|
'No sitting MLA should be allowed to change constituency'
Ludhiana December 16
Senior Congress leader and secretary of the All-India Congress Committee, Mr Manish Tewari, said here today that no sitting Congress MLA or minister should be allowed to change his or her constituency in the elections. He said, this was quite important to ensure and retain the morale of the cadres.
Passport adalat clears 600 cases
Chandigarh, December 16
The Regional Passport Office cleared more than 600 pending cases at the second passport adalat held for Ludhiana district here today.
NRI wants to develop native village
Sujapur (Ludhiana), December 16
With 50 per cent grant coming from the state government, NRIs have started coming forward to develop native villages. Mr Sukh Dhaliwal, a native of this village and member of the House of Commons in Canada, has come to the village with big promises and was accorded a rousing reception by villagers today.
Xmas carnival for a cause
Ludhiana, December 16
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Ashok Gupta, today inaugurated an Xmas carnival at a hotel here.
Sammelan: Follow Christ’s teachings
Ludhiana, December 16
Mr Manish Tewari, a senior Congress leader and secretary of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC), today asked the people to follow the path of sacrifice shown by Jesus Christ. He was addressing a state-level Christmas sammelan organised by the Ludhiana Masihi Welfare Society and the Pastors of Ludiana Churches here today. 
A poet and gay activist
Ludhiana, December 16
Iftikhar Nasim, popularly known as Ifti Nasim, is a Pakistan-born US poet and writer. His poetry is recommended in US colleges. He is a gay rights activist as well.
Ifti has no qualms in admitting that he is a gay. “I was born in an orthodox and conservative society in Pakistan and I had to leave that country for my inclinations which some people, which that society thought were unnatural,” he says.
Iftikhar Nasim
At the Crossroads
Imroz — the artist-turned-poet
The friendship between Amrita Pritam and Inderjit Imroz reminds me of the intimate friendship between Simone de Beauvoir and Jaan-Paul Sartre. Both of them were like orbits with separate identities but illuminating each other with their radiance.
In the case of Amrita and Imroz, the same thing happened but with a difference.
Imroz never tried to attract the attention of others in regard to his own
contribution to art. Their friendship was personal in all respects.
Junior Khangura’s political rhetoric
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 16
Welcoming the surrender of a British passport by Mr Jasvir Singh Jassi
Khangura, a likely nominee of the Congress from the Kilaraipur Assembly constituency, a large number of activists of the youth wing of the party from 33 villages of Dehlon block extended support to the junior Khangura at rallies held at Dehlon and Kalakh villages near here today.
Cong ticket: Brahmins want fair deal
Ludhiana December 16
The Parshuram Brahmin Sabha, Punjab, has demanded adequate representation in the Congress while choosing the candidates for the forthcoming elections in Punjab.
|
