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‘Anti-labour’
policies resented
Ludhiana, September 30
The government polices have
severely affected basic rights of the labour class during the past one
decade. The trade union movement has to come up with a clear theoretical
framework and will have to launch a decisive struggle to counter the
onslaught of greedy capitalists, said Prof Sucha Singh Gill, an
Economist at Punjabi University, Patiala here today.
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Potters in action in Ludhiana.
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Potters
gear up for winter
Ludhiana, September 30
If the weather turns nippy in
Punjab, can the most popular delicacies ‘sarson da saag’, makki di
roti and ‘chaach’ be far behind? But how are potters related to this
heady combination of every true Punjabi’s favourite food. To a large
extent, the ‘taudi’ or the earthen pot used for cooking the
‘saag’ is being made by the potters on their potters’ wheel.
CITY SCAN
Illiterate
women spreading education
IT is no transcendental tale of
life beyond life, but is a true story about the realisation of the
importance of education by a person who had never been to a school. It
tells the vision of an illiterate person who later provided a women’s
degree college in the heart of rural Ludhiana.
SSF
condemns burning of Birs
Ludhiana, September 30
The Sikh Students Federation
(Mehta) has condemned the burning of some Birs near Sirhind last night.
An emergency meeting of the federation was held under the chairmanship
of its president, Mr Gurcharan Singh Grewal, which condemned the
incident and demanded strong action against the culprits.
Apparel
Park for Ludhiana
Ludhiana, September 30
Mr Kashi Ram Rana, Minister for
Textiles at the Centre, will launch the prestigious project of Apparel
Park here on October 5. A team of the Punjab Small Industries and
Exports Corporation led by the Chief Engineer visited the city yesterday
and surveyed two sites near Sahnewal airport and on Bhaderke Road for
the project and consulted industry representatives to finalise the site
for the project.
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