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Miss Hostel Fresher Raman Brar flanked by the runners ups at the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women in Ludhiana on Friday evening.
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Rs 225 cr for water supply, sewerage facilities in state
Ludhiana, September 6
A comprehensive programme to provide water supply and sewerage facilities in all cities and towns in the state has been launched by the Punjab government at a cost of Rs 225 crore. During the first phase, an amount of Rs 145 crore has already been released to 43 municipal councils for different development projects.
CM ‘rejects’ demand to bring back ex-DC
Ludhiana, September 6
The Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, is learned to have rejected the demand by a senior Congress leader and Member Parliament from Ludhiana to post back a former Deputy Commissioner here. The leader is learned to have even tried to use the influence of some AICC leaders to get the DC posted back here.
Punjab Christians seek nomination to RS
Ludhiana, September 6
Christians living in Punjab have demanded that one of the members of their community be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, since they were not being adequately represented either in the state legislature or in Parliament.
Election fever grips Aggar Nagar colony
Ludhiana, September 6
Battle lines have been drawn in the Aggar Nagar colony, one of the posh localities in the city, as the residents elect seven new directors of the Ludhiana Aggarwala Cooperative House Building Society for a term of five years tomorrow.
Harsha Bhogle in city
Ludhiana, September 6
One of the India's leading cricket commentator, Harsha Bhogle sees no wrong in women commentators doing commentary. He was in the city on Friday. He said if women commentators were good and acceptable to the viewers, their was nothing wrong in engaging them.
He said this when he was asked to comment on Sony Television's
move to engage TV artist Mandira Bedi for commentary during the
last Cricket World Cup held early this year.
Harsha Bhogla at a press conference in Ludhiana on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
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Cheques disbursed for development
Mandi Gobindgarh, September 6
Mr Sukhdev Singh, Rajya Sabha Member, laid the foundation stone of “pucca” prayer ground, to be built at a cost of Rs 2 lakh, at Government Girls Secondary School here today. Last year, he had presented a grant of Rs 2 lakh to the school for development works.
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Amloh, September 6
The government employees employed in villages should serve people honestly as most of the population in the country lived in villages, said Mr Sadhu Singh
Dharamsot, MLA, at a function after the inauguration of Class XII school at Faizullapur village, near here, today.
Mr Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, MLA, distributes sewing machines at a function at Faizullapur village, Amloh, on Saturday.
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Jagannath Rath Yatra
Ludhiana, September 6
Bhagwan Jagannath Rath Yatra took off to a delayed start from Durga Mata temple, near Jagraon bridge, here this afternoon.
Devotees, largely comprising women, had assembled at the temple well before 2pm, when the yatra was scheduled to take off.
Those who had made it to the
venue in time had to wait in the hot and humid weather for more
than two hours. Police was
present in strength to provide security to the yatra. About 150
private security personnel hired by the ISKCON and the Bhagwan
Jagannath Rath Yatra Mahotsav Committee that were also deployed.
HARE RAMA, HARE KRISHNA: Devotees participate in Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari
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