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Jarkhar to host Pak Rustams
Ludhiana, January 12
Wrestlers from Pakistan will take part in the 22nd edition of the annual sports festival to be organised by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club under the patronage of the Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council from January 14 to 17 at Jarkhar village, 15 km from here.
Hike in steel prices & power cut hit industry
Ludhiana, January 12
Industrial production has been hit hard due to the hike in steel prices and power cut. The power cut has resulted in the fall of production of the industries by 15 per cent to 20 per cent, according to local industrialists.
Stray sambhar rescued
Ludhiana, January 12
The forest department today rescued a sambhar that had strayed into Focal Point area from the Mattewara forest reserve.
Land use: Industry
buoyed at change in rates
Ludhiana, January 12
The local industry said today that the government’s decision to slash external development charges and change of the land use rates would give a fillip to the industrial expansion in the state.
Lohri in honour of the girlchild
Ludhiana, January 12
Shakti Unite Punjab, in association with the health department, celebrated Lohri in a unique way by inviting 35 girls along with their mothers at Nehru Sidhant Kendra. The chief guest S.P Sharma,
CMO, while addressing the audience appreciated the initiative to check the menace of female
foeticide. “This celebration will infuse a new thinking among people,” he said.
Students of Government College for Women distribute peanuts and gachak to celebrate Lohri.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Management, staff and
students of Guru Nanak
National College celebrate
Lohri.
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Tribune photograph |
Students of Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Gujarkhan campus celebrate Lohri on Saturday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Employees’ body plans statewide agitation
Fatehgarh Sahib, January 12
The Punjab State Service Federation has decided to launch a statewide agitation against the Badal government for not implementing employee-friendly policies in the state.
Activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) donate blood on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanand in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Tribune photo by Inderjeet Verma |
Trust plans to open more educational institutions
Banur, January 12
The Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust has embarked upon an ambitious project to start a number of educational institutions in the region.
The trust is also planning to set up counselling centres to guide educated youth for career-oriented education.
‘Sculptures in Motion’ on January 19
Ludhiana, January 12
Sharon Lowen, a renowned Odissi dancer, will present “Sculptures in Motion” along with her troupe in the city on January 19. The programme will be organised by the
Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam.
Marginal tillers turn borrowers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 12
Small and marginal farmers who had been supporting their families by supplementing their income through cultivation on hired land, have started knocking on the doors of their commission agents and moneylenders for borrowing money as the landlords, besides increasing rents, were insisting on advance payments.
Play portrays plight of Pakistani woman
Ludhiana, January 12
Plight of Pakistani woman, Inayati, who migrates to India after marriage, and then undergoes a turbulent life due to tension between the two countries, was vividly portrayed in “Paridney Jaun Kithhe”, a play staged at Guru Nanak Dev Bhavan today.
A scene from “Paridney Jaun Kithhe” at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan in Ludhiana on Saturday.
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Marginal decline veggies rate
Ludhiana, January 12
The rates of fruits and vegetables have reduced a little thanks to increase in supply. Prices of these commodities have reduced by 10 to 15 per cent since the last 10 days.
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