Indian Express 16.06.2010
Briefly City
Express News Service Tags : ie brief, ludhiana, city Posted: Tue Jun 15 2010, 03:54 hrs
Ludhiana: Foundation stone laid for park near Sukh DhamThe Municipal Coporation, Ludhiana, started the construction of a park in front of Sukh Dham on Monday. The park was inaugurated by founder chairman of Nishkam Sewa Ashram, Sharwan Kumar, near Dana Mandi. On the occasion, Senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal, area councillor Inderjeet Gill and Punjab Services Selection Board member Ashok Loomba were also present.
Blood donation camp held at Civil Hospital
Humanity’s Equal Relationship Organization celebrated the World Blood Donor Day by holding a blood donation camp at the Civil Hospital on Monday. On this occasion, 51 units of blood was collected.
Printers of Malwa region hold meeting
The printers of Malwa region (Bathinda, Muktsar, Malout, Jaiton, Faridkot, Kotkupura and Abhoar) organised a meeting at the Civil Lines Club, Bathinda, on Sunday, to discuss the issues being faced by the print industry. North India Printers’ Association General Secretary Kamal Chopra was invited as the chief guest on the occasion. “The printing industry needs more debate and discussion,” he said. He said printing, coupled with print packaging industry, was the second largest sector in the world. “But in India, it is an unorganised sector. So, there should be an association in each region,” he said.
He said it was time to look at the export potentials of the Indian printing and packaging industry, especially when European buyers were looking at the Indian market. To reap the benefits of export, we need to work in cluster, he said.
Keeping these points in view , the printers decided to form an association — Malwa Printers Association — and constituted a nine-member working committee on the spot for the purpose. The members of the working committee were, Jaswinder Bhatia (Muktsar), Ram Gopal (Jaiton), Naresh Dhuria (Abohar), Ravinder Bugla (Faridkot), Ravi (Malaut), Vinod Kumar (Rampura), Navdeep (Kotakpura), Jaswinder (Goniana) and M L Mittal (Bathinda).
13 gamblers held
The Ludhiana police caught a gang of 13 persons involved in gambling on Monday. Rupees 1.16 crore in cash were also seized from them. The gang was operational in northern India, especially in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, J&K and HP and had more than 350 bookies. Police Commissioner Ishwar Singh said they had seized 34 mobile phones, which were used to contact the bookies and laptops, which were used for online gambling. The main gang leaders were Roshan Lal from Delhi, Amarnath from Haryana, Jogeshwar Dayal Pandit from Gurgaon and Rajeev Anand from Khanna. ens
