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Sex ratio: can we recover the balance?
Ludhiana, November 8
The Guru Angad Dev Sewa Society, in association with UNICEF and the Punjab State Human Rights Commission, will organise a state-level workshop on female foeticide at Farmers Sewa Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana on November 22 and November 23, 2001. The workshop will be inaugurated by Dr Baldev Raj Chawla, Cabinet Health Minister, Punjab.
No voting in SGPC poll
without fresh enrolment
Ludhiana, November 8
The Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Election Commission, has said enrolment of voters for elections to the general house of the SGPC is mandatory as only the fresh voters would be eligible to cast their votes in the coming elections to the SGPC. The voters list for the 1996 elections will not be applicable in the next SGPC elections.
Anti-encroachment drive
or a farce?
Ludhiana, November 8
For the past 10 days or so, trucks of the Municipal Corporation, led by Tehbazari officials in another van, have been patrolling the city and carrying away rehris, benches and even parked scooters hindering the traffic.
Last night, one such squad visited the Katchehri road area near Ghanta
Ghar.
Congmen seek action
Ludhiana, November 8
Congress and Youth Congress activists today criticised Mr Jagmeet Brar and Mr Maninderjit Singh Bitta for indulging in ‘anti-party’ activities and called upon the party high command to take stern disciplinary action against them in order to send a loud and clear message to others having similar ideas.
SSF activists demonstrate against POTO
Ludhiana, November 8
Activists of the All India Sikh Students Federation (Mehta) today staged a demonstration to protest against the introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) being promulgated by the union government. The speakers at the demonstration were apprehensive that the POTO might be misused against minorities. |
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| Activists of the SSF stage a demonstration in Ludhiana on Thursday. |
Ludhianvis have a ball
Ludhiana, November 8
The Doubloon (the gold coin) organised a ball at a local hotel in which the couple, dressed in the formals, danced for over two hours on foot-tapping by DJ Bijan and the Gang, here last night. |
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| Youngsters dance to the tunes of DJ Ivan in Ludhiana on Thursday.— Photo Rajesh Bhambi |
Reduce length of overbridge, demand residents
Khanna, November 8
Hundreds of residents of the Samrala road area gathered in front of the SDM’s office demanding reduction in the length of the railway overbridge being constructed at the Samrala road Railway crossing here yesterday evening. The SDM, Mr Pardeep Sabharwal, called the XEN PWD (Bridges), Mr Haripal, who assured the residents that the length of the overbridge would be reduced as per earlier proposal.
BSNL extends rural area
package
Ludhiana, November 8
Eleven villages
have come under the Mullanpur-Dakha telephone exchange. Residents of
these villages heaved a sigh of relief as after months of litigation
the BSNL has accepted their demand of charging telephone rent as per
package for rural areas.
Revenue officials plan
pen-down strike
Ludhiana, November 8
Revenue officials all over the state will go on two-day pen-down strike on November 21 and 22 to press their demands and will further intensify the agitation thereafter, if their demands were no accepted. |
Mr Iqbal Singh Sandhu, president, Punjab Revenue Officers Association, addresses a meeting in Ludhiana on Thursday. |
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