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Vodafone told to pay damages
 Ludhiana, December 9
While holding Hutchison Essar (Hutch now Vodafone) guilty for deficient services, the District Consumer Forum has directed the company to pay a compensation of Rs 5,000 to a customer for the mental agony and harassment on account of ill services.
Ludhiana Calling
 Commenting
on Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's remark on Punjab Agricultural University that work was "rusting", Prof Surjit Singh Gill, former director of Extension Education, said, the state should not expect the machinery to run smoothly in case it did not supply enough oil for its running. Professor Gill said "the cash-starved university” was finding it difficult to manage normal running, what to talk about high-class academic work". The government needs to intervene and look into the revamping of the system, with adequate financial resources.
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Rich tributes paid to BJP leader
Ludhiana, December 9
Rich tributes were paid to the late Lala Lajpat Rai, former MP and senior BJP leader, at a ‘shardhanjali samaroh’, organised on the occasion of the late leader’s Kirya, here today. A large number of people cutting across social and political lines thronged the ‘shardhanjali samaroh’ to pay their tributes to the great leader.
Reform Police Act, says rights body
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 9
Accusing the police of acting at the behest of politicians, activists and office-bearers of the Sant Sipahi Dal, a human rights organisation, have called upon the functionaries of various social and political organisations to impress upon the government to reform the Police Act.
Migrant labourers remit Rs 829 cr back home
Ludhiana, December 9
Migrant labourers engaged in agricultural operations in Punjab have approximately earned about Rs 1,142 crores during 2006-07. But out of these, about 27 per cent was utilised on expenditures incurred in the state and about 73 per cent were remitted to their native states. The total remittances during 2006-07 were estimated to be about Rs 829 crore. This has been revealed in a study conducted by M.S.Sidhu, A.S. Joshi and Inderpreet Kaur of the department of economics and sociology, Punjab Agricultural University. The study pertains to migrant agricultural labourers in the state.
Nagar Kirtan held on Gurpurb eve
Ludhiana, December 9
To celebrate the Martyrdom Day of the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur, a Nagar Kirtan was taken out by the management and staff of Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital here today.
Tributes paid to scribe
Khamano, December 9
Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjeet Singh Atwal, BKU president Balvir Singh
Rajewal, Samrala MLA Jagjivan Singh Khirnia and former MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon paid rich tributes to P.S. Batra on the occasion of his bhog ceremony at Dana
Mandi, Samrala, today. Batra had died in a road accident at Machhiwara.
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The infighting among the ruling SAD councillors is all set to intesify further with an MC official today making a complaint against SAD councillor Simarjit Singh Bains for obstructing demolition drive at Dabba road yesterday. It is not common for a ruling party to call for police action against its own party
leaders
Ludhiana, December 9
Ludhiana, December 9
Ludhiana, December 9
