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Voters in a dilemma over wrong I-cards
Ludhiana, February 5
Several hundreds of voters will not be able to exercise their franchise in the coming Assembly elections on February 13 due to the wrong voter identity-cards issued by the Election Commission of India. Despite making frequent rounds at the offices of the concerned officials to rectify the mistake, the voters are being given the answer "we are sorry as nothing can be done at this moment".
Mr Harpreet Singh (inset) is issued an identity card bearing a photograph of a female.
— A Tribune photograph
Working overtime to upset Cong applecart
Ludhiana, February 5
High on secular agenda in the city this time, the SAD-BJP combine is working overtime to harvest its benefits in the coming elections.
Boycott Congress, says Mayawati
Ludhiana, February 5
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms Mayawati today made an emotional appeal to people to boycott Congress in coming elections as Congress-led UPA government had not announced national mourning after her predecessor Kanshi Ram's death.
Nihangs are all ears to Ms Mayawati’s address during a rally in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed
‘SAD will not allow land acquisition’
Amloh, February 5
“No land will be allowed to be acquired by the government around Amloh”, this was stated by SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal here today. He was addressing the election rally of SAD candidate Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal organised at grain market here. He also released a calendar of the Karamchari Dal on the occasion. On the demand of the residents of the area, he promised to erect a boundary wall around the local Bir (forest).
‘Cong govt destabilising
national economy’
Mandi Ahmedgarh, 5 February
The SAD nominee from Kilaraipur received a shot in the arm, when a large number of activists and leaders of the party and it ally party BJP thronged the grain market,
Latala, the native village of the Congress nominee.
Mr Om Parkash Singh Chautala, former Chief Minister, Haryana addresses a rally at Latala on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Khirnia to work as ‘sewak not leader’
Khamano, February 5
The Akali Dal-BJP candidate from the Samrala constituency area was weighed against coins in every village of the tour programme.
Votes yes, liquor no!
Ludhiana, February 5
He is an educationist and a human rights activist-turned-politician. Armed with his experience in various fields, Prof. Jagmohan Singh, a SAD (Amritsar) candidate from Ludhiana West, ‘‘wants to make a difference in Punjab politics.’’
Defacing of private property irks house owners
Ludhiana February 5
Ignoring the instructions given by the Election Commission candidates belonging to various political parties are continuing to deface private property by pasting posters on walls of houses in different localities in the city.
Posters of different candidates pasted
on the outer walls of houses in different areas in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph
Voter disillusioned, but where is the alternative?
Ludhiana, February 4
The Punjab elections have put the electorate to serious thinking as to which of the two major political parties - Akali Dal and the Congress - is sincere to the state as well as the electorate. The present government of politicians of both the parties has been responsible for serious crises in pre-Punjabi Suba and the post-Punjabi suba periods.
Probe sought into death of woman
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 5
Various social, constitutional and religious organisations of the town have urged the state and Union governments to impress upon the Gujarat Government to conduct a probe into the death of a local woman, who, according to her parents, had been killed by her husband who allegedly pushed her from the sixth floor of a building. The Gujarat Police is allegedly trying to shield the suspect.
Relatives console the mother of Shashi Bala, who had been killed allegedly by her husband in
Ahmedabad. — A Tribune photograph
Poll duty keeps bank staff away, customers waiting
Ludhiana, February 5
Bank customers in the city had to face inconvenience today as cash transaction was stopped at a number of branches due to a large number of staff members being put on election duty. Not only was common man hassled as most banking business came to a halt due to this but business units also suffered.
Harried customers wait outside a bank branch Ludhiana on Monday.
— A Tribune photograph
Computerised railway booking office opened
Ludhiana, February 5
The Department of Railways opened a computerised railway office on Gill Road, here, today. The office was inaugurated by Chief Booking Supervisor Ashok Kumar.
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