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Evading toll tax, VIP style
Ludhiana, June 2
A large number of police officers, bureaucrats and politicians in the region have issued VIP passes to their relatives and supporters to enable them evade tax at the toll tax barrier on National Highway No. 1 near Doraha.

Ferozepore Road: encroachers’ haven
Ludhiana, June 2

The Ferozepore road, which begins from the foot of the Jagraon bridge on the Bharat Nagar chowk side and winds up past the PAU and Rajguru Nagar, is perhaps the only swank road in the city other than the Mall.
Roadside dwellers who have turned a bus stop shelter along the Ferozepore road into a home. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

City takes lead in waste management
Ludhiana, June 2
With the biomedical waste handling plant already operational in the city, a project for the segregation of domestic and industrial waste water in one of the industrial pockets in advanced stage of execution and a solid waste management project for the handling of about 800 tonnes of solid waste produced every day, about to be launched, the industrial hub of Punjab has taken a lead in waste management in the region.

Residents oppose construction on green belt

Ludhiana, June 2 The move of Ludhiana Improvement Trust to construct a three-storey residential complex on a proposed green belt in Model Town Extension, Block-D, has invited the wrath of residents of the area, who are all set to oppose the move. The area earmarked for a residential complex in Model Town Extension, Block-D. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Parag Jain is city DIG
Ludhiana, June 2
Mr Parag Jain, an IPS officer of the 1989 batch, took over as the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ludhiana range, here today.

COMMUNITY

Seminar on oil expelling technology
Ludhiana, June 2
The Mechanical Engineering Research And Development Organisation, Ludhiana, organised a 5 day training programme on oil expelling technology for operation and maintenance of 1 TPD oil expeller. The training was organised especially for the trainees from the state of Manipur. Seventeen of the trainees participated in the programme, which concluded here yesterday.
Entrepreneurs from Manipur undergo training in operation and maintenance of 1 TPD Oil Expeller at MERADO, Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

Work on elevated road resumed
Ludhiana, June 2
The construction firm involved in the Rs 32.68 crore project of an elevated stretch on the Old GT Road from Jagraon Bridge to Chand Cinema has resumed the construction work.


A view of the piers laid for the elevated road on the Old G.T. Road in Ludhiana. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmad

Cong reviews poll results
Amloh, June 2
A meeting of the Congress members of the Amloh Assembly segment, part of the Ropar parliamentary constituency, was organised at Canal Rest House here by Mr Shingara Singh, the Block Congress Chief, on Monday. The purpose was to find out the reasons behind party’s poor show in the parliamentary elections.

CRIME

Financier commits suicide
Ludhiana, June 2
A local financier allegedly hanged himself after appearing in a city court in connection with a case registered against him sometime ago. Samuel Danny hanged himself by his wife’s dupatta from a ventilator at about 1. 30 pm. here today.

Satluj Club in news again
Ludhiana, June 2
Satluj Club is once again in the news and not for any good reasons. The bar secretary of the club, Mr Rocky Malhotra, was yesterday arrested by the police and later released on bail in connection with a case registered in Sarabha Nagar police station.

BUSINESS

Demand to simplify sales tax structure
Ludhiana, June 2
The Ludhiana Electronic Traders Association has urged the government to implement the proposed valued added tax only when it was introduced simultaneously all over the country. It further asked for all other local taxes to be scrapped and the simplification of the sales tax structure.

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AGRICULTURE

Farmers set up library
Ludhiana, June 2
Inspired by Dr Kirpal Singh Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, and Dr Amrik Singh Sandhu, Director of Extension Education, two leading farmers, Mr Bhinder Singh and Mr Hardip Singh, of Phidde Kalan village, Faridkot, have started a library of agricultural literature in the memory of their father Giani Gurdip Singh.

EDUCATION

PCTE delegation visits Pakistan
Ludhiana, June 2
A delegation from Punjab College of Technical Education, Ludhiana, visited National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore and Shahid Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan under the exchange programme.

PCTE students top in BCA exam
Ludhiana, June 2
Sunny Bansal and Harleen Kaur of BCA (fifth semester) in the Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE) have bagged the first and second positions, respectively, in the examinations held in December, 2003 by Punjab Technical University.

CULTURE

Theatre workshop for children
Ludhiana, June 2
The Art Theatre started its 69th children theatre workshop 2004, in collaboration with the Punjabi Sahit Akademi, at Punjabi Bhavan here yesterday, A director and playwright, Kewal Dhaliwal, inaugurated the workshop speaking on the occasion, he said the Art Theatre was making a good effort by holding such workshops.