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Burglars remain untraced
even after four weeks
Ludhiana, August 20
Four weeks after a burglary took place in their shop, the owners of Lohia Enterprises, who deal in sewing machines, are hoping against hope that the police will trace the culprits and recover their stolen cash.
Urban Vihar faces water shortage
Ludhiana, August 20
Residents of Urban Vihar, Jwaddi, are reeling under shortage of drinking water for the past three months.
The issue of shortage of water surfaced at the meeting of the general house of MC some days ago. The area councillor highlighted the problem of residents, saying a tubewell was not being installed despite permission by the authorities.
Cong MLA tries to woo
the poor
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 20
Mr Malkiat Singh Dakha, a Congress MLA, has said that people from the lower strata of society had always reposed faith in the Congress and had been appreciating development polices of the successive Congress governments.
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traffic cop was almost crushed by a speedy Honda car at Pakhowal traffic light chowk the other day. The cop had tried to stop the vehicle after it jumped the red light and did not have a registration plate.
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Flying Officer Johal remembered
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 20
Residents of the area paid tributes to Flying Officer Kuldeep Singh Johal who chose to sacrifice his life instead of ejecting from a crashing plane to save residents of the village and the surrounding areas.
IT to focus on consumer awareness
Ludhiana, August 20
As Indian consumer becomes techno-savvy and number of computer users grow each year, corporate world engaged in information technology (IT) feels the market has matured and it is the right time to focus on generating consumer awareness.
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LADDER ATOP A BUS: PSEB employees try to rectify a fault in an electric poll using an indigenous method.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Aggarwal body to support Badal
Ludhiana, August 20
The Punjab Pradesh Aggarwal Sammelan has resolved to strengthen the hands of Shiromani Akali Dal supremo and former Punjab Chief Minister Mr Parkash Singh Badal. A state-level mass mobilisation campaign for this purpose would be launched at Bathinda on September 10 with a blood donation camp.
Drive against adulteration stepped up
Ludhiana, August 20
In course of its ongoing campaign to check adulteration of food stuff in the city and elsewhere in the district, a team of health officials set up nakas at different places in the city early on Friday morning and took 10 samples of milk from vendors.
The team comprising Dr I.D. Goyal, District Health Officer, Mr Manoj Khosla and Mr Ravinder Garg, both Food Inspectors, took the milk samples from Bharat Nagar Chowk, Pakhowal Road, Haibowal and Gill Road Chowk.
Three poor girls married
Ludhiana, August 20
Three poor girls were married here today by the Public Social Welfare Council at its fourth annual mass marriage function.
The Lions Club, Ludhiana Greater, also actively participated in the marriage ceremonies. Lion Bhupinder Kaur, Lion Lalit Gupta and Lion Balwant Singh Zandu were present on the occasion.
The newly wed couples in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by I.V. |
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Brahman Sabha sets terms for support
Ludhiana, August 20
The Bhagwan Parshuram Brahman Sabha today said it would continue to retain its
a poltical character. A meeting of the executive committee of the sabha was held here today which was attended by the representatives from all over the state.
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