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Congress undecided on
Ludhiana nominee
Members close ranks against Galib
Ludhiana, March 2
Notwithstanding the claims of the Congress MP from Ludhiana, Mr Gurcharan Singh Galib, that he had received feedback about his renomination, several Congress leaders have already started lobbying against him. At the forefront is the family of the late Beant Singh.
Development works go on stream
Ludhiana, March 2
Ward No 58: A project for making pavement in streets of Hargobind Nagar was inaugurated by a former Congress MP, Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, today. The work will cost Rs 12.5 lakh. Area councillor Jasbir Singh Chadha said work was already in progress for the expansion of sewerage and sinking of tubewells.
Encroachment near temple cleared
Ludhiana, March 2
A team of municipal corporation officials, accompanied by the police, cleared encroachments on the land adjoining Jai Shri Hanuman Mandir in Bhagga Lalari Chowk in the thickly populated Purana Bazar locality here last evening.
Policemen try to control the protesters during the encroachment clearing operation next to a temple in Purana Bazar locality in Ludhiana on Tuesday.
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Justice after years of fear
Sirthalla (Ludhiana), March 2
‘‘Justice has finally been meted out to us. Although this has come to us after so many years of living amidst scare and threats, still, I feel that my fight against my husband’s untimely death in a fake encounter has reached a logical conclusion, ’’ said 50-year-old Parminder Kaur, wife of late Tarwinder Singh, who was kidnapped and murdered by a family rival in connivance with a Punjab Police officer in 1993.
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Parminder Kaur (extreme right), widow of Tarwinder Singh, who was a victim of police excesses with her in-laws and son in Sirthalla village on Tuesday. Photo Inderjit Verma |
Valmikis seek ban on book
Ludhiana, March 2
Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Safai Mazdoor Congress and Dr Ambedkar Ekta Mission, led by Mr Kala Hans and Mr Sudesh Gharu, presidents of the associations, respectively, held a protest march and staged a dharna at Clock
Tower Chowk here today. They were demanding a ban on the book “Janbaz Rakha” and registration of cases against the writer, translator
and publisher of
the book.
Trader missing with car, cash
Khanna, March 2
An iron and steel trader of Mandi Gobindgarh, Mr Anil Kumar, has been missing with his car and cash since last evening. He had gone to Ludhiana to collect cash from the parties whom he had supplied steel to.
Dharna by staff continues
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