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Labour Day means nothing
to these workers
Ludhiana, May 1
While the entire world is talking about the rights of the workers as today is the May Day, four such workers, who had won accolades six years ago for their exemplary work of retrieving the bodies of various persons buried under several feet of sand in a local colony, are a disappointed lot.
High BSNL rates ‘scare’ subscribers
Ludhiana, May 1
The exorbitantly high tariff being charged by the BSNL on the outgoing calls to mobile phones of other service providers has provoked widespread criticism from the subscribers. A wide section of subscribers told the Ludhiana Tribune here today that the new tariff regime was ‘‘exorbitant and arbitrary’’ which should not be accepted by the subscribers.
Saluting National Flag through poetry, music
Ludhiana, May 1
Never before has the city witnessed such a galaxy of maestros ranging from the doyen of Hindustani classical singing, Pandit Jasraj, magical flute player Hari Prasad Chaurasia, tabla maestro Shaafat Ahmed Khan, fusion music player who has given mandolin the same status as Bismallah Khan has given to shehnai, U. Srinivasan, kanjira player Selva Ganesha, vocalist Durga Jasraj, poet for all seasons Javed Akhtar, tabla maestro Vijay Ghate and director of Tiranga Vikram Sharma. |
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| From left: Pandit Jasraj, Ms Preneet Kaur, Mr Sunil Munjal and Javed Akhtar at a press conference in Ludhiana on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph. |
Shattered Nisha returns medal, certificates
Ludhiana, May 1
Reality has finally dawned upon Ms Nisha Kaura, who after years of tirade against corruption has reconciled to the fact that it is money and not mere recommendations that can secure a job for her. Her complaint to the Punjab Lok Pal against irregularities in the selection of science teachers cost 100 teachers their job, but her gold medal in chemistry and a degree in education have failed to secure a job for her.
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