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International Women’s Day

TRIBUNE FOCUS
‘Education must for women liberation’
International Women’s Day hardly creates as big a fuss as Valentine’s Day and only a small percentage of educated women is aware of it.

Women who built Ludhiana
Ludhiana, March 7
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, residents of this city cannot help remembering the women who shaped the city’s present at a huge personal cost, making Ludhiana a modern and a progressive city.

International Women’s Day will keep passing them by for who knows how many decades more. —Photo Rajesh Bhambi

‘Put papa in kitchen and mama in office’
Ludhiana, March 7
This is a high time for changing the mindset of male-dominated society that does not consider women equal to men. Though the condition of women has improved a lot, there is still a long way to go before women are considered equal to men.

• Women’s Day special on Alpha Punjabi

COMMUNITY

Govt employees await salary
Ludhiana, March 7
What was feared seems to have come true. As the state faces a financial crisis, about half of the government employees in Ludhiana and neighbouring districts have not been paid their salaries for the month of February so far.

It’s like any other day for her

Ludhiana, March 7 While the world celebrates International Women’s Day on Friday, she, like thousands of labouring women in the country, continues to face hardships of life. Ever since her husband passed away about a month ago, Lajwanti (42), a resident of Miller Ganj, is carrying on with the roadside business of selling ‘datuns’ near the Ghanta Ghar.

Lajwanti and her daughter, Mala, at their roadside ‘datun’ outlet near Ghanta Ghar in Ludhiana on the eve of International Women’s Day . —Photo D.B. Chopra

Bhadaur House Market cries for basic amenities

Ludhiana, March 7 The major commercial centre —Bhadaur House Market in the heart of city lies in a state of utter neglect. The problem created by indiscriminate parking of vehicles everywhere, not only creates difficulty for shopkeepers, as well as hotels and restaurants, which abound in the complex, but also the visiting public, who find it hard to traverse through the commercial hub.

Jam-packed vehicles at Bhadaur House Market in Ludhiana create chaotic conditions in the posh commercial centre. —Photo Inderjit Verma

‘Build hospital at disputed site in Ayodhya’
Ludhiana, March 7
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch and several other left democratic bodies have urged the Union Government to register cases against those self-styled religious leaders, who were fomenting communal tension and instigating violence.

Lok Janshakti Party units dissolved 
Ludhiana, March 7
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) national president and Union Minister for Coal and Mines Ram Vilas Paswan has dissolved the Punjab state unit and all district units of the party.

Book on Partap Singh Kairon released
Ludhiana, March 7
A book on the life of Partap Singh Kairon titled ‘Partap Singh Kairon — Vision and Conviction’, penned by Rupinder Kaur Gill, Professor, Khalsa College for Women, was released by Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Agricultural University, yesterday.

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CRIME

Three given drug-laced juice, robbed of Rs 80,000
Ludhiana, March 7
A poultry farm owner and his two assistants were given drug-laced juice by a swindler and decamped with Rs 80,000 after they fell unconscious. All the three were admitted to the local Civil Hospital last evening in an unconscious state.

Woman alleges dowry harassment
Ahmedgarh, March 7
A woman of Nathumajra village, near here, has alleged dowry harassment at the hands of her in-laws. According to Ms Jasmail Kaur, she was married to Gurmail Singh of Badhni Kalan as per Sikh rites on February 13,1998.

Contests mark PAU Youth Festival
Ludhiana, March 7
Contests for quiz, rangoli, one act play, mimicry and mime marked the second day of the three-day inter-college Youth Festival being organised on the Punjab Agricultural University campus here.

Annual day of PAU Kisan Club
Ludhiana, March 7
Farmers should fully understand the world scenario of agriculture under the WTO regime to achieve success in agriculture, said Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, while addressing the annual function of farmers of the Punjab Kisan Club held today at PAU.

COURTS

• Lok Adalat disposes of 35 cases

MC demolishes several illegal buildings
Ludhiana, March 7
It was a busy day for the demolition squad of the Municipal Corporation in the city when more than half a dozen buildings, being constructed in violation of the building bylaws, were demolished in different localities.

Khanna MC budget
Khanna, March 7
The Khanna Municipal Council passed Rs 1526.66 lakh budget for the year 2002-2003 at a special meeting in Municipal Town hall here today. Rs 567.16 lakh will be spent on establishment and Rs 849.50 lakh have been provided for various development projects in the town.