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Congress wins 8 seats, SAD 4
Ludhiana, February 24
Quite expectedly it was a mood of celebrations in the Congress camp here after the results started pouring in from various Assembly segments in the district. The party improved its tally from three to eight seats in the district with all four city segments going to its kitty. On the other hand, it was a mood of disappointment and despondency in the ruling SAD-BJP alliance, which lost five seats against those it had won in 1997.

Winners all the way

(From left to right) Mr Rakesh Pandey (Ludhiana North) takes a ladoo; Mr Milkait Singh Dakha (Congress) in garland—Photos Inderjeet Verma

Cong workers beat drums!
Ludhiana, February 24
Quite expectedly it was a mood of celebrations in the Congress camp here after the results started pouring in from various Assembly segments in the district. The party improved its tally from three to eight seats in the district with all four city segments going to its kitty.

Mr Inder Iqbal Singh (SAD) from Kumkalan—Photo Inderjeet Verma

Detailed results
Khanna
Congress candidate Harbans Kaur Dullo defeated her rival SAD candidate Bibi Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal with a margin of more than 9,500 votes. Ms Harbans Kaur Dullo got 41,414 votes against 31,866 votes of Ms Dhaliwal. Ram Singh Gogi, candidate of BSP, got 4,940 votes, Randhir Singh Libra of Panthik Morcha got 4,061 votes, the candidate of Shiv Sena got 288 votes, Lok Dal 177, Lok Bhilai Party got 1,639 votes while two independent candidates got 679 and 550 votes, respectively.

CRIME

Man given drug-laced tea, robbed
Ludhiana, February 24
Mr Satish Gupta, 55, a resident of Bhagwan Dass Nagar in the Salem Tabri area and who works as a manager at a book shop, was robbed of Rs 35,000 by a youth after he was given some drug-laced tea at the local railway station on Friday night.

Fake passport racket
Ludhiana, February 24
The Focal Point police today booked a resident of Koomkalan village on a charge of making fake passports. The police has booked Avtar Singh under Section 420, IPC. The accused, however, could not be arrested so far despite some raids conducted by the police last night.

PSEB directions leave students in limbo
Ahmedgarh, February 24
Hundreds of meritorious students of Class X of public and private schools may lose crucial marks in view of the directions of the Punjab School Education Board on the evaluation of Physical Education practical examinations this year. These students had opted for the subject with an intention to improving their percentage but the actual experience has done nothing but frustrated them.

Inter-college competitions
Doraha, February 24
Contests for shabad singing, vaar gayan, poetical symposium, histrionics, fine arts and home science events were organised by Mata Ganga Khalsa College, Kottan, on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mata Ganga, the mother of Guru Hargobind. Ten colleges participated in the cultural function, which was presided over by Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia, Principal Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib.

COURTS

PUDA to pay interest for delayed payment
Ludhiana, February 24
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) to pay interest at the rate of 15 per cent on Rs 3,000 from August 14, 2000 to September 12, 2001, on account of delayed refund to Ms Aruna Goyal a resident of Civil Lines. The forum has also directed PUDA to pay Rs 500 as cost of litigation to the consumer.

SPORTS

Athletics meet concludes
Doraha, February 24
The 28th Annual Athletics Meet for girls of Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, concluded here yesterday. It was inaugurated by Mr Anoop Bansal, Principal Guru Nanak Khalsa College. Seema Rani of BA part I was declared best athlete.