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Assistant Town Planner in spot
Marred by controversy, movie banned at last minute
Go the extra mile: CM to corporate honchos
Enquires well-being of addicts
Town stinks as strike enters Day 15
Ann Jal Sewa Trust rescues 15 beggars
Crop diversification need of the hour: Experts
Badal urges industrialists to impart skill training to unemployed youth
Loomba Foundation aims high, to empower 5,000 widows in the state
Naib Tehsildar, BJP leaders’ impasse comes to an end
Smartphones a status symbol, say city youths
Youths sensitised about marketing literacy
Big fat wedding extravaganza for fashionistas
TV actor comes calling to city, promotes upcoming show
Duet flute recital mesmerises students
150 appear for NCC entrance test
CM visits residential school
Seven persons booked in abetment to suicide case
Mobile phone snatched
City shooters strike gold medals
Punjab Inter-District School Games begin at PAU
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The police remained on high alert following calls made by a religious organisation to stage a protest against the release of Kaum De
Heere. However, the last-minute ban imposed by the censor board stalled the release of the film.
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Parkash Singh Badal has urged corporate houses to “think big”. The CM, during his visit to Ludhiana for the launch of Loomba Foundation’s project on socio-economic empowerment of widows, admitted that inflation was high and it was pushing up the cost of living, making it difficult for the underprivileged section to meet their daily needs.
Ann Jal Sewa Trust, a non-government organisation, with the help of the Municipal Corporation, Health and Police Department rescued as many as 15 beggars from Shri Durga Mata Mandir and Bharat Nagar
Chowk.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon the major industrial houses to play a key role in opening skill centres to upscale the existing skills and expertise of their employees besides imparting skill training to the unemployed youth as a ‘mission mode’.
The Loomba Foundation, the UN accredited global NGO working exclusively for the cause of widows and their children, has launched a unique project together with the Punjab Government to empower 5,000 widows in the state.
Wedding Asia 2014- a three-day extravaganza kicked off at Hotel Majestic Park Plaza here today. Bringing together the veteran fashion gurus and budding designers under one roof, the exhibition provides one-stop solution for all the problems related to wedding paraphernalia.
Maninder Singh Sethi, CEO, Excelsior Group, who has organised the exhibition, said, “In this edition at Ludhiana, we have put forward the amasing concept of ‘Wedding Asia Polo Bride’ which is beyond the imagination of the masses.”
Actor Aditya Redij who plays the male lead in the Zee TV show, Bandhan … Saari Umar Humein Sang Rehna Hai was in the city to promote his show. “It’s an interesting experience to play a forest ranger and shoot at real locations in the forests of Gujarat.” This has lent authenticity to the show,” said Aditya.
Intense fusion of the traditional and the contemporary by flute maestros Suchismita and Debopriya sisters, accompanied by tabla player Mithilesh Kumar
Jha, enthralled one and all. In collaboration with Spic Macay, a flute recital was organised at BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri
Nagar, Ludhiana.
City shooters reigned supreme in the 15th Punjab State Inter-School Shooting Championship held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from August 19 to 21.
