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IHRO wants varsity VC sacked
Ludhiana, April 13
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) expressed its concern over the inaction of the Punjab Government as it has failed to remove the Vice-Chancellor of the Punjabi University as there were very clear directions of the Supreme Court of India, which are binding and enforceable in law, to fire a person such as Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, who is grossly involved in the sexual harassment of women students of his university.
TUs mobilise for strike
Ludhiana, April 13
The Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has given a fervent call to the trade unions and other labour organisations to make the nationwide strike in financial institutions on April 16, a success so that the government could be forced to put a stop to its present policies of privatisation of public sector undertakings, curtailment of employment opportunities, reduction in interest rates on provident fund and anti-worker amendments in labour laws.
Chaotic Old GT Road
Ludhiana, April 13
The encroachments on both sides of the roads by rehri and phariwalas and the misuse of footpaths on both sides of the Old GT Road between Clock Tower and Railway Station by shopkeepers to display their goods, has been creating traffic problems but now the ongoing work for the Rs 34-crore Elevated Road project on this busy stretch has turned out be a nightmare for not only the vehicular traffic but even for the two wheeler drivers and pedestrians alike.
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| The stretch of road between the Clock Tower and the Railway
Station has become a traffic bottleneck due to the ongoing work on the elevated road project. |
Chinese Vaastu’s
Chi — water and air
Ludhiana, April 13
“Feng Shui is a part of Vaastu Shastra, which originated in India. It has returned to India in its new avatar Chinese Vaastu, says Krutika Sharma, President, International Society of ChineseVaastu. She is here to conduct a three-day seminar on Vaastu at Nehru Sidhant Kendra.
Krutika says unlike Vaastu that works on the basis of directions, Feng Shui works on the concept of corners.
Visitors examine different objects displayed at a seminar on Vaastu organised at the
Nehru Sidhant Kendra in Ludhiana on Saturday.— A Tribune photograph |
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Woman alleges cheating
Ludhiana, April 13
A resident of the Ajeet Nagar locality has accused officials of the Ludhiana chapter of the United Church of North India Association (UCNITA) of cheating her by way of denying her a plot for which she had made them the full payment. She alleged that the plot was allotted to some other influential person.
First meeting of the Punjab Sahit Akademi
Ludhiana, April 13
The first meeting of the newly elected Punjab Sahit Akademi was held at Punjabi Bhavan, today in which it was decided that a movement to create awareness about the Punjabi language would be started soon.
Women’s wear show
Ludhiana, April 13
Azure, an exhibition of designer
Indian wear for women was organised at a local hotel here today. The
exhibition had an exclusive range of collection of crepe, chiffon,
georgette and cottons suits and sarees from Delhi.
Philatelic club organises exhibition
Ludhiana, April 13
The Department of Posts and The Ludhiana Philatelic Club have jointly organised a two-day stamp exhibition, ‘‘Luphila 2002’’ at the Head Post Office here.
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Aggarwal, inaugurated the exhibition here today.
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