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ICICI Lombard told to pay Rs 1.87 lakh
Ludhiana, May 28
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ordered ICICI Lombard Insurance Company to make a payment of Rs 1,87,717 to a consumer for the loss suffered by him on account of
damage to his car in an accident.
Power Shutdown
Power supply to C Block opposite leisure valley, Sarabha Nagar, Malhar Road up to Malhar Cinema (Flames), Grewal Medi scan and Imperial
Hotelside; Moti Nagar, Gajja Jain colony, Kashmir Nagar, Hargobind Ngr, Shivaji
Nagar, Oriental Dying, Tajpur Road, Hira Nagar, Shingar , Samrala chowk, Baba Deep Singh
Ragar, Guru arjan Dev Nagar etc. will be shut down from 9 am to 4 pm.
BSNL staff hold dharna
Demand merger of DA, basic pay
Ludhiana, May 28
BSNL employees held a day-long dharna demanding merger of 50 per cent IDA into basic pay from January 2007.
The call for the dharna was given by the joint forum of BSNL unions in which members of BSNL Employees Union, Sanchar Nigam Executive Association and All-India BSNL Executive Association participated.
BSNL employees stage a dharna outside the telecom office near Bharat Nagar chowk in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Photo by Inderjit Verma
Bank holds awareness programme for SMEs
Ludhiana, May 28
ICICI Bank, in association with CyberMedia, today conducted its 'knowledge series' programme for small and medium enterprises here.
POOR MAN’S COMFORT: An exhausted rickshaw-pullers takes a nap under the canopy of his rickshaw to beat the heat in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Tribune Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
Artists to hold workshops for children
Ludhiana, May 28
Artists of national and international fame which include names like President awardee Anees
Siddiqui, state and Lalit Kala Academy awardee S.K. Khushwaha, President awardee Basheer Khan, well known author and theatre activist Balram will conduct workshops for children between June 2 and 12 that would be organised by Sangita’s Studio of Performing Arts here.
Local NGO gets nod for eye bank, cornea
transplant
Ludhiana, May 28
The state government has accorded registration to the city-based Punarjot Eye Bank Society for maintaining an eye bank of corneal transplantation centre under the Human Organs Transplantation Act 1994. The formal certificate of registration was presented to the director of the society, Dr Ramesh, by Punjab minister for medical education and research.
Space under elevated road turns auto centre
Ludhiana, May 28
While autorickshaws are playing havoc on the city roads, the parking space under the elevated road has certainly provided them a breathing space.
Autorickshaw service centres are mushrooming at many places in the vicinity of the railway station.
At the Crossroads
Storyteller with a difference
Punjabi short story emerged as a vehicle of modern sensibilities in late thirties and early forties of the last century under the influence of Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky and Guy de Maupassant. In this field, Sant Singh Sekhon, Kartar Singh Duggal, Sujan Singh and Kulwant Singh Virk held the stage for a long time. With the passage of time, Punjabi short story vied with the best short stories written in Urdu and Hindi.
Akademi to celebrate Sekhon’s b’day
Ludhiana, May 28
Punjabi Sahit Akademi will observe the 100th birth anniversary of well-known litterateur Sant Singh Sekhon on May 30. This is the first major function being held by the literary body after the new team of officer-bearers led by Dr Dalip Kaur Tiwana took over.
Safai mazdoors hold gate rally
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 28
Responding to a call received from the state body of the Punjab Safai Mazdoor Union, activists of the local unit of the organisation held a gate rally in front of the office of the municipal council here today. The protesters were demanding fulfilment of the pending demands of the union.
Another Punjabi channel soon
Ludhiana, May 28
A new entertainment channel, Just TV Punjabi, will shortly hit the small screen. It will offer viewers reality shows, soap operas and music and comedy shows.
Operating officers of Just TV Punjabi channel at a press conference in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— A Tribune photograph
An old woman casts her vote during the rescheduled panchayat samiti poll near Ludhiana on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
6th pay panel ‘harms’ defence personnel
Ludhiana, May 28
Military veterans of the Indian Ex-Services League took oath at the War Memorial here against the composition and recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, which, they allege, has betrayed the defence personnel.
Govt help sought to promote AYUSH
Ludhiana, May 28
Ayurvedic drug manufacturers of the region sought support and cooperation of the respective state governments and the Centre to attain quality control and a conducive administrative set up in which they could tap the vast potential of the AYUSH (ayurveda, unani, sidha and homeopathy) sector.
Letters
Check water wastage
12 Cong men booked for murder bid on SAD activists
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 28
The Dehlon police has booked at least 12 activists of the Congress for allegedly attempting to murder five members of the SAD and injuring them with bullets and sharp-edged weapons at Chhappar village last night.
Bricks and broken window panes littered inside the house of a Congress leader at Chhappar village near
Ahmedgarh. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma
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