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Teacher’s ire leaves boy partially deaf
Ludhiana, September 27
A 14-year-old boy, Manpreet Singh, has been left partially deaf after being allegedly beaten up by a teacher in Government High School, Mushakabad near Samrala early this week. The medical examination by an ENT specialist at Khanna civil hospital last afternoon revealed the extent of the damage.

3 held in orphans’ property case
Ludhiana, September 27
The local police has arrested three persons for allegedly forging some documents and selling the property of two orphan children. The three include Rajesh Kumar, maternal uncle of orphans, Paras (12) and Kangna (13), his friends Baldev Raj and Waryam Ram Lambardar. They connived to forge a PAN card of orphans’ father and executed a sale deed of a plot in the Haibowal area. The three were booked under Sections 419, 467, 468 and 120 of the IPC.

Cong aggravating financial crisis: Tohra
Amloh, September 27
The Punjab Government has unleashed corruption propaganda against the former Akali government to divert the attention of people from its own failures. But the people have seen its real face in less than two years.

FACE OF PARTITION

A PCTE student gets his face painted with an image of Partition in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari

Three tricksters held
Ludhiana, September 27
Three tricksters who duped large number of city residents by claiming they can do miracles to solve the family problems of the victims have been caught by the Division No. 5 police in a raid at a city hotel. Three persons belonging to Uttar Pradesh have been identified as Varinder Kumar, Shailendera and Chander Prakash.

Music company tenders apology
Ludhiana, September 27
Setting at rest the controversy sparked off by certain contents of Chankatta 2003 audio and video album of Jaswinder Bhalla and Bal Mukand Sharma, the producers of the album - M/s Goel Music Company of Bathinda, have tendered an apology to all concerned whose feelings might have been hurt.

Five more dengue cases  in DMCH
Ludhiana, September 27
Five more patients from Batala were admitted to the local Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) during the past 24 hours.

COMMUNITY

Speakers flay govt’s water policy

Ludhiana, September 27 The Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha (BJGVJ) Ludhiana organised a seminar on ‘Clean Drinking Water for all- challenge before the Nation’ in coordination with the Punjab State Council for Science and Technology. Dr Sudhirender Sharma speaking on a seminar on ‘Clean Drinking Water’ organised by the Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma.

Street vendors hold rally
Ludhiana, September 27
The Municipal Corporation has decided to regulate the movement of rehris (push carts) in commercial centres and thickly populated localities. Hawkers and farriwalas would also be provided spaces in different localities.

Boy traps monkey
Ludhiana, September 27
One of the four monkeys, who had been spreading terror in Urban Estate, Jamalpur area, for the last many days by injuring children was finally caught by a 14-year-old boy of the area by laying a trap here today.

Lottery sellers go on fast
Ludhiana, September 27
Four activists of the Ludhiana Retail Lottery Association started a fast today. They are protesting against hike in the sale price of weekly lottery tickets by the local stockists and the vindictive attitude of the Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries towards the retailers. Four members of the association — Mr Devinder Singh, Mr Pradeep Kumar, Mr Vishal and Mr Keshav Verma — sat on fast at the Lottery Market in Clock Tower Chowk here.

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CRIME

One more held in fake currency racket
Machhiwara, September 27
After interrogating Charanjit Singh, who was arrested two days ago here while he was circulating fake currency, the Machhiwara police has arrested his accomplice Narinder Singh.

BUSINESS

Industry upbeat 
Ludhiana, September 27
After a severe slump for about a year, the mood in the industry is quite upbeat with the forecast of a good kharif crop in the country this year. The reason is being attributed to the good monsoon as most parts of the country received a good rainfall this year, as compared to the previous year.

Production normal at Hero Cycles
Ludhiana, September 27
The production has come to the normal level at the Hero Cycles after problems were sorted out with employees. The co Chairman and the Managing Director of the company Mr Om Prakash Munjal, said that the workers were convinced that they were being properly taken care of.

Hoteliers seek tourism  promotion
Ludhiana, September 27
The Hotel and Restaurant Association of Punjab has demanded promotion of religious and domestic tourism in the state. It observed that the state had a tremendous tourism potential, particularly in the field of religious and cultural tourism.

FROM COLLEGES
Solve problems psycho way: expert
Ludhiana, September 27
The Department of Psychology of G.H.G. Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, organised an extension lecture on ‘The role of psychology in modern life’ here yesterday. Dr Agyajit Singh, a former Head of the Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala, was the resource person, who presented his research paper.

FROM SCHOOLS Annual day, quiz contest Ludhiana, September 27 There was colour and a lot of festivity on the Nankana Sahib Public school campus. The school was celebrating silver jubilee here today. A cultural programme was presented by students. Students of Nankana Sahib Public School, Ludhiana, wait to take stage at the silver jubilee function on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

Bhagat Singh remembered

Ludhiana, September 27 Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch organised a state-level essay writing competition at Punjabi Bhavan here today. Students were asked to write an essay on ‘The relevance of ideology of Bhagat Singh in today’s world. The winners of essay writing competition display they trophies. The contest was organised by Shaheed Bhagat Singh Manch at Punjabi Bhawan in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Mashal jaloos by ABVP Ludhiana, September 27 The Ludhiana Unit of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today organised ‘Mashal Jaloos’ to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. The jaloos started from Chowk Ghanta Ghar and concluded at Jagraon Bridge. Members of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parished (ABVP) take out a ‘Mashal Jaloos’ to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

14 gastro patients hospitalised
Ludhiana, September 27
Giaspura locality on the outskirts of the city and adjoining colonies continue to be in the grip of gastroenteritis as 200 more patients reported in the OPD of the camp hospital. 

991 examined at  medical camp Machhiwara, September 27 As many as 991 patients were examined at a free medical camp organised at Civil Dispensary, Jhar Sahib.The camp was organised by the Punjab Health Systems Corporation. Dr Rajinder Singh Saggu, Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, inaugurates the multi-speciality free medical camp at Jhar Sahib on Saturday.  — Photo by Ravi Inder Singh Makkar

SPORTS

Hockey, tennis squads for Punjab Games
Ludhiana, September 27
The names of members of the Ludhiana hockey and lawn tennis teams for the forthcoming Punjab State Womens Games scheduled to be held at different venues of the city from October 1 to 3 have been announced.