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Infighting stalls construction work
Khanna, February 27
Infighting between Congress workers, especially between a contractor of the Improvement Trust and a member of the trust has led to the stopping of the construction work on the Railway Road commercial scheme for the past two months. The contractor of the trust Tarsem is known as a loyalist of former Congress MP, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, and former Chairman, Improvement Trust, Bhalinder Singh while the member of the trust Mr Shashi Vardhan is known as close to sitting Congress MLA Ms Harbans Kaur Dullo.
Chemists to oppose
‘police repression’
Ludhiana, February 27
The Punjab Chemists Association President, Mr Surjit Mehta, today made it clear that the medicine trade in the state would stand united against any kind of high-handedness by the police under the garb of the NDPS Act and any undesirable action or harassment of the chemists would be strongly resisted.
India not shining for majority, says former policy maker
Ludhiana, February 27
There are vast areas of neglect in the country in spite of phenomenal growth taking place in different sectors. India may be shining for very few people but to most of its poor, the position is far from being rosy.’
Dr Harsh Mander, a former bureaucrat, addresses a meeting on Public Policy and Development, in Ludhiana.
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New pay panel demanded
Ludhiana, February 27
At a joint meeting held here, the Punjab Government Employees and Pensioners have urged the state government to announce the setting up of the fifth Punjab pay commission while presenting the Budget for 2005-2006 in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
Johar disburses grants to hospitals
Ludhiana, February 27
Under a special programme of the state government to release grants for the development and welfare projects, the Punjab Education Minister, Mr Harnam Das Johar, today distributed grants amounting to Rs 10.5 lakh among several organisations, most of them charitable hospitals in the city.
Rotary celebrates 100 years
Ludhiana, February 27
To celebrate 100 years of the Rotary International, Rotary Club of Ludhiana-North with Rotaract Club Government College for Women, GGN Khalsa College, BNSM College of Technical College, Alamgir (Ludhiana) and other Rotaract Clubs of Dist. 3070 organised a conference at Government College for Women Auditorium here today.
Rotarians celebrate 100 years of Rotary International in Government College for Women in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Child killed while flying kite
Khanna, February 27
One child was killed and another was injured while they were flying kites at two different places here this afternoon.
It is learnt that a five-and-a-half-year-old boy, while flying a kite, fell from the roof of his house and received a head injury. Lal Babu, a resident of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and father of the deceased, said the boy was taken to the local Civil Hospital, where the doctor declared him brought dead.
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