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Withdraw FIR or face stir
Civic employees give 48 hrs to local bodies dept
Ludhiana, April 7
Agitating municipal corporation employees today threatened to go on strike from Wednesday onwards, if the local bodies department failed to withdraw FIR registered against their colleagues within 48 hours.
Municipal corporation employees protest outside the Zone A office in Ludhiana
on Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Liquor vend on panchayat land
Health centre searches for cure
Rampur (Ludhiana), April 7
Having failed to persuade authorities to remove a liquor vend and a tavern from the boundary of mini primary health centre (PHC) located on panchayat land, residents of this nondescript village have urged higher authorities to impress upon the administrative officers to probe into the manner in which contractors had been allowed to run the vend in violation of norms for years together.
Slum dwellers’ eviction
PHRC throws ball in DC’s court
Ludhiana, April 7
With slum dwellers of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar knocking at the doors of the Punjab State Human Rights Commission against the Improvement Trust’s move to remove them, the PHRC has directed the deputy commissioner to sort out the matter at his level.
Rising prices bring women out on streets
Ludhiana, April 7
Their household budgets going haywire, women from various areas of the city came out on streets protesting against rapidly rising inflation.
Raising slogans against the government, the protesters, who banged plates, said even salt, that was the cheapest commodity used in the kitchen, was not available for less than Rs 15 a packet, while the daily income of many workers was less than Rs 20.
Women protest against rising inflation in Ludhiana on Monday. Photo: Inderjit Verma
Vishal’s murder: Another accused arrested
Ludhiana, April 7
Close on heels of solving a rivalry case between paramours, which led to the murder Vishal, last year, the Government Railway Police (GRP) team lead by SI Balbir Singh Ghuman has nabbed the accused Baldev Singh, alias Sukkha, from his residence at Karnail Singh Nagar yesterday night. The accused has been remanded till April 10.
Excise inspectors protest ‘pay cut’
Ludhiana, April 7
At a time when inflation has touched an all-time high, excise and taxation inspectors have got another blow, an alleged “salary cut”.
Molestation Victim’s kin meet SSP
Ludhiana, April 7
Relatives and neighbours of the alleged molestation victim met SSP
R.K. Jaiswal here today. The father of the 12-year-old girl, who had levelled molestation charges against a doctor of the ESI hospital, said the SSP assured them of justice.
Thapar Knitwear Club president
Ludhiana, April 7
Vinod K. Thapar has been unanimously elected president of the Knitwear Club for
2008-10.
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The Sanehwal police has arrested two persons and seized 500 fake currency notes worth Rs 1.75 lakh from their possession. Both accused identified as Gursewak Singh, alias Laddi, and Bhupinder Singh were arrested from their residence at Bhani Sahib yesterday evening. The police has also recovered a sophisticated scanner and fine quality paper from the accused.
The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society celebrated Punjabi Day today. Addressing the gathering, chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda, said the government’s decision to use Punjabi in office, would be implemented in letter and in spirit. He said the country’s youth must know its mother tongue and at the same time prepare itself for global competition by learning other skills and languages.
Thousands of devotees paid obeisance to Goddess Bhagwati amid chanting of bhajans by singers Rajan Chanchal and Satnam Satta at the annual “jagran” at grain market here last night.
The programme was organised by the Shri Luxmi Narayan Sewa Dal.
A seminar on “Protecting health from climate changes” was organised at the College of Nursing at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital as part of the World Health Day celebrations here today.
Trainees of Rose Rock Taekwondo Training Centre, near Jalandhar bypass, had a brush with Satwinder
Vohra, an international martial arts coach from the United Kingdom, who visited the centre during a camp yesterday.
Satwinder, 8th Dan, told the trainees about the importance of the art, which could be used as a tool for
self-defence.