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Panthic Front, Left join hands
Ludhiana, January 11
The Panthic Front comprising splinter Akali groups and the Left parties have decided to come together and contest the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections jointly to defeat the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance and the Congress .
Sulking Cong freshers
want a slice of ticket pie
Ludhiana, January 11
With the Congress reportedly deciding in principle to field most of the sitting candidates from various Assembly segments across the state, the young and the fresh aspirants are feeling upset and disappointed.
Assembly poll: Panel to look into complaints
Ludhiana, January 11
District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Ashok Kumar Gupta in an order
today constituted a panel of three officers — ADC (D) Priyank Bharti, SP (HQ)
Amar Singh Chahal and MC SE Kulwinder Singh Dhillon — to look into complaints
relating to elections, including those regarding the violation of model code, on
a daily basis.
Despite HC orders, car bazaars on
Ludhiana, January 11
Despite strong protests by traders and property owners in the posh Feroze Gandhi
Market and subsequent direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court against
holding of car bazaars in the market, the menace continues as the enforcement
agencies prefer to look the other way.
Parking chaos at Feroze Gandhi Market in Ludhiana on Thursday.
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Jewellers, mill surrender
Rs 1.75 cr undisclosed
income
Ludhiana, January 11
The officials of the Income Tax Department virtually struck gold in the course
of surveys conducted on two outlets of jewellers and a spinning mill when the
business houses made a voluntary disclosure of Rs 1.75 crore of undisclosed
income here today.
Forgotten martyr
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 11
The statue of a martyr who laid down his life in the 1965 Indo-Pak war is crying
for a whitewash and a fresh coat of paint. The interior of the cabin housing the
statue is covered with cobwebs. The statue of Captain Ravinder Singh was unveiled by officers of his regiment five years ago.
The promises made by various political and social leaders and concerned authorities were not fulfilled as all of them have stopped paying floral tributes to the martyr after the members of the family of the martyr stopped sponsoring the event.
Cobwebs in the interior of the cabin housing the statue of Captain Ravinder Singh reflect the lack of respect for martyrs among the authorities.
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See Nithari in Muktsar, BJP asks Sonia
Ludhiana, January 11
The BJP today asked the Congress president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to weigh the Muktsar incident in the same balance as that of Nithari. The BJP spokesman, Mr Prakash Javadekar, pointed out that Ms Gandhi had asked for a CBI probe in Nithari and she was silent about the Muktsar incident where the circumstances were almost similar.
Lohri: Newborns, newly weds to have field day
Ludhiana, January 11
Newborn babies will surely have a field day this Lohri as shopkeepers in various markets have tastefully displayed items meant for them. Special tents have been erected on roads by toy shop owners to woo customers as hundreds of city residents are expected to celebrate Lohri as an occasion to welcome their newborns in the family.
Ex-servicemen body rues maltreatment of World War II veteran
Ludhiana, January 11
The Indian Ex-services League, Punjab and Chandigarh, has called upon the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) to pay the arrears of pension to the family of Santokh
Singh, a sepoy of the World War II, and help his family members to survive.
Santokh Singh died last week and his bhog ceremony was held at his native
village Sehjo Majra in Ludhiana district yesterday.
Singing competition final on Jan 14
Ludhiana, January 11
The Ludhiana chapter of the Sangam Kala Group will organise a singing talent hunt competition. The programme is being sponsored by the Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust. The finalists in the competition will then participate at the national level competition to be held at the Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, on February 17.
Tasneem’s book released
Ludhiana, January 11
The Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, has published "The Lost Meaning', the English version of Prof. Niranjan Tasneem's award winning Punjabi novel 'Gwache Arth,' translated by the author himself.
Women achievers to be honoured
Ludhiana, January 11
The Shaheed Memorial Sewa Society in association with the Punjab State Women
Commission and Government College for Women will celebrate the 41st ‘Great
Women Day’ at the college on January 16.
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