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Maharaja Ranjit Singh
forgotten? |
The 168th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh went unnoticed in the district with no special function organised even at Maharaja Ranjit Singh War Museum on the
Ludhiana-Jalandhar highway.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
It's official, no pro-VC in PAU
Ludhiana, June 29
At last, the Punjab government is learnt to have given up the idea of appointing Dr B.S. Dhillon as the Pro-vice-chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University. Dr Dhillon retires from the services tomorrow.
Drive against adulteration:
Shops raided
Ludhiana, June 29
In an ongoing drive against adulteration of food, health officials raided a few provision stores in different parts of the city today and took 10 samples of desi ghee, spices and other eatables.
VAT
Returns
Filing date
extended
Ludhiana, June 29
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal today decided to extend the date of the filing of VAT
returns for one month, i.e up to July 31, 2007, following an appeal by
a delegation of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings
which called on the CM in Chandigarh today. The demand has been raised
by industrialists across the state for the past many days. — TNS
Craft Bazaar comes to town
Ludhiana, June 29
A handicraft exhibition, Karigari Craft Bazaar and Training Programme, organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Dastkar Someday commenced at Nehru Sidhant Kender here today. Forty craftsmen from different parts of the country are participating in the “craft bazaar”.
The crafts on display include exotic embroidery suits, jute
goods, khurja pottery, kurta-pyjama, artificial jewellery and
leather items.
Iqbal Singh, president of the samiti
informed that the exhibition provided a platform to the
craftsmen to display and sell their crafts directly to the
people.
An exhibition organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Dastkar Samiti in Ludhiana on Friday.
— Photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
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Councillors up in arms
Vice-president’s election postponed
Amloh, June 29
Ten out of 14 agitated councillors led by Sadhu Singh Dhramsot, local MLA, staged a protest march from the municipal complex to the SDM office and held a rally against the postponement of the vice-president’s election scheduled for today.
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