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Industry demands withdrawal of taxes on major products
People from different walks of life in the city have great expectations from the Financial Budget. Withdrawal of taxes/duties on major products remain the main demand of the business community here. Besides, industrialists want the Income Tax exemption raised
Residents freak as road reeks
Acid spill causes a flutter; MC digs patch
Ludhiana, February 26
Panic gripped the Focal Point area after thick fumes, caused by a chemical reaction, rose from a patch of a road leading to the cracking of the surface and subsequent death of a stray cow on the Metro Road here today.
Fumes from road
Nauseous MC digs deep for nothing
Ludhiana, February 26
While the municipal corporation spends around 35 per cent of its budget on establishment, it still remains ill-equipped to deal with emergency situations. With no scientifically qualified person to assist them, the civic authorities ended up digging around 10 feet of road to find the cause of the fumes rising from a patch of a road here today.
Men at work: A JCB machine of the municipal corporation digs a road; and (right) a self-proclaimed “godman” performs a ritual where fumes began emanating after an acid spill in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
Marketeers cash in on cricket fever
Ludhiana, February 26
The eagerly awaited Cricket World Cup 2011 has begun and restaurants and malls across the city are padding up, hoping to translate the fever into higher sales.
HOT PICKS: Sizzlers named after cricketers at an eatery in Ludhiana. A Tribune photo
Machine tool makers seek govt support
Ludhiana, February 26
Even though India is one of the world’s biggest manufacturer of machine tools, it still lags far behind China. Because of the latter’s higher productivity and better quality foreign companies are gradually switching to Chinese manufacturers.
PCCTU in protest mode
Teachers go on mass leave
Ludhiana, February 26
On the call given by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers' Union (PCCTU), the teachers working in non-government affiliated colleges of Ludhiana,
Hoshiarpur, Moga, Muktsar and Ferozpur proceeded on mass casual leave to participate in the protest rally at Chattar Singh Park held here today.
Members of the PCCTU hold a protest at Chattar Singh Park in Ludhiana on Saturday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Market Committee
Cong snipes at Majithia over Kadian’s appointment
Ludhiana, February 26
The appointment of Inder Mohan Singh Kadian as chairman of the Ludhiana Market Committee by former cabinet minister Bikramjit Singh Majithia has kick-started another controversy. Kadian was appointed chairman during a special function organised at Dana Mandi on Thursday. The position of the newly appointed chairman is questionable, as the committee does not have any members as of now. That the Ludhiana Market Committee functional under the Punjab Mandi Board had been dormant for the past four years is evident from the fact that the state government has not felt the need to appoint the chairman so far.
Water-sewerage charges
Eyeing votes, BJP councillors seek waiver
Ludhiana, February 26
Eyeing the urban vote bank, BJP councillors led by the Senior Deputy Mayor have asked the local bodies minister to waive the interest on water and sewerage charges in spite of the fact that the government announces this at the end of the financial year annually.
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With Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee all set to announce the budget for fiscal 2011-12 on Monday, the city’s industry as well as residents are waiting for him to pull some rabbits out of the hat.
Manav Mander
speaks to city residents and captains
of industry to provide a glimpse of the wishlist of various sectors of the economy as well as that of the common man
