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Heavy downpour throws life out of gear
One electrocuted, commuters stranded, water enters houses

Ludhiana, September 9 Heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds lashed the city for many hours today, throwing normal life out of gear and inundating the entire city, exposing the unpreparedness of the city for the monsoon season. Worsening the matters was the drizzle that continued throughout the day. People wade through water as rain lashes Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Mini-Secretariat basement flooded

Tension in village over place of worship
Ludhiana, September 9
Tension prevails at Dhaula village in the Basti Jodhewal area here since last night following the alleged razing of the building of a religious place.

SHO booked for wrongful confinement
Ludhiana, September 9
A Punjab police inspector and former Station House Officer (SHO) of the Salem Tabri police station has been booked on charges of wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation of a city resident.

Free power to farmers to cost Rs 439 cr
Ludhiana, September 9
Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Jails and Defence Services, Malkiat Singh Birmi has asserted that with the decision to provide free power to the farmers for irrigation costing Rs 439 crore per annum, Capt Amarinder Singh had proved that only the Congress could watch the interests of the state.

Passing Thru

Ludhiana, September 9 Though the primary occupation of Tibetans in exile, settled in India, is agriculture, over 65 per cent of their income comes from trading in woollens that they procure from Ludhiana. Prof Samdong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Central Tibetan Administration, is welcomed by the Tibetan community at Ludhiana railway station on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Jewellery collection launched
Ludhiana, September 9
A leading jewellery store today launched its Maharaja Collection, a diamond jewellery aimed at style, glamour and elegance. Addressing a press conference at the launch here yesterday, CEO of the store Rohit Jain said: “The collection has been launched keeping in view the changing customer tastes and a burgeoning buying market, which is fast expanding.”

BSNL opens on-line cash counter
Ludhiana, September 9
The sixth on-line cash counter of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was inaugurated by the General Manager of Ludhiana Telecom Circle, Mr G.S. Julka, at its subdivisional office at Baddowal here today.

RS Model students meet President
Ludhiana, September 9
The long-cherished dream of the students of R.S. Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana, materialised when they sat in audience with the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in Rashtrapati Bhavan yesterday.

Students of RS Model School meet President APJ Abdul Kalam in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

From Colleges
Creative writing contest held
Ludhiana, September 9
The English Literary Society of the Government College for Women organised an English creative writing contest here today to encourage students to explore their creativity in prose and poetry.

Road safety workshop held in school
Ludhiana, September 9
The Institute of Road Traffic Education organised a workshop on road safety education in coordination with Ludhiana Traffic Police at Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School here today.

Hospital staff, chemists trade charges
Ludhiana, September 9
While the Brown Memorial Hospital (Christian Medical College and Hospital) Employees Union has alleged that more than 200 life saving drugs were not available at the hospital pharmacy and patients were forced to purchase the prescribed drugs from outside at much higher prices, the Wholesale Chemists Association here has charged the CMCH management with not releasing the payments, running into several crores, for supply of medicines for quite some time now.

Dogra stops shifting of ESI dispensary
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 9
Reacting to stories published in the Tribune and a request by the management of a local mill, Mr Ramesh Chand Dogra, Health Minister, Punjab, has directed the authorities not to shift the ESIC dispensary from the local town to Machhiwara as decided earlier.

DMC doctor attends fellowship in Austria