L U D H I A N A

Marriage palace owner deposes before Chief Secretary
Ludhiana, June 17
Mr Vijay Kumar, owner of the Megha Resorts which was demolished on June 5, today named Mr Shridhar Milawat of the Milawat and Milawat Company as the person who had offered to procure a ‘no objection certificate’ and to get the electricity supply restored to the marriage palaces served with demolition notices in June, 1999.

Police to hold sangat darshans
Ludhiana, June 17
All those having complaints which require police action or contains allegation of police inaction in a case will soon have a platform to air their grievances. On the lines of a weekly sangat darshan presently organised by the Deputy Commissioner, the SSPs of Ludhiana, Khanna and Jagraon police districts will also chair such programme every week shortly.

Blasting summer disco way
Ludhiana, June 17
Day — Saturday
Place — A big spacious hall of a five- star hotel with huge gleaming chandeliers twinkling and blinking mischievously in the psychedelia lights.

Youngsters enjoying at a dance party to have time of their life in Ludhiana.
— Photo Rajesh Bhambi.

PUDA washes hands off its colonies, MC refuses to take over
Ludhiana, June 17
Residents of several colonies, developed by the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority, in the city are in a peculiar situation. They are at a loss to decide as to who is responsible for the maintenance of the colonies since the PUDA authorities assert that the colonies — Urban Estate Phase I and Phase II on the Dugri Road, Sector 32, 38 and 29 on the Chandigarh Road stand transferred to the Municipal Corporation while the MC administration refuses to own the colonies, at least for the time being.

Can music therapy cure FMD?
Ludhiana, June 17
While veterinarians and scientists the world over are deliberating on the ways to effectively curb the foot and mouth disease, a tribe from Rajasthan is minting money from ‘gullible’ farmers of the district by claiming to cure the disease by playing music before the cattle.

Protest over liquor vend opening
Ludhiana, June 17
Residents of Maha Singh Nagar Colony have taken to the streets in protest against the opening of a liquor vend in the area. Led by representatives of different political parties, the residents has been sitting in dharna since late last night outside the liquor vend and just near the Dabba police post when the owners tried to open it.

COMMUNITY

Badal’s sangat darshan a ‘desperate attempt’
Ludhiana, June 17
Congress and Youth Congress activists have scoffed at the ‘sangat darshan’ programme of the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, saying that the people were being misled and taken for a ride.

Kids want more entertainment places
Ludhiana, June 17
“Where shall we take our friends from Los Angles for entertainment? They have been telling us of the wonderful places of entertainment specially designed and devised for the children back home. There are gardens, skating rinks, libraries, fun games, dolphin shows and many other sources of entertainment for the children,” said Annu to her mother.

The old model train still chugs at the Rakh Bagh in Ludhiana.

Residents compliment Mayor, councillor
Ludhiana, June 17
Residents of Shaheed Karnail Singh Nagar (Phase II) on the Pakhowal road in the city, have complimented area councillor Giani Baldev Singh and city Mayor Mr Apinder Singh Grewal for speedy completion of various projects, as for ongoing and proposed development works in the locality.

Theft by patent office alleged
Ludhiana, June 17
Mr Rachhpal Singh Gill, a local inventor, has accused the patent office in New Delhi of ‘stealing’ one of his inventions, thus denying him the right to get it patented. The patent office has reportedly told Mr Gill that he did not follow the proper procedure in submitting his application for getting patented his invention pertaining to a device that prevents birds getting sucked in by an aircraft engine.

Rattan’s ‘Teesra Banvaas’ “simple, penetrating”
Ludhiana, June 17
“I chose the name ‘Teesra Banvaas’ for the book of my anthology because I was inspired by the title ‘Doosra Banvaas’ a powerful poem written by the famous Urdu poet, ‘Kaifi Azmi’,” said Nirpinder Rattan, the poet-bureaucrat at Punjabi Bhawan today, while speaking to Ludhiana Tribune.

Arora assures Baddowal residents
Ludhiana, June 17
A delegation of residents of several villages and colonies in the periphery of the Field Ammunition Depot today met the Chief Secretary, Mr N.K. Arora, urging him that they may not be harassed with the demolition notices. The Chief Secretary reportedly assured them that justice would be done to everybody.

Baddowal residents coming out of Sutton House in PAU after meeting the Chief Secretary on Sunday.

Jawan’s last rites performed
Ludhiana, June 17
Thousands of persons paid tributes to Naib Subedar Mahinder Singh of First Sikh Light Infantry who was cremated with full military honour at Feru Rai village in tehsil Raikot, near here today.

Residents call on DIG
Ludhiana, June 17
A delegation of city residents led by a BJP leader today met the DIG, Mr Suresh Arora, and submitted a memorandum alleging that five persons arrested by the Division No 5 police on charges of loitering three days ago were framed.

CRIME

Swindlers’ gang busted
Ludhiana, June 17
The sadar police today claimed to have busted a gang of swindlers who used to sell financed vehicles on fake documents and thus dupe both buyers and Finance companies in the process.

BUSINESS

Hosiery centre bereft of civic amenities
Ludhiana, June 17
The Lalumal Street, in the Chaura Bazar, is the main hosiery trading centre of the city. Starting with two to three shops in the mid- sixties, it has developed in to a full-fledged whole sale and retail hosiery market over the past three decades. About Rs 1000 crore worth of hosiery goods are sold annually from this market and the adjoining Dal Bazar, Fly Bazar, Chawal Bazar and Kachi Gali, to the customers from different parts of the country.

Study on WTO impact sought
Ludhiana, June 17
The Federation of Tiny and Small Industries of India in a memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has sought that the impact of the WTO and liberalisation on the small-scale industry in the country should be thoroughly studied. The federation has claimed that about 50 per cent of the SSI units in the country have become sick or have closed down.

EDUCATION

Memo to PM on education reforms
Amloh, June 17
Mr Narinder Singh Mann, senior vice-president, All-India Youth Akali Dal, in a memorandum sent to the Prime Minister on Sunday urged him to remove loopholes in the allotment of seats to various institutions to impart technical education to the students in the state.

CULTURE

Rasika to perform in city
Ludhiana, June 17
Rasika, one of the foremost exponents of Bharatnatyam, will perform in the city in the last week of June. She will enthrall the audience at the local Guru Nanak Bhavan. This was stated in a communique issued by the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam which has been responsible for bringing a number of artistes to the city.

HEALTH

‘50 pc patients visiting OPD are asthmatic’
Ludhiana, June 17
To create health awareness among the masses, the 25th public health lecture on “Asthma — its home care and prevention” was organised by the Health Department of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital. It was delivered by Dr S.K.Jindal, Professor and Head, Department of Chest, PGIMER, Chandigarh.