Patriotic
spirit ruled city schools
Ludhiana, August 15
Various educational institutes organised
cultural programmes to celebrate Independence Day here today. The day
was marked by paying of rich tributes to freedom fighters and hoisting
of the national flag with patriotic fervour.
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Jhanda uncha rahe
hamara: Schoolchildren present items during a district-level Independence Day celebration at Government College for Boys in Ludhiana on Friday.
— Tribune photographs
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Senior citizens
celebrate Independence Day
Ludhiana, August 15
Senior Citizens under the aegis
of the All-India Senior Citizens Organisation (regd) celebrated the
Independence Day at Sita Mandir, Daresi Grounds. The function was
attended by more than 500 senior citizens.
Freedom
fighters celebrate I-Day
Ludhiana, August 15
All India Freedom Fighters
Successor’s Organisation celebrated Independence Day at Dewan
Hospital here today.
Martyr’s
family living in penury
Issru
(Ludhiana), August 15
Even as the “grateful” state
remembers the contribution of Shaheed Master Karnail Singh Issru in
the Goa Liberation Operation every year, what remains hidden is the
plight of his family which living in penury for the past several
decades.
Relatives of Shaheed Karnail Singh Isru share their grievance with Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, Punjab, during a function at Isru village in Ludhiana on Friday.
— A Tribune photograph
Bloopers
in billing a nagging problem
Ludhiana, August 15
The computerised billing of water
and sewerage charges and reconciliation of accounts of the Municipal
Corporation notwithstanding, city residents are still at the receiving
end as far as inflated bills of civic charges are concerned.
Man
sets himself afire
Ludhiana, August 15
Upset with the refusal of his
wife to return to her in-laws house, a 23-year-old man set himself
ablaze in front of her house in Amarpura Colony here this afternoon.
He was admitted to the local Civil Hospital in serious condition.
