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BUILDING BYLAWS VIOLATION
15 MC officials charge-sheeted
Ludhiana, January 24
Taking serious note of the blatant violations of building bylaws in the city, particularly the commercial complexes, hotels and other buildings, the state government has issued charge sheets to 15 MC officials here.

Kidney scam casts its shadow on renal transplants
Ludhiana, January 24
The kidney scam, that has rocked the state, has not only reduced the number of patients coming to the nephrology departments of various hospitals, but also spread terror in the minds of doctors, many of whom have preferred to go on leave till the dust settles over the scam.

BADAM BAGH FIRING
Probe ordered for the third time
Ludhiana, January 24
The Badam Bagh firing case, involving the suspended District Commandant of Home Guards, Daljit Singh Grewal, as the main accused, has created a record of sorts with the district police announcing yet another inquiry into the incident.

Challaned for driving car without helmet
Ludhiana, January 24
Strange are the ways of Ludhiana police. When it decides to do something, nothing can stop it. Even if it means challaning a Sikh driver, wearing a turban, for not wearing a helmet while driving a car !

COMMUNITY

DELHI BOMB BLAST CASE
‘Gallows for Bhullar has alienated Sikhs further’

Ludhiana, January 24 Activists of the Shiromani Khalsa Panchayat (SKP) today staged a dharna in front of the Mini Secretariat to protest against the death sentence awarded to Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, the main accused in the Delhi bomb blast case. Members of the Khalsa Panchayat sit outside Mini Secretariat to present a memorandum to the DC to protest against the capital punishment awarded to Devinderpal Singh Bhullar in Delhi bomb blast case in Ludhiana on Friday. — IV

Bitta fears threat to life

Ludhiana, January 24 “A faction of the Congress, allegedly in collusion with certain self-styled Panthic leaders, is trying to get me assassinated and a sum of Rs 4 crore has been received from abroad for the contract killing,” claims Mr Maninderjit Singh Bitta, chairman of the All India Anti-Terrorism Front. The chairman of the All India Anti-Terrorism Front, Mr Maninderjit Singh Bitta, addresses mediapersons in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo Inderjit Verma

Harassed railway employee alleges police inaction
Ludhiana, January 24
Even as three months have lapsed since a class IV woman railway employee had alleged sexual harassment at the hands of some union leaders, no headway has been made into the case.

DYC hails move to reopen murder case
Ludhiana, January 24
Mr Gurinder Singh Grewal, general secretary, District Youth Congress, has welcomed the move of the district police to reopen a murder and corruption case involving three police officers, formerly posted in the city.

CRIME

Himachali youth found dead in room
Ludhiana, January 24
Twenty-two-year-old Surjit Kumar, a native of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his room in the Indian Reserve Battalion camp in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar where he had been working as a cook for the past one year or so.

BUSINESS

Sony expects 25 pc increase in sales

Ludhiana, January 24 Sony India will diversify on a much larger scale into digital imaging and digital imaging solutions in the coming year. Targeting its audio-visual equipment aggressively in the North Indian market, Sony is expecting to record a 25 per cent increase in sales in the North during the current fiscal over the last year figures. Visitors having a look at Sony products at an exhibition in Ludhiana on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

PATRIOTIC SPIRIT: Schoolchildren rehearse for the Republic Day celebrations in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo Pardeep Tewari

Flower, salad and dessert contests at KVM
Ludhiana, January 24
The much-awaited flower, salad and dessert competitions in KVM were inaugurated by Ms Rakhi Bhandari, ADC (Development), Ludhiana, in the school today. The competitions received an overwhelming response.

PCCTU unhappy with bureaucracy 
Ludhiana, January 24
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) questioned the functioning of the top-heavy bureaucracy which has failed to implement the directive of the Punjab Chief Minister on November 12 to hold an inter-ministerial meeting to pave the way for solving the problems of the colleges and staff on December 4.

GCW alumni celebrate golden jubilee
Ludhiana, January 24
The Old Students Association of the Government College for Women organised a function to celebrate its diamond jubilee. Ms Preneet Kaur, MP, was the chief guest on the occasion. She inaugurated the function by lighting a lamp. Dr Inderjeet Gill Vasisht, Principal, Government College for Women, welcomed the chief guest and other eminent dignitaries.

Preneet silent on ‘sleaze scam’ 
Ludhiana, January 24
On the fourth day of ongoing diamond jubilee celebrations of Government College for Women, Maharani Preneet Kaur was the chief guest on the occasion. In an informal chat with the media, she said of the latest scandal about the involvement of IAS officer, Mukul Joshi with the Chief Secretary’s wife, Kalpana, that it would give the Opposition a handle to drub the Congress.

‘Impart value-based education’
Doraha, January 24
Mrs Preneet Kaur, MP, attended the annual prize distribution and religious programme of Guru Teg Bahadur Senior Secondary School here today. Giving the inaugural address Mrs Preneet Kaur spoke on the quality of education and how the educational institutions could work towards this direction. She stressed upon the need for imparting value-based education.

SPORTS

Punjab eves win overall trophy  Ludhiana, January 24 Punjab eves gave a stupendous performance to bag the overall trophy in the 28th National Sports Festival for Women organised by the Sports Authority of India which concluded at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, on January 21. Punjab team members who helped the state to win overall trophy in the National Sports Festival for women at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.

Stadium named after Olympian
Ludhiana, January 24
The academic council of Punjab Agricultural University today named the astro hockey turf ground on the campus as Prithipal Singh Hockey Stadium to perpetuate the memory of hockey Olympian Prithipal Singh. The academic council met with Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, in the chair.