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Freedom
fighters, social workers honoured
Ludhiana, October 22
The Shri Nand Lal Ahuja Memorial
Award, set up in the memory of a veteran freedom fighter from the city,
was presented to Ek Prayas, a voluntary social organisation, for its
significant contribution to the rehabilitation of mentally challenged
children at a function organised by the District Youth Congress at Sawan
Public School, Noorwala Road, here yesterday.
 Disabled,
but not in despair
Ludhiana, October 22
A frail man of 56 regularly visits
the Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMC) in his wheelchair all
the way from a village near Guraya. While moving along the highway with
traffic zooming all around him, he is generally not sure whether he will
be able to reach the hospital for his check-up or not. He has had a
surgery recently to remove a blockage in his urinary tract. He has been
visiting this hospital for the past 27 years.
Generators
play with health
Ludhiana, October 22
Smoke generated by generators and
burning of paddy stubble is causing increase in incidence of eye
irritation and difficulty in breathing among local residents.
Inauguration
of Valmiki Bhavan on Nov 4
Ludhiana, October 22
The four-storey Valmiki Bhavan,
first of its kind in the region, built at a cost of Rs 2 crore, would be
formally dedicated to the city at a state-level function here on
November 4, which would also mark the Valmiki Jayanti. The Punjab Chief
Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, his cabinet colleagues and prominent
members of the Valmiki community, would attend the function.
Atwal
promises to do his best
Ludhiana, October 22
Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Speaker
of the Punjab Legislative Assembly and newly elected Vice-Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
(CPA) yesterday said he would do his best to come up to the expectations
of member-countries. Addressing a press conference here, he said it was
an honour for democratic and liberal Indian traditions.
Seminar
on copyright law
Ludhiana, October 22
A two-day national-level seminar on “Copyright
Law with Industry and Users” organised by the Kaka Bhagwant Rai
Memorial Social Welfare Society and the District Bar Association,
concluded here yesterday. Mr Justice G.S. Singhvi of the Punjab and
Haryana High Court opened it.
PWD
workers flay govt
Ludhiana, October 22
The PWD Field and Workshop Workers
Union, Ludhiana, has condemned the Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh
Badal, for not taking any note of the ‘morcha’ put up by the Daily
Wage and Work Charge Regular Employees Action Committee in Chandigarh
for the past two months in protest against the non-acceptance of
demands.
Fresh
realignments in city Cong
Ludhiana, October 22
With elections approaching, there
seems to be fresh realignments in the Congress in Ludhiana.
 Eternal
appeal of saga of good vs evil
Ludhiana, October 22
Despite cultural invasion by the foreign media
with the help of the cable TV network, the craze for watching Ramlila
among the people has remained unaffected in the city. In every nook and
corner of the city these days almost everybody including housewives,
children and old people of the family are busy discussing the classic
story of a perfect hero Rama and a true representative of evil Ravana.
A view of Ramlila staged in Ludhiana
Lamps
are ready but sans light
Ludhiana, October 22
Potters all over Ludhiana are
preparing ‘diyas’ (earthen lamps) in anticipation of Divali. They
are also busy churning out ‘karvas’, a round receptacle used for
drinking water after breaking the ‘Karwa Chouth’ fast.
Infantry
Day
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Ludhiana,
October 22