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Bid to grab Dharmendra’s land
Dango (Pakhowal), August 18
Alert relatives of film star Dharmendra foiled an attempt to grab his ancestral land in his native village,
Dango, about 20 km from Ludhiana, two days ago. However, the relatives chose not to approach the police against the alleged land grabbers.
Bricks of the demolished wall seen on the road adjacent to Dharmendra’s land in Ludhiana on Saturday.—
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MMS
Scandal
Forensic report sought
Ludhiana, August 18
The city police has sought the help of forensic experts to ascertain if the voice of the man, heard giving orders in the infamous MMS clip, was of the deposed SHO Arvind Puri or not.
Govt House Allotment
‘Unmovable’ officers clog queue
Ludhiana, August 18
Getting a house in Ludhiana is no ordinary thing, particularly for the officers who get posted here. And quite a number of them prefer to stay back even after getting posted out from here. As a result the officers who are posted here have to wait endlessly to get government accomodation.
Lakhowal gets cabinet rank
Ludhiana August 18
Chairman of the Punjab Mandi Board, Ajmer Singh Lakhowal, has been accorded Cabinet rank by the state government. Earlier, he enjoyed the rank of the minister of state. Lakhowal was felicitated by the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Punjab, at a function organised here today. He is also the president of the
BKU, Punjab.
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PSEB slaps fine on MC for kundi connection
Jagraon, August 18
A team of Punjab State Electricity Board under SDO city found six electric motors of Municipal Council, Jagraon running with kundi connection and the board of officials slapped a fine of more than Rs 4 lakh on the council on Saturday. It may be recalled that the municipal council has received grants for arranging better water supply and for the purpose had sunk six submersible pumps but did not opt to apply for electric connection with a P.S.E.B for running the same and started the same by using kundi connection.
DC gives away tri-cycles
Mandi Gobindgarh, August 18
The services of NGOs in development works are valuable and they help channel the youth energy into right direction. This was stated Alaknanda
Dayal, deputy commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, while addressing a function organised by the Nisham Kirtan Sewa Society, Mandi
Gobindgarh, at Lal Batti chowk here last evening.
Alaknanda Dayal, deputy commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, distributes tri-cycles to physically challenged at Mandi Gobindgarh on Friday evening.—
Photo by Bhushan Sood
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100 dogs vaccinated for rabies
Samrala, August 18
Under the leadership of Gulzar Singh Raneky, minister for animal husbandry and fisheries, the Punjab Animal Husbandry Department in collaboration with the Oriental Bank of Commerce, Samrala branch, organised a camp at Bhagwanpura village, 3 km from here, today.
Sullage floods Sahnewal streets
Threat of epidemics looms
Sahnewal, August 18
Residents of ward No. 8 of Sahnewal are facing a grave problem of sewer water accumulation in streets of the ward for the past couple of months. The situation has arisen due to the callous attitude of the nagar council of
Sahnewal, whose councillors have become entirely oblivious of their basic responsibility of providing even essential civic amenities to its residents.
Sewer water in a street of ward No. 8 of
Sahnewal. — Photo by Lovleen Bains
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Loans of Rs 1,400 cr waived
Bonanza for Dalits and SCs
Ludhiana, August 18
Chief Parliamentary Secretary Bikramjit Singh Khalsa has reiterated that the government was fully committed to the welfare of the weaker sections and funds amounting to Rs 1,330 crore have been earmarked in the current year’s plan for the welfare of SCs and
STs, which constitute 26 per cent of the total plan.
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bounty: A rickshaw puller enjoys afternoon siesta on his way to Pakhowal village in Ludhiana on Saturday.—
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Another NRI-centred movie from Harbhajan’s stable
Ludhiana, August 18
Noted Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann, seems to have great fascination for the NRI theme. Probably for the appeal that these films command among the Punjabi diaspora in the West which also helps in generating good earnings, he comes out with regular releases of movies based on such themes. After great success of ‘Jee Aaya Nu’, ‘Assa nu Maan Watna Da’ and ‘Dil Apna Punjabi’, Harbhajan Mann has come out with yet another NRI-centred movie,
"Mitti Wajaan Maardi", sub titled "The Homecoming".
Sahitya academy pays tributes to Dil
Ludhiana, August 18
Surjit Patar, president of the Punjabi Sahitya Academy, Ludhiana, has condoled the death of Lal Singh Dil, a noted Punjabi writer. Patar, Gurbhajan Singh Gill, vice-president, R.S Bhattal, general secretary and other members of the academy attended a meeting in Punjabi Bhawan today to pay homage to the great Punjabi writer.
Seminar on Warehousing Bill on
August 21
Ludhiana, August 18
A two days awareness programme on Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007 is being organised at Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) Ludhiana by Technology Transfer Division on August 21 and 22.
Cyclist hurt in mishap
Jagraon, August 18
Harkrishan Singh was injured near Aligarh village when his cycle was hit by a car
(PB 29 3381). He has been admitted to Adarsh Hospital Research Centre,
Muktsar.
NRI felicitated
Ludhiana, August 18
All India Bairagi Mahamandal president Krishan Kumar Bawa felicitated NRI Jagtar Singh Grewal at his native village Dhandra in the district yesterday. Grewal was presented a portrait of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and a memento for his contribution in observing the 291st martyrdom day of Banda Bahadur in Seattle, USA, earlier this year.
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