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One arrested
Ludhiana, April 8
One of the two accused in the case of throwing a youth in front of a speeding bus was arrested by the Raikot police today.
Acid
attack case
Accused had conducted trial on stray dog?
Ludhiana, April 8
The acid attack case took a grim turn today when the chairperson, Punjab State Women Commission
(PSWC), directed the city police to verify the role of an alleged accomplice of the accused Balkar Singh in the case.
Chairperson of the Punjab State Women Commission Parminder Kaur talks to the parents of Sandeep Kaur, one of the injured girls in the acid attack case, at a hospital in Ludhiana.
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other day at one a well-known restaurant, a family with its baby came and occupied the next table. Copper plates were displayed on the tables along with quarter plates. The man, who seemed to be well educated, asked the waiter to clean the copper plate as he could see a layer of dust. The waiter kept a wet cloth on the plate to wipe hands.
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Sacha Sauda: SSF activists burn Sonia’s effigy
Ludhiana, April 8
Activists of the Sikh Students’ Federation (SSF), led by their president Gurcharan Singh Grewal, today burnt an effigy of Congress president and United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi for her alleged role in getting the investigating officer in the murder case against Dera Sacha Sauda head Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh changed.
Activists of the Sikh Students’ Federation burn an effigy of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
Release of Sikh detainees sought
Ludhiana, April 8
The Sikh Students’ Federation (Mehta) has demanded the release of the Sikh youth languishing in various jails for quite sometime.
SAD leaders forget party worker’s sacrifice
Mandi Ahmedgarh, April 8
A few saffron siropas presented by SAD leaders during their terms of opposition and a few hundred rupees are the price the party has paid for the sacrifice of husband of Balbir Kaur of Jogi Majra village.
Jagroop Singh, the woman’s husband, was killed after being bayoneted by a
policeman at Kup da Tota, near here, during Rasta Roko Dharam Yudh Morcha,
organised by the outfit 23 years ago.
Balbir Kaur, widow of Jagroop Singh
Pensioners to get full respect: Gosain
Ludhiana, April 8
Deputy speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly, Sat Pal Gosain said the pensioners would get full respect in the government departments of the state and their problems would be sorted out on priority.
Deputy speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly, Sat Pal Gosain addresses the annual conference of the Northern Railway Pensioners' Welfare Association held in Ludhiana
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Marriages of 4 poor girls performed
Ludhiana, April 8
The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society conducted the marriages of four poor girls here today in
Haibowal. Freedom fighter Dewan Harish Chander was the chief guest on the
occasion.
The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society performs the marriages of four poor girls in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Non-payment of salaries resented
Ludhiana, April 8
Employees of the health department here are resenting the non-payment of salaries for the month of March till now due to administrative problems and the brewing resentment might culminate in a protest if immediate remedial measures were not taken.
A group all set to break into bhangra as a mark of jubilation over the ripening of wheat crop at a village in Ludhiana.
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Crumbling building poses threat
Ludhiana, April 8
A crumbling three-storey building in Chowni Mohalla is threatening life and property in its neighbourhood. Despite repeated pleas of its owner to the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation to demolish it,
the building stands precariously.
Cops overburdened with 'security' jobs
Ludhiana April 8
The security cover provided to people, more for satisfying their egos than any security risk, has been putting too much stress on an overworked police force that is already short in numbers across the state.
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Ludhiana, April 8
