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Security stepped up in city
Ludhiana, September 25 Police personnel check vehicles as part of stepped up security in Ludhiana on Wednesday
The Ludhiana police has stepped up vigilance by putting up nakas and barricades all over the city after the terrorist attack on a temple in Gujarat yesterday. Special units have been put up outside mandirs and masjids.
Police personnel check vehicles as part of stepped up security in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

PSEB turns a deaf ear to complaint
Ludhiana, September 25
A shopkeeper of Sarabha Nagar is virtually running from pillar to post for the past four years to get his power connection restored. Mr Bacchittar Singh, owner of booth No. 56-I, said a meter (No. 185080) had been installed in his shop four years ago.

Akshardham killings condemned
Ludhiana, September 25
The armed attack on devotees in Swaminarain Temple, near Gandhinagar, in Gujarat, has raised concern among the people here. The general consensus among the people is that the incident has been planned to create communal riots in the country.

EARLIER STORIES

	Students protest against exam fee receipt anomaly September 25, 2002
	Traders protest against parking charges September 24, 2002
	Using black films on vehicles with impunity September 23, 2002
	Touching send-off to poll duty staff September 22, 2002
	Zinda dance a show of exploitation September 21, 2002
	Pherurai used arhtias to convert black money into white September 20, 2002
	Teacher charged with beating up student collapses September 19, 2002
	Five arhtiyas rounded up for laundering Pherurai’s money September 18, 2002
	Pammian kidney case: all accused absolved September 17, 2002
	Villagers up in arms against police-smuggler nexus September 16, 2002
	Savings schemes agent dupes residents of lakhs September 15, 2002
	House collapses, roads inundated September 14, 2002

CIA inspector booked
Khanna, September 25
A local municipal councillor, Mr Vijay Sharma, has lodged a complaint against the in charge of the Criminal Investigation Authority (CIA) here, Inspector Malkiat Singh, for threatening him and misbehaving with him.

Cong leaders shy away from J&K
Ludhiana, September 25
With second round of poll in Jammu and Kashmir already having been completed, a number of local Congress leaders reportedly failed to show up there despite the party High Command having assigned different Assembly segments to them for the campaigning.

Flying high the NCC way
Ludhiana, September 25
A training camp of the air wing of the NCC is being conducted at Punjab Police Academy Phillaur and Sahnewal airport. As many as 500 boy and girl NCC cadets from various schools, colleges and institutions of Ludhiana, Ferozepore, Khanna, Samrala and Moga are participating in this camp along with their ANOs.

FLYING HIGH: Jagjeet Singh an air wing NCC cadet, practices for the forthcoming National Paragliding Meet being held in Bangalore, at Sahnewal on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

‘PSEB needs improvement’
Ludhiana, September 25
The PSEB Chairman, Mr Sudhir Mittal, today emphasised the need for improving internal efficiency of the board so as to bring about the desired buoyancy in the revenue collection by reducing the incidences of theft of energy, ensuring billing of all connections for which effective and accurate metering is required to be provided.

An overspeeding jeep which rammed into the railings of a roundabout near the Jalandhar bypass on Wednesday. — Photo IV

BUSINESS

CII seminar on financial competitiveness
Ludhiana, September 25
The CII Punjab State Council on Monday organised a seminar on “Financing small industry for competitiveness” to update the industry on the available financing options in the globalised and competitive environment and the WTO regime. Representatives of various industries, banks and other financial institutions participated in the seminar.

AGRICULTURE

BJP to ‘stand by’ farmers
Ludhiana, September 25
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha has maintained that the BJP stood by the farming community in its hour of crisis and the party was making every effort for early announcement of the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and other seasonal crops.

EDUCATION

General knowledge contest
Ludhiana, September 25
A general knowledge contest was held at Everest Pb. Sr. Sec. School, Moti Nagar, Ludhiana today. Students of various classes took part in the contest. There were four groups. Newton House got the first position and the second position was bagged by Bhawa House where as the third position was captured by Tagore House. Questions concerning various topics of general interest in every sphere were asked.

Shivani wins rangoli contest
Ludhiana, September 25
Rangoli and pictionary contests were organised on the third day of Koshish — 2002 at PCTE, Ludhiana. Pictionary is an event in which a team of two students take part. One is given a slip with a name of any common object.

Talent hunt-2002
Ludhiana, September 25
Talent hunt-2002 is being organised by Gujranwala Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Ludhiana, at its auditorium on September 26 and 27.

GGSC welcomes freshers
Ludhiana, September 25
The Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle has organised a function at Akal Degree College, Mastuana, to welcome the freshers. Prof Ram Singh, Principal, Dr Kamal Singh, Director, Youth Study Circle, and Mr Satnam Singh, Director, Training, were present, among others.

HEALTH

To avoid disease, change eating habits
TO avoid disease, change your eating style. How you eat — your particular eating style — can play a key role in determining how much you eat, as well. Once you’ve identified your basic eating style, you’ve taken the first step towards changing it. Here are some possibles ways:

Seminar on combating stress
Ludhiana, September 25
Krishak Bharti Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), India’s premier cooperative engaged in the production and distribution of chemical fertilisers, organised a seminar here yesterday for the field officers of Markfed on “how to manage stress”.

‘Burn drugs instead of Ravana’s effigy’
Ludhiana, September 25
The International Medical Helpline and Anti-Drug Society has proposed that harmful drugs and narcotics should be burnt on Dasehra instead of effigies of Ravana,Kumbhkarana and Meghnad.

DMCH to organise genetics conference
Ludhiana, September 25
With the latest advances and unravelling of the mystery of human genome, genetics is the latest buzzword in the field of medicine and a lot of emphasis is being laid on the genetic aspect of the disease. Keeping in view this development, the Anatomy Department of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital will organise a CME in ‘‘Clinical Anatomy- An update in Genetics’’ on September 29 at Dumra Auditorium.

30,000 students given tips on oral hygiene
Ludhiana, September 25
The Indian Dental Association (IDA) in collaboration with Colgate Palmolive, under their National Oral Health Programme 'Bright Smiles- Bright Futures' claimed to have covered more than 30, 000 schoolchildren in the district.

SPORTS

Stage set for volleyball meet finals
Ludhiana, September 25
Khalsa Club prevailed over Khalsa College for Women, Sudhar 25-10, 25-12 and 25-14 while Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, drubbed GNG College, Ludhiana, 25-5, 25-8 and 25-4 to set up the title clash in the final of the 35th Ludhiana District Volleyball Championship which began at the S D Government College for Boys here today.

50 teams to take part in TT matches
Ludhiana, September 25
More than 50 teams from Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir will participate in the VI CBSE Table Tennis Cluster XII Championship from October 17 to 20 to be held at Alpine International Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana.