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Hosieries set to start winter production
Ludhiana, July 8
The hosiery industry is all set to start production for the next winter as buyers from other states placed orders to industrialists in a three-day mega exhibition organised in the city that concluded here today.
Hosiery manufacturers showcase their products in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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Dhindsa meets city’s Shahi Imam
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Ludhiana, July 8
SAD secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today visited the local Jama Masjid and met its Shahi Imam Maulana Habib-ur-Rehman
Ludhianvi. The two leaders discussed problems being faced by Muslims living in the state.
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa with Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid Maulana
Habib-ur-Rehman.
— A Tribune photograph
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Thief in the garb of watchman!
Ludhiana, July 8
Watchman at night and a “thief” during the day. This is what Dil Bahadur, a migrant from Nepal, used to do with his accomplices till the police nabbed him from near bus stand here today.
Stolen jewellery, including gold and diamond sets, apart from silver bricks,
were recovered from his possession.
Dil Bahadur and Sunil Kumar in police custody in Ludhiana on Sunday.
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Banned drugs being sold openly
Doraha, July 8
The fear of recent crackdown against chemist shops selling intoxicating drugs seems to be over for some chemists of Sahnewal and Doraha who have again started selling these drugs.
While more than half of the medical stores at Sahnewal and Doraha are doing the
business, the authorities have just to express concern for this sorry state of
affairs.
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Passing the buck
City’s health department and the municipal corporation are apt at passing the buck. Whenever a disease breaks out in the city, authorities of both departments start blaming each other.
The health officials blames municipal corporation for supplying unfit potable
water whereas corporation officials retort that health officials don’t know
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Selection panels for MC elections
MLAs out, losers in
Ludhiana, July 8
Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee president Shamsher Singh Dullo might have tried his best to ensure a balanced team for selecting candidates for the coming elections to various Municipal Corporations in the state, some people have expressed reservations for ignoring some deserving leaders who can play an important role.
Misappropriation of funds
Cong MLA shielding sarpanches: Garcha
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 8
SAD in charge Jagdish Singh Garcha while accusing the Congress MLA from Kilaraipur of shielding those sarpanches who had allegedly misappropriated funds meant for developing their respective villages claimed that he and his associates would ensure that such funds were properly
utilised.
Punjab has lost a friend
Ludhiana, July 8
With death of the former Prime Minister, Chandrashekhar in New Delhi today, Punjab has lost a sincere friend. Cutting across their ideological affiliations leaders from different political parties today expressed grief on his demise.
They said the country had lost a secular and socialist leader who always looked
beyond stereotypes and partisan interests.
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Badal pays tributes to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Master Tara Singh |
Ludhiana, July 8
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has called upon people to rededicate themselves for the creation of a strong and secular India for which Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Master Tara Singh had fought throughout their lives.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal being presented a portrait of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at a function organised in Ludhiana on Saturday.
— Photo by Inderjeet Verma
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Cong worker refuses to pay MC dues; held, let off
Raikot, July 8
The local police has arrested a Congress activist for allegedly obstructing municipal council officials from performing their duties and misbehaving with them. Later, he was released on bail.
Residents of Dehliz road live in unhygienic condition
Sewage project withdrawn by SAD
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Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 8
Disposal of waste water and solid waste emerged as waterloo for local civic authorities. Though people living in almost all areas of the town are forced to live in unhygienic conditions, those residing in the Dehliz road area are virtually living in the hell.
Municipal council president Jatinder Bhola said the situation got worse due to
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| Chocked sewerage system frequently results in flooding of main roads in Ahmedgarh even after a brief shower.
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Inaction by food and supplies department
Rice-sheller owners threaten to shut units
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 8
Upset over the inaction of food and supply authorities in case of alleged unauthorised enhancement of capacities of certain rice shellers in the Kilaraipur area, the owners of affected units and activists of struggle committee constituted to save their interests, have threatened to shut down their shellers instead of suffering losses.
18-year-old drowns in canal
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 8
A youth, who had dived into canal to fish out a coconut fruit is feared to have drowned, as the Sudhar police and relatives of the youth have failed to locate him after he once disappeared in the water.
Yoga camp concludes
Ludhiana, July 8
A seminar on the topic to know the self and a yoga camp was organised by Anand Marg Sangh at Anand Marg School, New Kundan
Puri. The camp and the seminar, which started on July 6, concluded here today.
Garcha elected president
Ludhiana, July 8
A meeting of Bharti Janta Party Mandal meeting was held at Shri Shakti
Dharamshala, Khamano, in which Gurcharan Singh Garcha was unanimously elected president of Khamano
Mandal.
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