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NEW MAGAZINE: Guests pose for a photograph at the release function of Ramgarhiakom-Vol-3 in Ludhiana. The magazine contains stories of 12 legends among Ramgarhias, 12 NRI Ramgarhias, 12 couples and 12 families.
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Major development of city on anvil
Ludhiana, May 21
The city is all set to witness all-around development worth Rs 2,053 crore as the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Government of India under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
Trespasser not
entitled to injunction: Court
Ludhiana, May 21
A trespasser is not entitled to injunction against the true owner, held
a local court while dismissing a suit filed by an illegal occupier of
PUDA land.
Two killed in car-train crash
Ludhiana, May 21
Two persons were killed and another sustained injuries when their car collided with a railway engine at an unmanned crossing in Jhande village on the outskirts of the city this afternoon.
The crushed remains of a car that collided with a railway engine in Jhane village, near Ludhiana, on Monday.
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Streetlights only after sunset
Ludhiana, May 21
The Municipal Corporation today announced the regulation of the schedule of streetlights in the city in order to save electricity in view of the impending crisis.
‘Corruption is bug for state economy’
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 21
Terming corruption to be the most hazardous bug for the economy of the state, Harish Rai
Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary (ministry of local bodies), has called upon social organisations of the area to help administration, implement the government policies. These policies have been launched for the welfare of weaker sections of society.
Harish Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary (ministry of local bodies).
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Dhanda promises to root out corruption
Ludhiana, May 21
The chief parliamentary secretary, local bodies, Harish Rai Dhanda, has asserted that he would ensure to root out corruption from the department. Addressing a function organised by the Rishi Nagar F Block Welfare Association here last night, Dhandha hinted at an immediate action against a certain corrupt mafia operating in the system.
Section 144 violated
Protests against dera chief
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 21
Cutting across party lines, leaders and activists in the area have started participating in protest demonstrations against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.
Dera row: Situation ‘must not be
let out of control’
Ludhiana, May 21
While the atmosphere continues to get surcharged particularly after the call for Punjab bandh from Akal Takht on Tuesday, there is a widespread apprehension among people that the situation might get out of control and the dark days of eighties might return to the state. People who have witnessed the eruption of terrorism in Punjab maintain that the sequence of events seems to be unfolding itself almost in a similar manner.
Appeal for peace
Jagraon, May 21
A meeting of the peace committee was held in the Town Hall here today, which was attended by representatives of different political parties and associations.
Doctors appeal for peace
Ludhiana, May 21
"Punjab is once again facing the threat of violence.The people in this border state suffered a lot during the long spell of terrorism and it is important that all groups concerned should go for reconciliation and try to calm down the frayed tempers and defuse the tension building up in the state."
IHRO expresses concern over
sectarian politics
Ludhiana, May 21
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) today expressed its concern over the sectarian politics being played in Punjab on the Dera Sacha Sauda episode, “which reminds one of the turbulent past of the state wherein the main players were also the Congress and the Akalis”.
Physically challenged persons given free prostheses
Ludhiana, May 21
Mahavir Viklang Help Centre under the aegis of Mahavir International, organised a camp for donating artificial limbs to physically challenged persons at Lord Mahavira Homoeopathic Medical College here today. Prostheses were distributed free of cost to seven persons at the camp.
A physically challenged person gets free prosthesis at a camp organised by Mahavir Viklang Help Centre in Ludhiana on Monday.
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Tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi
Ludhiana, May 21
Glowing tributes were paid to former Prime Minister, the late Rajiv Gandhi on his sixteenth death anniversary here today. The main function was organised at the local party office which was presided over by the District Congress Committee, Ludhiana (urban)
president
DCC president Jagmohan Sharma and other party workers pay floral tributes to the late Rajiv Gandhi on his sixteenth death anniversary at the Congress office in
Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma |
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