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 Irked
by ‘illegal melas’, residents hold dharna
Ludhiana, October 15
In protest against the non-closure
of melas in Focal Point, which had been declared illegal by the district
administration, residents of the area staged a dharna in front of the
area's police station here yesterday.
Residents sit outside the Focal Point police station in protest against the non-closure of ‘melas’ in the area, on Sunday.
— Photo D. B. Chopra
Seminar
on 400th Parkash Utsav of Guru Granth Sahib
Ludhiana, October 15
A seminar in connection with the
400th Parkash Utsav of Guru Granth Sahib was held at Punjabi Bhavan here
today under the auspices of the Senior Sikh Bhudijiwi Council in which
more than 200 scholars , intellectuals, bureaucrats, doctors, professors
and others from all sections of society participated.
Rally
by Youth Congressmen
Ludhiana, October 15
The District Youth Congress
organised a “Congress lao, Punjab bachao” rally here today which was
organised by Mr Rajesh Chopra and Mr Anil Kumar Pappi.
Case
registered against factory owners
Ludhiana. October 15
The case of a Nepali labourer, who
was found dead in mysterious circumstances outside an industrial unit,
near Sherpur, yesterday, took a new turn this evening when the Focal
Point police registered a case of murder against the owners of a
factory, Ram Lal and Sons, where the deceased used to work.
Members of the Nepali Ekta Union demand constitution of a board of doctors to conduct a post mortem on the victim.
— IV
Concern
over nexus between drugs and elections
Ludhiana, October 15
The delegate session of the Guru
Gobind Singh Study Circle in a significant decision, today, endorsed and
pledged to rout drug menace from the state. During the ensuing Assembly
and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee elections in the state,
over 200 delegates from 10 zones of Punjab and 9 states of the country
would launch an aggressive awareness campaign exhorting the electorate
to reject bartering their votes with alcohol and drugs.
 Shehzad
village gets 24-hour power supply
Ludhiana, October 15
The 24-hour power supply scheme was
inaugurated by Mr Jagdip Singh Grewal, Chief Engineer, Punjab State
Electricity Board, in Shehzad village in Lalton Suburban Division of the
PSEB. In providing this facility to the village, a long pending demand
of the villagers has been accepted.
Mr J.S. Grewal, Chief Engieer, PSEB, inaugurates the 24-hour-power-supply scheme in Shehzad village under Lalton subdivision of the PSEB in Ludhiana district.
— IV
YC
to launch agitation against corruption
Ludhiana, October 15
The District Youth Congress (DYC)
has threatened to launch a mass agitation against the alleged
irregularities and rampant corruption in Ludhiana Improvement Trust
(LIT) if the LIT chairman fails to take remedial measures to root out
corruption and red-tape.
Laugh
your blues away
Ludhiana, October 15
“Laugh and the world will laugh
with you; weep and you weep alone”. These lines by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
are still true. One who remains happy and stays cool in all adverse
situations can defeat all odds and emerge as a winner. Everybody enjoys
the company of cheerful persons and not of frustrated and desperate
persons. Laughter is a heavenly bliss without which life can be hell.
Book
on Sarabha’s life released
Ludhiana, October 15
‘Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha’,
a book written by Dr Gurcharan Singh Muhay and published by the
Publications Division of the Union Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting was released at a function organised by the Sirjandhara in
Punjabi Bhavan here on Sunday.
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