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SAD (A) hails Sarna
faction win
Ludhiana, September 29
The Akali Dal (A) has welcomed the victory of the P.S. Sarna faction in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee poll besides lauding the strong line adopted by the faction towards the efforts made by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and SGPC chief Gurcharan Singh Tohra in bringing about a truce between the Akalis.
BJP leader accuses police
of maligning him
Mandi Ahmedgarh,
September 29
A former state president of the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha, Mr Ashootosh Vinayak, has accused the district police of trying to implicate him in a case of demanding ransom, allegedly to malign him. The police, on the other hand, denied the charge and maintained that it was investigating the case without prejudice only to bring the hoaxer into light who had demanded ransom from local traders in the name of a self-styled state chief of a militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba.
Govt flayed for not keeping poll promises
Ludhiana, September 29
Pensioners flayed the Punjab Government at a meeting held here yesterday for not keeping premises made in the poll manifesto of the Punjab Assembly elections. They said after completing more than a year in the office and having presented two Budgets, not even a single promise has been fulfilled.
Crime on the rise in Ludhiana district
Ludhiana, September 29
Deteriorating law and order situation in Ludhiana district is causing concern among residents in general and the business community in particular. The rise in the number of robberies and murders during the past two weeks has caused panic.
Auction of octroi post postponed
Sahnewal, September 29
The yearly auction of the octroi post at Sahnewal had to be postponed today due to the reported pooling of all six bidding parties assembled at the office of the Deputy Director, Local Bodies, at Ludhiana.
Aged disillusioned
with kin
Ludhiana, September 29
Ms Kaushalya (88), an inmate of Vridh Ashram run by the Nishkam Sewa Trust, died yesterday. Mr Sarwan Kumar Sharma, Chairman of the Trust, said they cremated the woman as she had left instructions with the trust that no member of her family should even touch her body.
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| Senior citizens spend the twilight of their life at the Swami
Vivekanand Swarag Ashram seeking solace in each others’ company.
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Party facilitates youth’s release from foreign jail
Ludhiana, September 29
Persistent efforts by the Lok Bhalai Party have resulted in the release of a youth from a prison in Ukraine.
According to a spokesperson for the party, Nirmal Singh of Sirsa had landed in a Ukrainian prison after being caught by the authorities while crossing the country illegally a year ago. He has been released and repatriated to India.
Rapid
Prototyping Centre inaugurated
Ludhiana, September 29
A Rapid Prototyping Centre was inaugurated at the Central Tool Room (CTR) here today by the chairman of the CTR, Mr Suresh Chandra. The centre has been set up under the joint collaboration of the Government of India and the Government of Germany under the Indo-German Tool Room Programme.
Typists demand space at new courts complex
Ludhiana, September 29
About 100 typists, petition and deed writers and stamp vendors, who were operating from the old courts complex, have been rendered jobless as they have not been provided any place in the new courts’ complex in the Mini-Secretariat. A delegation of these typists said they had been making repeated representations to the authorities, but in vain.
Reservation
sought on economic basis
Amloh, September 29
A meeting of the Brahmin Sabha was held here today. Dr Raghbir Shukla, president of the sabha, said after the meeting that the provision of reservation on caste basis was not in the interest of the country and if not checked timely, it would cause irreparable damage to the country. It would divide the country on caste basis. The reservation should be on economic basis and cover poor people, irrespective of their caste, he said.
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