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Sisters keep date with martyr on Rakhi
Gill (Ludhiana), August 28
Wars snatch loved ones of scores of people, leaving permanent scars in their life. All those advocating bullet as a means to ending all disputes should meet two sisters of this village, whose only brother was taken away in 1999. Their pent-up emotions pour out in full public view every Rakhi festival.
Sisters of late Naik Paramjit Singh, tie rakhi on his statue at Gill village
on Tuesday. —Photo: I.V. |
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MC — by the people, for VIPs
Ludhiana, August 28
Living up to its reputation of being the municipal corporation for VIPs, the local civic body has recarpeted the road in front of West End Mall while the entire road leading to Rajguru Nagar lies dug up for the past two months.
Train hits car, one dead
Ludhiana, August 28
An unidentified man was killed and another injured when a Ferozepur- bound train rammed into a car at an unmanned crossing between Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar late this evening.
Jugiana village a shambles
Sahnewal, August 28
Jugiana village under ward No. 75 is a shambles with filth and sewage having entered houses, posing threat of an epidemic.
The only pond, located in the heart of the village, has outlived its life. Even a small shower makes life hell for villagers with rainwater entering houses along with filth on streets.
Jugiana village, where sewage and heaps of garbage are a common sight.—Photo by writer |
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Earth exhibition comes to city on Sept 2
Ludhiana, August 28
After touring the globe, the thought-provoking exhibition - "Seeds of Change; The earth Charter and Human Potential" will come to Punjab on September 2. The exhibition is being brought to India for the first time through the joint efforts of the Bharat Soka Gakkai, the Indian arm of the Soka Gakkai International, an NGO serving and protecting the cause of earth and environment and the UNESCO.
Education minister to meet teachers
Doraha, August 28
Teachers of all aided colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh are looking forward to a meeting with the education minister on August 31. It is being taken as a positive signal from government’s side as far as the fulfilment of their long pending demands are concerned.
Taking up the cause of girl child
Ludhiana, August 28
The Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University, M.S. Kang, warned that Punjab was heading towards economic and social crisis due to the fast declining sex ratio. He stated this during the inauguration of a ‘kavi darbar’ on female foeticide - ‘Rakhri Di Tand Khatrey Vich Hai’, on the campus. The Young Writers’ Association, PAU and Punjabi Culture Academy had organised the function.
A young poetess recites a poem during a kavi darbar organised at PAU, in Ludhiana, on Tuesday.
—Photo: I.V. |
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Make eye donation a mass movement: Doc
Ludhiana, August 28
The district health administration here is observing eye donation fortnight from August 25 to September 6 to propagate the message of eye donation.
PAUTA Election
Allegations, counter-claims rule poll run-up
Ludhiana, August 28
It is election time at the Punjab Agricultural University as three groups are trying their best to capture the Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association
(PAUTA). The elections are scheduled for August 30 when 850 members of the association would exercise their right to franchise.
BJP disowns estranged woman leader
Ludhiana, August 28
The city unit of the BJP today disowned the estranged Mahila wing leader, Neelam Kalra claiming that she was not even the primary member of the party. Rubbishing her allegations against a city MLA, the party said, it was initiating legal proceedings her and a defamation case was being filed in this regard.
Student’s death mourned
Ludhiana, August 28
A condolence meeting was organised at Ludhiana College of Engineering and Technology (LCET), Katani Kalan, today, in the memory of Padamveer Singh Dhillon, a fifth semester student of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Padamveer had died in a road accident.
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