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A HELPING HAND: A scooterist gives a lift to a man whose cycle broke down in Ludhiana on the Ferozepore Road on Tuesday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
Sangh Parivar flayed for communal designs
Ludhiana, October 29
Activists of the Peoples Front for Defence of Secularism and Democracy today held a rally here to expose the ‘nefarious designs’ of the Sangh Parivar.
Addressing protesters, Mr Mangat Ram Pasla said the Sangh Parivar, which is operating through several offshoots like the RSS, the VHP, the Bajrang Dal and the BJP, were spreading communal hatred against the minorities and were out to destroy the communal harmony and the basic social fabric of society. Other speakers pointed out that every field was being saffronised.
Proposal to wind up post office flayed
Ludhiana, October 29
Residents of Kidwai Nagar and adjoining localities have expressed their resentment to a proposal of the postal authorities of Punjab circle to wind up the Kidwai Nagar post office, along with many others in the city as a part of the elaborate exercise by the department on all-India basis aimed at cutting expenditure.
 Lone struggle for justice
Ludhiana, October 29
Manju Bala (25), who was allegedly burnt by her in-laws a few months back, has been running from pillar to post to seek justice. She alleges that the police, at the behest of a local counsellor refused to register the case.
Lecture on gender bias in society
Ludhiana, October 29
Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, a Rajasthan cadre IAS officer and an old student of the Government College for Women, Ludhiana, delivered a lecture on ‘Gender bias’ in the college auditorium yesterday. She said, “Although we are living in male dominated society, yet the women are playing an important role. India has advanced considerably in women liberation. It is hoped that in the times to come, women will become more self sufficient and liberated.”
SBI officers felicitate office-bearers
Ludhiana, October 29
A function was organised by SBI officers to felicitate the newly elected office-bearers of the Ludhiana zonal office unit of the State Bank of India Officers Association at Gill Road branch here today. Mr S.K. Kapoor, Chief Manager, presided over the function, which was attended by Mr G.P.S. Bakshi, treasurer, and Mr Chanchal Singh, regional secretary.
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Goods train derailed
Ludhiana, October 29
The engine and a wagon of a goods train coming from
Baprala, near Aligarh, and going to Jalandhar derailed at platform No.3 of the Ludhiana railway station around 2 am last night. No loss to life or property was reported.
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