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Oil prices
Transporters unlikely to reduce charges
Ludhiana, February 16
While reduction in petrol and diesel prices made city residents happy transporters said they were not open to slash transport charges.
Langars mark Shivratri
Ludhiana, February 16
Devotees thronged Krishna Temple, Shiv Mandir at Gau Ghat and Shanglawala
Shivala, the oldest temple of Lord Shiva, in the city on the occasion of Shivratri today.
Women and children queued up at temples to seek blessings of Lord Shiva.
Devotees worship Lord Shiva at a temple in Ludhiana on the occasion of Shivratri on Friday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
Students’ worry still not over
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 16
Heaving a sigh of relief after the long-drawn out electioneering prior to their examinations came to an end, students of the area have urged the authorities to direct the prospective winners in various constituencies not to create noise pollution while celebrating their victory.
A urinal buried under poll promises
Ludhiana, February 16
A need as basic as a urinal that had emerged as a main poll issue for shopkeepers and residents of Block-I in Sarabha Nagar here has been completely forgotten after the poll.
Though the MC officials had unloaded construction material at the proposed site
when the issue made headlines during the elections, there is no move to
construct the toilet after the poll.
Construction material lies at the Sarabha Nagar market, Ludhiana, for the construction of a urinal.
— Photo by IV
PPCC legal cell hails cut in oil prices
Ludhiana, February 16
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) legal cell has hailed the decision of the UPA government to slash oil prices.
Exit poll: 94 pc respondents feel drugs were distributed
Ludhiana, February 16
A unique kind of exit poll was conducted in Punjab during the Assembly elections by Prof. Balwinder Pal Singh, Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Dr. Deepinder Singh, associate professor, L.M.H. Medical College, Ludhiana, and other like-minded social activists from all over the state, including Prof. Bhupinder Kaur from Hoshiarpur, Dr. Manmohanjit Singh, Dr. Kamal Mann, Rachpal Singh, Amandeep, Gurdeep Singh, Pukhraj Singh, Dr. Meharwant Singh, Jaspal Singh and
others.
BSNL staff to get free treatment at Apollo
Ludhiana, February 16
Employees of the BSNL and their dependents can now get medical treatment at SPS Apollo Hospital here free of cost following the agreement between the hospital and the BSNL to this effect.
Seminar, poster-making contest mark camp
Ludhiana, February 16
A family planning camp was organised by Lifeline Hospital on Gill Road here yesterday in which a team of doctors from the district health administration and the hospital conducted tubectomy operations. It was inaugurated by Dr Tejinder Pal Singh.
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