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Unfair Deal
Farmers feel dwarfed by corporate giants
Ludhiana, May 29
Opening up of modern airconditioned fruit and vegetable stores owned by corporate chains like the Reliance, Bhartis and others may be a welcome news for the consumers, but the farmers producing these feel that they have been placed in unfair competition.
Two assaulted in courts complex
Ludhiana, May 29
Questions arose over the security of litigants and lawyers at the District Courts complex in the afternoon today when two litigants were attacked and one was seriously wounded by a group of armed persons. The victim, Ravinder Pal Singh of Phagla village, suffered serious injuries inflicted by multiple strikes of swords and rods and was left for the dead.
Mann defends his ‘Beant’ act
Ludhiana, May 29
Detained leader of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Simranjit Singh Mann has defended his “democratic” protest in front of the statue of late Beant Singh in Jalandhar. In a statement issued from Central Jail, Ludhiana, Mann said, he along with other SAD (A) supporters had the right to protest against the installation of the statue of Beant Singh.
BJP sticks to its Dy
CM demand
Khamano, May 29
Bharatiya Janata Party is still firm on its demand for the post of deputy chief minister in Punjab and now it is the turn of the Chief Minister to respond. BJP’s Punjab president Rajinder Bhandari stated this while talking to mediapersons at Lily Palace, Jatana, near
Khamano.
City won’t be ‘powerless’ this paddy season
Ludhiana, May 29
While the farmers sweat it out in the fields during the paddy season, city residents have also been made to share in this perspiration over the last few years. This has been happening because power shortage causes the agricultural electricity requirements to eat into urban allocation.
His crores lie buried in a revenue dept file
Ludhiana, May 29
When it comes to red-tapism all men are born equal. Be it a millionaire or a pauper. Or someone who is a milllionaire and a pauper at the same time. Like Bhajan Singh is. This 73-year-old ‘millionaire’ has been visiting the office of the local revenue department for the past 10 years to stake his claim for the ownership of a piece of land worth Rs 2 crore which he inherited. In the absence of this he is forced to live the life of a pauper. The reason for the delay has been the department not giving him the copy of the ‘farad’ showing the possession in his name.
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Bhajan Singh, with his complaint
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Dera issue: Don’t take political mileage
Mandi Ahmedgarh, May 29
Apprehending danger to peace and economic stability in the border state, leaders of various social and religious groups have urged the political parties including SAD and Congress to stop trying to get political mileage from the ongoing conflict between Sikh organisations and Dera Sacha
Sauda.
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