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Public blames fate, gives clean chit to Railways
Ludhiana, May 16
A day after 38 persons on board the Golden Temple Express were charred to death and several were injured after three coaches caught fire near here, the response of the passengers towards the Railways at the local railway station was as enthusiastic as ever as most of the persons blamed fate rather than finding fault with the Railways.

Nitish Kumar’s sack sought
Ludhiana, May 16
Activists of the District Youth Congress led by former district president Parminder Mehta performed a havan yagya to pray for peace to the victims of train fire and speedy recovery of those injured in the tragic accident.

VIPs’ visits become headache for docs
Ludhiana, May 16
The ‘VIP menace’ played to its true reputation once again, this time in the Golden Temple Mail incident by hampering the rescue work and medical care of the injured admitted to various hospitals of the city.

Endless wait for missing relatives

Ludhiana, May 16 It is an endless wait for relatives who have been frantically trying to locate the whereabouts of their kin who had boarded the Golden Temple Mail from different locations before it met with a catastrophe claiming several lives. Mr Srikanth at the Ludhiana Railway Station enquires about the 13 members of his family who were travelling in the Golden Temple Mail on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph.

Contradictory views on the cause of fire
Ludhiana, May 16
Was the fire in Frontier Mail in the wee hours of Thursday accidental or the result of a sabotage? That was the topic of discussion at the railway station today and none of the participants was willing to buy the story that the fire was the result of carelessly thrown cigarette or a biri, a stove burst or even a short-circuit.

Voluntary bodies reach out to victims

Ludhiana, May 16 Materialism in today’s world is often said to have overtaken human concern, but at the Christian Medical College and Hospital people have shown overwhelming humaneness. Cutting across all lines of cast, colour and creed, several voluntary organisations from as far as Sirsa have arrived to ameliorate the suffering of the persons caught in the blaze that engulfed three coaches of Golden Temple Mail near Ludhiana in the wee hours of yesterday morning.

Volunteers place ice slabs around the bodies of the victims of the train mishap in Ludhiana on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

Tales of unsung heroes
Ludhiana, May 16
Leadership qualities only surface in a crisis situation and this was more than demonstrated in the calamity that resulted owing to a fire in three coaches of Golden Temple Mail on Thursday morning. 

Enhanced ex gratia sought
Ludhiana, May16
The management of Gurdwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Khud Mohalla, today demanded that the government should pay an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of those killed in the recent fire incidents in Khud Mohalla and the Frontier Mail.

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Mere spark can set Mochpura market ablaze
Ludhiana, May 16
Ludhiana is primarily known for its woollen products. When you think of woollens, you think of Ludhiana. And what Ludhiana is to the woollen market in the region, Mochpura Bazaar is to Ludhiana. Mochpura happens to be the wool centre of not only Ludhiana but the entire region.

PSEB launches pre-paid billing scheme
Ludhiana, May 16
A good news for consumers of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), who can now deposit their bills for the entire year in one go. The ambitious pre-paid scheme for depositing electricity bills was formally launched by Mr Harjit Singh Sohi, Member Finance, here today. As many as 118 consumers availed themselves of the facility and deposited Rs 4 lakh.

Former Jathedar seeks clarification from Vedanti
Ludhiana, May 16
Reacting to the excommunication of Gurbux Singh Kala Afghana for his controversial writings by Akal Takht Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti, former Jathedar of Akal Takht Darshan Singh Khalsa has sought clarifications from the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs on the anti-Sikh compilation in Purukh Guru, a ‘granth’ released by Namdhari sect.

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Hike in industrial oil prices assailed
Ludhiana, May 16
The Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Punjab) today assailed the hike in the price of industrial oil. Mr P.D. Sharma, President of the Chamber, said in a statement that oil companies were maintaining an indifferent attitude towards the industry. Rates of furnace oil and naptha, which are widely used by the industry, were being kept on the higher side arbitrarily.

New syllabus books still unavailable
Sahnewal, May 16
The syllabus of maths and science of class IX of the Punjab School Education Board has changed but the new books in Punjabi medium have not been available to teachers and students even after two months into the academic session.

Govt blamed for pathetic condition of colleges
Ludhiana, May 16
Prof Jaipal Singh, general secretary of the Government Teachers Association, has appreciated the move of Mr Harnam Dass Johar, Minister for Higher Education, to see for himself the pathetic condition of government colleges.

Neeraj wins declamation contest Ludhiana, May 16 The Petroleum Conservation Research Association organised a seminar and declamation contest for students of Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, here today. Winners of the declamation contest organised at Everest Public Senior Secondary School by the Petroleum Conservation Research Association in Ludhiana on Friday. — IV

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3 get life imprisonment in murder case
Ludhiana, May 16
Efforts by a woman to prevent her husband from marrying for the second time took an ugly turn when her husband succumbed to the injuries inflicted upon by a nephew of his wife and his friend. A fast track court has sentenced them to rigorous life imprisonment.