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Yet another NRI groom deserts wife
Ludhiana, May 7
The glamour attached to foreign land blinded her so much that she solemnised her marriage ceremony with the picture of an NRI. Later, the NRI groom visited India, lived with her for a month and left for Canada, leaving her with a promise that he would soon fly her to the dreamland.

Rival groups come to blows as new DYC chief takes over
Ludhiana, May 7
High drama was witnessed today during the taking over ceremony of the newly appointed president of the District Youth Congress, Mr Dimple Rana, as supporters of the ousted president, Mr Komal Khanna, shouted slogans, raised black flags and tried to prevent the ceremony from being conducted.

Policemen try to control supporters of the former District Youth Congress chief and the newly appointed president during the taking-over ceremony in Ludhiana on Saturday. — A Tribune photograph

For them Mother’s Day brings pain, despair

Ludhiana, May 7 Mother’s Day would only bring pain for scores of women who were deserted by their children. Instead of making them complete women, motherhood has left them devoid of their homes in the twilight of their lives. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, MOM: A boy presents a rose to his mother on the eve of Mother’s Day in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Alleged narcotics smuggler commits suicide
Ludhiana/Machhiwara, May 7
A karyana merchant, facing charges of narcotics smuggling, of Sehbazpur village near Macchiwara committed suicide today after allegedly facing harassment at the hands of the local police who allegedly implicated him in a false case.

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COMMUNITY

Govt fails to hand over land to rightful owners
Gujjarwal (Ahmedgarh), May 7
Successive governments in the state have failed to tell the Block Development Office at Pakhowal to hand over residential plots to their legal holders, who had been allotted pieces of land measuring 100 square yards each by the then Governor in 1975.

Restrain magician from showing animals in shows: AWBI
New Delhi, May 7
The Animal Welfare Board of India, an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, has written to the District Collector of Ludhiana to restrain a magician from exhibiting unregistered animals in magic shows.

Sahnewal SHO sent to police lines

Question missing in MA(II) English paper
Doraha, May 7
The compulsory question No I related to reference, was found missing in the paper-III option American Poetry and Drama of MA part II English, as a result of which resentment prevailed among the students and teachers.

Sarina tops varsity in BBA Ist semester
Ludhiana, May 7
Sarina Khurana and Tushar Sood both students of Punjab College of Technical Education, have bagged first and third positions respectively, in the BBA first semester university examinations held in December-2004.

From Schools
Students given tips on alternative medicine
Ludhiana, May 7
Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, BRS Nagar, today organised a seminar on ‘Alternative Medicine’ and ‘ Music and Dance’ as part of ‘Widening Horizons’, a week-long series of seminars on careers.

Essay contest at PAU
Ludhiana, May 7
More than 150 NSS volunteers from the College of Agriculture, Home Science and Agricultural Engineering of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, participated in essay contests on “Role of youth in national integration,” “Lust to go to foreign land, “Old age homes — should they be there?” at a one-day camp held here today in the examination hall of the College of Agriculture.

ETT teachers to lock schools
Ludhiana, May 7
The Unemployed Elementary Teachers Union at its meeting here today at Chattar Singh Park decided to lock the 200 schools in various villages of Punjab if these were handed over to private managements as announced by the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

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Official denied bail in murder bid case
Ludhiana, May 7
The Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Sukhdarshan Singh Khaira, has dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by a local Railway official, G.D. Agnihotri, in an attempt-to-murder case of journalists.

Lok Adalat at Khanna
Ludhiana, May 7
The Khanna Subdivisional Legal Services Committee today held the quarterly lok Adalat under the supervision of its chairperson, Ms Priya Sood, Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division).

CULTURE

Ludhiana, May 7 Live musical shows these days are a rarity. Even when the artistes present the ‘live’ shows they depend much on their own pre-recorded voices and only do the “lip service” before the audience. However, the Mumbai Blast, a musical night presented by eminent musicians of the film industry Jatin and Lalit proved to be a different experience as it was live in the true sense. Alicia Rout performing at Guru Nanak Sports Complex on Friday evening at the Jatin Lalit night. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Conference on biopotential held

Ludhiana, May 7 A CME on biopotentials in health and diseases was organised by the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital under the aegis of APPI, Ludhiana Chapter, today at Dumra Auditorium. Dr G.S. Wander, Chief Cardiologist, Hero DMC Heart Institute, presents a lecture during the CME on biopotentials in health and disease organised at DMCH. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

SPORTS

Chess competition results
Ludhiana, May 7
More than 400 students took part in the one-day inter-class chess competition organised by Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Udham Singh Nagar, here today.

Annual meeting of PRSPC today
Ludhiana, May 7
The annual general meeting of the Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council (PRSPC) will be held at the conference hall of Guru Nanak Stadium here on Sunday between 10 and 12 noon. Mr Pavittar Singh Grewal, general secretary, PRSPC, informed that the council which oversees rural sports clubs in Punjab, would be reconstituted.