abolition of octroi
Samrala, August 11
The Class IV Employees Union of the
Samrala Nagar Council has threatened to launch an agitation on September
1 if the government abolishes octroi in the state.
2
brothers die after eating stale food
Ludhiana, August 11
Tragedy struck Surjit Singh, a
resident of Chowki Mann village, here today evening when two of his sons
died after consuming some stale food. His third son who also ate the
same food was admitted to a hospital in serious condition.
Akali
leader honoured
Ludhiana, August 11
Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon,
Director of Markfed, honoured the acting President of the District Akali
Jatha (Urban), Mr Avtar Singh Makkar, at a function in Ward 15 here.
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