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Sisters tie rakhis on the statue of martyr
Ludhiana, August 19
Tears welled up in the eyes of two sisters of a Kargil martyr, when they tied rakhis on the statue of their late brother put up in Gill village amidst touching scenes here today morning.
Sisters of Shaheed Naik Paramjeet Singh tie rakhis on his statue on the occasion of Rakhi in Gill village on Friday.
— Photo Inderjit Verma
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Indian beauties not given right guidance: Diana Hayden
Ludhiana, August 19
Former Miss World Diana Hayden feels that international beauty crown has eluded Indian girls all these years because they are not being guided properly for the contest. Diana remarks: “It is your inner self that has to come out in the contest and not an acquired one”. She said, by providing too much training to the Indian girls, the consultants were committing the mistake of superimposing their own vision on their original personality.
Cong keen on commission for safai workers
Ludhiana, August 19
If President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) Shamsher Singh Dullo has his way, the government might set up a state commission for safai workers to address the problems being faced by Dalits in general and the safai workers in particular.
Rights body decries Cong role in ’84 riots
To organise protest march today
Ludhiana, August 19
The Punjab Rights Forum, a conglomerate of various political, social and human rights bodies, has resolved to organise a protest march on August 20 here, against the role allegedly played by late Rajiv Gandhi and other Congressmen in the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage in Delhi and elsewhere on the eve of the birth anniversary of the late Prime Minister.
Badal never visited terror victims: Dullo
Ludhiana, August 19
Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo, yesterday said that there was a lot of difference between the Akalis and the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. He said Capt Amarinder may have remained with the Akalis for sometime, but it does not mean that he was also responsible for terrorism in the state.
Brahman sabha office-bearers
Ludhiana, August 19
Mr Krishan Rai Sharma, president, Bhagwan Parshu Ram Brahman Sabha, Punjab, yesterday released a list of its office - bearers and executive members of the sabha and said a meeting of these members would be held shortly. According to Mr Rai, the sabha would now have four senior vice-presidents namely:-
DC’s assurance to Baba’s followers
Sihar (Ahmedgarh), August 19
The Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, has assured leaders of the faction led by Baba Harnek Singh that the administration would not allow anybody to disrupt the peace around Nanak Ashram
Thath. The leaders had apprehended the use of coercion by the ruling party for taking possession of Nanaksar Ashram
Thath.
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