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BJP workers burn Sonia’s effigy
Ludhiana, March 6
Hundreds of BJP workers today took out a procession and staged a demonstration in front of the Clock Tower and also burnt an effigy of Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her reported remarks about the Godhra incident, where about 60 kar sevaks were burnt to death. Some Congress workers also tried to confront them and prevent them from burning the effigy.
BJP workers set fire to an effigy of the Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
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Gold spot in the evening sky.
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‘Migrant workers
being exploited’
Ludhiana, March 6
The District Youth Congress (DYC) has expressed concern over exploitation of migrant workers by owners of industrial units and commercial establishments. It says that the government and the district administration has failed to assess the gravity of the situation and take corrective steps.
NCLP: labouring hard for kids
Ludhiana, March 6
In Ludhiana the Labour Department, under the National Child Labour Policy, is running 40 schools for child labour with the basic objective of suitably rehabilitating the children withdrawn from employment and to reduce the incidence of child labour in areas where there is a known concentration of child labour.
Dairy-owners refuse
to be cowed
Ludhiana, March 6
What could be described sheer apathy on part of civic administration, city residents in about a dozen colonies have been made to live in pathetic conditions for more than decade now, thanks to the presence of hundreds of dairies in these areas.
The dirt of the matter: A colony in Ludhiana city, where presence of dairy units has made the life of residents miserable.
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Rs 33 cr elevated road project well on its way
Ludhiana, March 6
The project for construction of 2.5 km long ‘elevated road’, first of its kind in the region, is progressing well and the executing agency — M/s Skanska Cementations India having completed the preliminary work of soil testing and pile testing, have already laid 56 piles, out of total 380 to be laid on the entire stretch on Old G.T. Road between the Jagraon Bridge and Chand Cinema.
Yearning for the ‘best’ car
Ludhiana, March 6
Ludhianvis, craze for the best in life probably explains the number of super luxury Mercedes cars being driven on the roads of Ludhiana. According to figures collected from car dealers, of about 400 Mercedes cars in the north, including Delhi, 200 are in Ludhiana alone.
Physical disability does not deter him
Ludhiana, March 6
In first encounter, one may think that Balbir Ram Chumber (26) is just like any other physically challenged person but after talking to him one realises that he is definitely different.
Reshuffle has no motive: SSP
Ludhiana, March 6
The district police chief, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu, said the recent transfers of police officials had been long-pending and done in a routine manner. According to him, the transfers are in tandem with the reviewed policing measures of the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Ludhiana Range.
Shobha yatra on Sunday
Ludhiana, March 6
The Haibowal Mahotsav Committee will take out a shobha yatra from Mata Chintpurni temple on the Balloki Road on March 10 in connection with Shivaratri celebrations, according to a press note of the committee.
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