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Wheat flour distribution scandal unearthed 
2 arrested, 200 bags confiscated
Ludhiana, April 1
The Jagraon police today claimed to have unearthed a major scandal in the distribution of subsidised wheat flour to yellow-card holders (people below poverty line) in the region with the arrest of two persons, a Raikot-based ration depot owner and a flour mill owner, who pilfered the flour and sold it off at higher rates, thus pocketing the subsidy.

City residents have fun in a pool at Hardy’s World on the Ludhiana-Jalandhar Road on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Farmers’ SOS to DC
Fireworks at marriages endangering wheat crop
Ludhiana, April 1
Farmers of Gahaur and Hassanpur villages, having fields adjoining the five marriage palaces on Ferozepore road, are having sleepless nights on account of fireworks burst during parties as they fear that it could cause devastating fire in their fields having ripe wheat crop.

Students of Government College for Women, Ludhiana, discuss question paper after the examination on Thursday.— Photo by Pradeep Tewari

Cong leaders sink differences over Tiwari
Ludhiana, April 1
The state Congress President, Mr H.S. Hanspal, and the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, today managed to overcome a major hurdle by getting all party leaders from Ludhiana sink their differences for party candidate Manish Tiwari. Every known leader, including party legislator, ministers and chiefs of the Congress urban and rural wings of the party, pledged to ensure the victory of the party nominee for the Ludhiana parliamentary constituency.

City engineer among world’s best
Ludhiana, April 1
An engineer from the city has achieved the distinction of being ranked among the world’s two “much sought after system architect specialising in HP SAN (storage area network) Solutions” that has boosted performance of multinational companies by over 600 per cent, besides reducing costs considerably.

COMMUNITY

City mourns Tohra’s death Ludhiana, April 1 A pall of gloom descended on the city as the Sikh community in general and a number of educational institutions in particular, mourned the death of Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Prayer meetings were held to pay homage to the departed leader, who had remained in the centre-stage of Sikh politics in Punjab for several decades. Akali Dal workers after attending the condolence meeting to mourn the death of SGPC President Gurcharan Singh Tohra at Gurdwara Alamgir, near Ludhiana, on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Heavy rush at a liquor shop in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Garcha’s exit: inexperience or straight-forwardness?
Ludhiana, April 1
Apparently the politically green horn Ashok Singh Garcha, Chairman of Ludhiana Improvement Trust, had chewed more than he could swallow and he had to pay a price for what he claims to be his straight-forwardness but his detractors term it inexperience. After much hullabaloo following allegations by Mr Garcha that a functionary of the ruling party had demanded a contribution of Rs 100 crore to the election fund, he had put in his papers to be effective from June next when he would complete one year of his term.

ABVP accuses cops of harassment
Ludhiana, April 1
The Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has complained of the “inhuman attitude” of the local police towards students to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and the Punjab Human Rights Commission(PHRC). In a letter dispatched to the rights panels yesterday, the ABVP has accused the police of making the students wash and sweep police stations while they were in custody.

Pranks people play on April 1 Ludhiana, April 1 Very many newspapermen were woken up after midnight to be told that BA first year English paper had leaked.Today the examinations of graduate classes start. Poor newspersons started ringing up to get to the bottom of the story. They found out only in the morning that people had played a prank on them and made April Fool of them.

CRIME

Liquor baron’s goons loot booze lovers
Ludhiana, April 1
Come March 31 and liquor goes cheap. Booze lovers throng liquor shops to buy as many bottles as they can afford. After hearing the word yesterday that country liquor was selling at Rs 30 per bottle at a particular liquor shop, near the railway station, Ramu (name changed), a poor labourer who lives in a shanty near Society Cinema and one of his friends pooled money and bought a case of 12 bottles of country liquor. 

Factory owner’s son shot dead
Ludhiana, April 1
The Sadar police yesterday registered a case under Sections 302 and 307 of the IPC and Sections 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act on a statement of Mr Darshan Singh, a resident of street No. 3 in Bachittar Nagar, against Kuldeep Singh, alias Lalli, who lives in the same street.

Management flays teachers’ strike
Ludhiana, April 1
The Sanatan Dharam Parcharak Sabha, a management body of the SDP Senior Secondary School, Hazuri Road, here has alleged that the aided teaching staff of the school had been holding a dharna and strike without any prior notice to the management from March 20 for the release of salary arrears.

High-fibre diet must for good digestion
FIBRE is an important constituent of our diet. It adds bulk to the food that helps in digestion. Fibre also holds water, which softens the stool. Fibre is the part of a plant which cannot be digested. 

Depression among old-age people on the rise
Ludhiana, April 1
The fear of being alone, sleep disturbances, memory disorders, insecurity, physical disabilities etc force majority of old age people in the city to resort to psychiatrists. Most of these elderly people abandoned by their loved ones, feel being cheated. Suffering from agony and pain at the dawn of their lives, senior citizens with no other choice in hands, rely on anti-depressant drugs for the rest of their life.