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Cong has mass base, says Tiwari
Ludhiana, April 5
Congress candidate from Ludhiana parliamentary constituency, Mr Manish Tiwari, said today that only the Congress could ameliorate the sufferings of the common people as it was rooted among the common masses. He was addressing a workers’ meeting after inaugurating the election office in Block 9 in the Ludhiana (Rural) assembly segment.
Mr Nahar Singh Gill, Mayor, and Mr Malkit Singh Birmi with Mr Manish Tiwari (centre), candidate from Ludhiana at a rally in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo by Pradeep Tewari |
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BJP to observe workers’
day on April 6
Ludhiana, April 5
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will observe its foundation day as workers’ day here on April 6. The decision was taken at a party meeting held on Sunday under the presidentship of its district chief, Dr Subhash Verma.
DC directs cinema owners to remove obscene posters
Ludhiana, April 5
Finally taking a serious view of the obscene posters of films pasted at various places in the city, Mr Anurag Verma, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, today asked the cinema owners to remove these within a week or face action.
Movies can’t damage moral fabric, say youth
Ludhiana, April 5
With so much hue and cry being raised over some latest movies being screened in the city these days, a cross-section of people feels that the protests were unjustified and uncalled for. They observed that such protests were being staged only for the cheap publicity.
The two most talked about movies, “Hawas” and “Murder”, raised
some eyebrows for the bold portrayal of the female characters.
Passers-by glance at obscene
posters in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph |
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MC employees’
ultimatum to authorities
Ludhiana, April 5
The Sangharsh Committee of employees of the local municipal corporation here has served a 24-hour ultimatum to the authorities to accept their demands, failing which they would launch an agitation.
MC employees, led by activists of the Sangharsh Committee, hold a
protest rally in support of their demands in Ludhiana on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph |
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With
summer, come umbrellas
Ludhiana, April 5
The mercury has been rising steadily over the past few days. Lasses and women, fearing suntan, wear a lot of sunblocker but sunrays relentlessly tear the so-called “protection” offered by these
sunblockers. Hence umbrellas are becoming popular with the fair sex. Umbrella sellers can be seen on the streets of the city — be it Model Town, Sarabha Nagar, Kitclu Nagar, or the new old courts — these
days. Raghvan (in the picture) says: “We get these umbrellas from the India-Nepal border through an agent. At the outset of summer, we actively engage ourselves in pushing our sales up.
Colourful umbrellas being sold on streets of Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph |
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Slash defence budgets,
India, Pak told
Ludhiana, April 5
Improved Indo-Pakistan relations are very beneficial for the Pakistani Punjab as well as Indian Punjab. Panjabis are now witnessing the most peaceful period in history, said Mr Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, President, Youth Akali Dal and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Ludhiana parliamentary seat.
Pak delegation in city with peace message
Ludhiana, April 5
The peoples of India and Pakistan have already wrested the peace initiative from their rulers and it will be difficult for anyone to reverse this (peace) process. The people-to-people contact programme initiated about a year ago is picking up fast and everyday scores of people from both sides cross the Wagah border to interact.
Members of a Pakistan delegation
in Ludhiana on Monday. — A Tribune photograph |
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Officers to train patwaris on use of EVMS
Khanna, April 5
The SDM here Mr Jaspal Mittal today appealed to voters falls under the constituency number 64 to acquaint themselves with the use of electric voting machines in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
Patar re-elected Punjabi Sahitya Akademi chief
Ludhiana, April 5
Eminent poet Surjit Patar has been re-elected president of the Punjabi Sahitya Akademi for a second term. The poll was held at Punjabi Bhavan here yesterday. Patar polled 334 votes while his opponent, S.S. Noor, got 224 votes. Gurbhajan Gill was re-elected senior vice-president.
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