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All for officers’ convenience
Ludhiana, August 31
For the police in Punjab in general and Ludhiana in particular, the hangover of the militancy refuses to go. Or quite a number of police officials do not want it to go lest they confront the reality of peace.
A barricade in the Rakh Bagh area set up during terrorism days in Punjab is yet to be removed as it allegedly helps officials residing in the area maintain privacy.—A Tribune photograph |
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The parking lot at the Ludhiana District Courts complex is in a shambles and visitors have to wade through slush for want of metalled parking.
—A Tribune photograph |
Gabria denies Bains-bashing
Ludhiana, August 31
Minister for tourism and jails Hira Singh Gabria today said he was not against the appointment of Simarjit Singh Bains as mayor of
Ludhiana. He said if the party wanted Bains to be appointed as mayor, he had no problems.
0001 goes for Rs 2,65,000
Samrala, August 31
The registration number PB-43-C-0001 by the Samrala Registering authority was sold at an auction here today for Rs 2,65,000.
Group alleges fraud by LIC Housing
Ludhiana, August 31
The Active Anti-Corruption Group today alleged a fraud to the tune of Rs 50 lakh by LIC Housing Board Finance and GSB Housing and Finance.
Addressing a press conference, Ramesh Bangar, president of the group, said: “Officials of LIC Housing Board Finance, on the basis of forged documents, extended loans of Rs 1.5 lakh per flat for 25 flats.
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| Members of the Active Anti-Corruption Group address a press conference in Ludhiana
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Tributes paid to Beant Singh
Ludhiana, August 31
Tributes were paid to former Chief Minister Beant Singh on his 12th death anniversary here today. While most of the senior party leaders were away to Chandigarh where a function was held at his memorial, workers held a function at the local office.
Pledge your eyes, students exhorted
Ludhiana, August 31
Busting various myths and religious beliefs about donation of eyes, Dr Nitin
Batra, an eye surgeon in the department of ophthalmology at Christian Medical College and Hospital, has called upon students to come forward and pledge donation of their eyes.
Making eye donation a mass movement will make a world of difference for the 2.5 million corneal blind persons in the country as donation of eyes by one person will empower two visually challenged persons.
Dr Nitin Batra, ophthalmologist at the CMCH, delivers a lecture on eye donation at the Khalsa College for Women in Ludhiana on Friday.
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