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Singers take offence
Demand apology from SAD candidate Dhillon for calling Ramoowalia lowly kavishar
Ludhiana, April 11
More than 24 Punjabi singers, comedians and other stage artistes today lambasted SAD candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat Sharanjit Singh Dhillon for what they termed as derogatory remarks against the art of ‘kavishari’ with reference to the Lok Bhalai Party chief and former Union Minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia.

Punjabi singer K. Hakam Bakhtriwala flanked by other Punjabi artistes, addresses a news conference in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photograph by Inderjit Verma

Galib swears support to Tiwari
Johar, Dawer hold rallies
Ludhiana, April 11
Senior Congress leader and former Member Parliament from Ludhiana, Mr Gurcharan Singh Galib is likely to join the campaign of the party candidate from Ludhiana parliamentary constituency, Mr Manish Tiwari.

Manish Tiwari weighed against coins

Ludhiana, April 11 The Congress candidate for Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat Mr Manish Tiwari called upon the electorate to throw out the ‘corrupt’ Akalis and vote for the Congress in the ensuing elections in order to strengthen the hands of Ms Sonia Gandhi and to reinstall a Congress government at the Centre. Addressing a public meeting organised by Block Congress Committee No 6 at New Cycle Market on Gill Road here last evening, he said the top Akali leaders, including former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who were facing charges of corruption and vigilance probe for amassing disproportionate assets, were now talking of clean governance. The Congress candidate from Ludhiana, Mr Manish Tiwari, being weighed against coins at New Cycle Market on Gill Road in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Police forces workers to shift rally venue

Ludhiana, April 11 Hundreds of workers belonging to various industrial groups today staged a massive demonstration to protest against the high ‘handedness’ by the management of various industrial groups. The workers alleged that they were being denied their democratic rights and forced to take to the streets. CPM leader Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon addresses an industrial workers’ rally in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

New turn to Orient Cinema dispute

Police books present owner Ludhiana, April 11 The ownership dispute between two persons over the Orient Cinema and some other prime property in the city took a new turn today when the Sarabha Nagar police registered a case against Kamaljit Singh, who is at present running the cinema hall, situated on prime piece of land in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar. The Orient Cinema in Ludhiana is at the centre of a controversy over its ownership rights. — Photo by IV

Punwire staff hold rally 
Khanna, April11
Around 250 employees of the Punjab Wireless Systems Employees Union organised a protest rally here to press the authorities to fulfil their demands.

Fun with colours     The ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited organised a drawing competition at Whiz-Kid Playway School, Model Gram, Ludhiana, on Saturday. Fifty schoolchildren between three and five participated. This is the 12th school, where this type of competition was organised.

Electrical goods markets to remain closed

Ration for widows, books for needy children

Ludhiana, April 11 Shri Gyan Sthal Mandir and Lala Jagat Narayan Nishkam Sewa Sangh distributed monthly ration to 651 needy widows at Shri Gyan Sthal Temple here this morning. Besides providing 41 items of ration to the widows, it also provided books of the Punjab School Education Board, exercise books, and school bags to 1,001 needy schoolchildren from classes 1 to X. An eight-year-old physically challenged boy excited after getting a bag full of books and stationery at a function organised by Gyan Sthal Mandir in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Over 2000 patients examined

Ludhiana, April 11 More than 2,000 persons were examined for diseases of eye and other ailments, medicine were provided and laboratory tests were conducted free of cost at a medical camp, organised by Shri Guru Nanak Garib Niwaz Sewa Society at Bajra village on Rahon Road here today. Patients being examined at the 45th free orthopaedic and ENT camp at the B.L. Kapoor Memorial Hospital, old Sabzi Mandi, Ludhiana, on Sunday. Dr Harsh K. Sharma and Bindiya Sharma checked up 60 patients. The camp was organised by Mr Hari Krishen Jain and Dharampal Gautam. — Photo by IV

Cool drink — water
Water is a necessity for life. We cannot live without water. The body has stores of fats and carbohydrates which can be drawn on if food is short, and a person can survive for remarkable long periods without eating. But the body has no method of storing water, and without it death occurs in about three days since water is absolutely vital for all major bodily functions.