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Sewerage Scam
SDO, JE suspended
Ludhiana, May 1
The water supply and sewerage board
(WSSB) has suspended a junior engineer (JE) and a sub-divisional officer
(SDO) after the detection of a scam in the laying of a sewer line under the HUDCO scheme at Karnail Singh Nagar and Passi Nagar on the Pakhowal road here.
Bleak hope for visually impaired couple
Ludhiana, May 1
For the visually impaired couple, Surinder Pal and his wife
Gagandeep, each passing day diminishes hopes as they struggle to attain employment. After putting in more than seven years at a factory, which got closed a year and a half ago, the couple has been running from pillar to post in hope of seeking help so that they can survive in their extreme poverty.
For Surinder Pal and
Gagandeep, a jobless and visually impaired couple, making both
ends meet has become an ordeal. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma |
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Cong leaders aided VAT fraud: Sahni
Ludhiana, May 1
Chief parliamentary secretary for excise and taxation and senior BJP leader Jagdish Sahni has charged Congress functionaries and the previous government with aiding and abetting the VAT fraud worth several
crores. He alleged that senior Congress leaders in the outgoing government had siphoned off huge amounts of money in the auction of liquor vends.
Fight social evils, religious bodies urged
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 1
Concerned over the alleged decline in values among Sikh youth, Amarjit Singh
Chawla, patron the Sikh Students Federation ( Mehta), has urged social and religious organisations of the area to join hands and launch a crusade against social evils, including addiction.
Amarjit Singh Chawla, patron, Sikh Students Federation (Mehta), receives a memento at Mandi Ahmedgarh.
— Photo byMahesh Sharma |
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Seminar on female foeticide tomorrow
Ludhiana, May 1
The Punjab State Legal Services Authority and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Homeopathic College will jointly organise a state-level seminar on female foeticide on the college campus here on May 3.
Police sets up helpline on drugs
Ludhiana, May 1
With the menace of drugs leading many to commit crime apart from ruining the future generations, the police has finally given the much-needed attention to the issue by announcing a round-the-clock helpline to receive information about the drug use, smuggling and related complaints.
Rallies, protests mark Labour Day
Ludhiana, May 1
Employees of various organisations and factories today held meetings and rallies on the occasion of International Labour Day.
Addressing a rally of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) at Jamalpur, state general secretary Raghunath Singh said, “Although we are observing the 121st anniversary of Labour Day, it is unfortunate that workers in factories have to work for much more than the scheduled number of hours.
Labour Day means nothing to this boy who has to pull a rickshaw to eke out a living in
Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed |
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Office-bearers elected
Ludhiana, May 1
The following have been elected office-bearers of the Jagraon Bridge Dealers Association:
chairman — K.S. Budhiraja; president— D.J. Jain; secretary — Harpreet Singh; and
convener — J.N. Dhir.
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