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Villagers force robbers to flee from godown
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 18
Daring confrontation by alert villagers and labourers at a rice sheller, supported by the police, forced a gang of inter-state armed robbers to flee with a small booty of 83 bags of wheat from a state food agency-owned open complex godown, situated at Fauzewal village, near here, yesterday.
Watchmen to be replaced by
community police officers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 18
With an intention to institutionalise an informal system prevalent in this part of Malwa, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, has directed all circle officers and SHOs to mobilise social leaders of their respective areas to replace non-professional and unauthentic watchmen by community police officers.
TV most attractive media for
consumers
Ludhiana, December 18
Television attracts city consumers, the most. A study, ‘Relative impact of advertising media on consumer purchase behaviour’, conducted by Ms Pansy Puneet Kaur, an MBA student of PCTE here, reveals that consumers in the city bought most of the products, whose advertisements were flashed on television repeatedly.
BSF Deputy Commandant
does city proud
Ludhiana, December 18
A Deputy Commandant of the Border Security Force, belonging to Ludhiana, has done the city proud after he was awarded President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.
Mr D.S. Sandhu, Deputy Commandant, BSF,
being awarded President’s Police Medal for Gallantry by Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
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Phagwara bypass stone to be laid on Jan 19
Ludhiana, December 18
In a bid to resolve issues that are long overdue and pending for want of appropriate official decisions in Phagwara, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha, has resolved the issue the of construction of Nawashahr-Phagwara bypass T junction by the National Highway Authority of India.
Bodybuilding meet results
Ludhiana, December 18
Around 150 boys took part in the one-day Ludhiana District Bodybuilding Championship organised by the Ludhiana District Bodybuilding Association
at the Lions Bhavan, Udham Singh Nagar, here today.
Participants in the Ludhiana District Bodybuilding Championship flex their muscles on Sunday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma
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MUL organises Women’s Fun Drive
Ludhiana, December 18
Maruti Udyog Limited organised Women’s Fun Drive, an exclusive womens event here today. Owing to the good response from women drivers, this event has now become an annual feature in the mega city.
Mr S.K. Sharma, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, flags off a vehicle at Maruti
Suzuki Womens’ Fun Drive in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Photo by I.V
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Protest march by pensioners
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 18
Pensioners from Sangrur marched through the streets of this town to protest against the alleged indifferent attitudes of the state government. The protest march followed a district level pensioner’s day function organised at Guru Nanak Kanya Mahavidialya Senior Secondary School presided over by Mr Inderpal Sharma.
Pensioners from Sangrur march through streets in Ahmedgarh on Sunday.
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Postal employees’ strike in Feb
Ludhiana, December 18
Postal employees will resort to an indefinite strike in February 2006 if the Union Government continued with its indifferent attitude and the pending demands of the employees are not accepted till that time.
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WITH
the kite-flying season around the corner, colourful ‘dors’ and
charkharis are being readied by professionals in the city. The ‘dor’
is made by using ground glass and other ingredients and is so sharp
that it can cut a finger also . The season means good business for
those making dors and charkharis and kites as price is no issue for
die-hard kite fliers.
