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Over
900 phones dead
Ludhiana, August 24
Residents of Boparai Kalan and
adjoining villages are a harassed lot as a BSNL telephone exchange that
caters to more than 900 telephone numbers is lying dead for the past one
week. The villagers said that they had complained to the BSNL officials
both at the local level as well at the Ludhiana head office but no
action had been taken.
Sangat
darshan programme
Fatehgarh Sahib, August 24
Mr Vikas Partap, Deputy
Commissioner, directed the district officers of all departments to
remain present in their offices from 9.00 to 11.00 a.m. daily for
redressal of the public grievances and if any of them has to attend some
other important assignment, then the next in hierarchy must be present
to avoid unnecessary harassment of the people.
Participants in a seminar on ‘Growth agenda of Punjab — Ludhiana in focus’
in Ludhiana on Thursday. |
Only
10 pc budget for development: Arora
Ludhiana, August 24
The policies of the Punjab
government have failed to boost the state economy over the past
four years. The decline in agriculture, small- scale and
large-scale industrial sector was quite visible and the state
government was unable to stop the decline in growth rate. |
AT THE CROSSROADS
Why
literature is supreme
ENGLISH and various Indian
languages complement each other. I recall an observation by Sir Winston
Churchill before a class of undergraduates in 1945. He said an
Englishman who knew only his mother tongue was an illiterate person and
rightly so. Knowledge of an old language or at least one regional
language is necessary for a person to understand his or her own language
properly. If he or she also knows English, he or she will see new vistas
of thought and expression opening up.
Petrol
stations sans security
Ludhiana, August 24
Various petrol stations in the city
and on the G.T. Road remain as vulnerable to looting bids as ever before
even though four days have passed since the double murder took place at
a petrol station near the Jalandhar bypass on August 19.
PET TALK
Fighting off
bad breath in pets
IS the bark of your dog
worse than its bite? Does your enthusiasm level fall each time you smell
your dog's smile? Bad breath is not only a problem in humans but also in
animals. The most common cause of bad breath in pets is excessive
calculus and plaque deposits on the teeth. Growth of bacteria, their
secretions and deposition of calcium carbonate, form the dental calculi
from microbial plaque.
Workshop on
energy management by CII
Ludhiana, August 24
Over 50 representatives from 30
companies in the region attended a one-day workshop on energy management
today. The workshop was organised by the Confederation of Indian
Industries.
Sikh
morcha changes name
Ludhiana, August 24
The Shri Hemkunt Sikh Morcha, a
non-political organisation formed recently, at a meeting here today,
decided to change its name for the simple reason that “it does not
want to commit any possible misconduct or mistake under the pious name
of Shri Hemkunt Sahib.”
Class
IV union plans dharna
Amloh, August 24
The union of safai sewaks,
municipal council, Amloh, has condemned the proposal of the Punjab
Government to abolish octroi. At a meeting held here today, Mr Hari
Chand, district president of the Class IV Employees Union, said:
‘‘The government has failed to regularise the services of the
part-time employees. Even bonus and dearness allowance instalment have
not been paid to them.”
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