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Rs 58.5 cr for youth clubs, mahila mandals
Samrala, August 6
Mr Lal Singh, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayats , Food and Supply, Punjab, today announced that the Punjab Government would release grants worth Rs 58.5 crore i.e. Rs 50 lakh for each constituency, specifically for the youth clubs and mahila mandals in the villages for the promotion of their activities.
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Morning walkers at the Rose Garden are a happy lot. The Rose garden is getting a new look. After it has been handed over to the a private company for maintenance, new lighting system is already in place. Other things are also changing for the better.
A senior citizen expressed his happiness at the change of the
maintaining authority by saying, “Thank God. Atleast the parks will
look better than before. I wish the entire Municipal Corporation is
passed on to a private management company.
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Chandumajra seeks Badal’s cooperation
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Ludhiana, August 6
The Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal) president, Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, said today that Mr Parkash Singh Badal should not oppose the Panthic reforms proposed by the recently constituted Panthic Coordination
Committee.
Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra, president, SAD (Longowal), addresses a press conference in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
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SAD resolves to oust Cong govt
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Ludhiana, August 6
Workers and leaders of the SAD today resolved to oust the Congress from power in the state. They alleged that the Congress government had failed on all fronts and people were feeling cheated.
They said that the Congress ministers had resorted to corruption while common
man was made to suffer.
Akali leader Jagdev Singh Talwandi addresses a party workers’ meeting in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Khanguras “resolve” to wrest Kila Raipur from Akalis
Ludhiana, August 6
Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura and his son, Mr Jesse Khangura, have claimed that they would ensure that the Congress wrests the Kila Raipur Assembly seat from the Akalis. Talking to reporters here last evening, Mr Jesse Khangura asserted that their family with the cooperation from the government had done a lot of development works in the area and people were duly acknowledging it.
Dullo promises land for media centre
Jagraon, August 6
The Punjab Union of Journalists organised its annual state conference at Deepak Palace here today. The conference was presided over by the president of PPCC, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Ashok Singhi, vice-president of the National Union
of Journalists, announced the results of the elections of the PUJ.
Good Samaritan takes mishap victims to hospital
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 6
Timely help by activists and leaders of a political party saved the lives of Mandeep Singh, son of Puran Singh and Santokh Singh son of Balwinder Singh of Khatra Chauharam village who had been injured seriously after being run over by a tractor trailer near Bhutta village on the Khanpur-Bhutta link road near here.
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