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Gastroenteritis breaks out in yet another colony
Ludhiana, September 25
Gastroenteritis has broken in yet another colony of the city with as many as 157 residents of Makkar Colony in Gyaspura reporting sick to doctors in a medical camp organised by the Health Department here today.

A person suffering from gastroenteritis at his house in Makkar Colony, Ludhiana, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Farmers’ unending tale of misery
Ludhiana, September 25
Punjab farmers are these days worried about the economic depression which stares at them menacingly. To make matters worse, an alarming increase in the number of drug addicts seems to have compounded their problems.

Employees end fast
Ludhiana, September 25
The two fasting employees of Punjab Agricultural University, Mr Satpal Sharma and Mr RS Arora, today ended their indefinite fast after the university agreed to revoke their suspension and they also agreed to reply to the show-cause notice.

Trade unions’ strike on September 29
Ludhiana, September 25
Trade unions in the city today resolved to make the strike on September 29 a success. The strike, being observed on a call given by the National Platform of Mass Organisation, is in protest against the Punjab Government’s “anti-people” policies.

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  Sarita Baluja, who volunteers service in a school for disabled
  

LUDHIANA CALLING WITH over 5,000 police personnel on duty for the Prime Minister’s visit here, the security agencies provided a perfect security cover for him. However, the presence of so many men in khaki could not provide one day free of crime. A petrol station was looted near the Samrala chowk and in the Feroze Gandhi market, thieves stole a bag containing over Rs 1 lakh from a car.

COMMUNITY

SAD-BJP man is civic body president
Machhiwara, September 25
The Congress suffered a major setback as SAD-BJP alliance captured presidentship of the local Nagar Panchayat today. Ujagar Singh and Daljeet Singh Gill were elected president and vice-president.

Activists of Bairagi Mandal for Rohtak byelection
Ludhiana, September 25
Several activists of the All-India Bairagi Mahan Mandal, led by its president, Mr Krishan Kumar Bawa, today left for Rohtak to canvass support for Congress nominee Deepender Singh Hooda in the Lok Sabha byelection scheduled to be held on September 28.

Pensioners flay Finance Dept notification
Ludhiana, September 25
At a meeting held here today, the Punjab Government Pensioners’ Association flayed a notification, issued recently by the Punjab Finance Department, regarding rationalisation of pensions/family pensions of pre-96 retirees.

6 poor girls married off Ludhiana, September 25 Six poor girls were married off today by the Maa Bhagwati Club. It also gave them certain household goods. The marriages were solemnised at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Deep Nagar. The marriage of poor girls was arranged in Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha by Maa Bhagwati Club on Sunday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Tributes paid to Deen Dayal Upadhyay
Ludhiana, September 25
Tributes were paid to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay on his birth anniversary here today. A function was organised by the local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party which was presided over by the district president, Dr Subash Verma.

Bharti’s agro-export venture by December
Ludhiana, September 25
Bharti group's $ 50-million project for export of fresh fruits and vegetables, to be set up in Ladhowal here, would be completed by December this year. Fieldfresh Fruit Private Limited, the project being started in joint venture with UK's Rothschild, would be spread in an area of over 300 acres.

Handicrafts from N-E on display Ludhiana, September 25 An exhibition-cum-sale of exquisite crafts of north-eastern states organised by Purbashree Emporium, a branch of the north-eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation, was inaugurated here today by Mayor Nahar Singh Gill. Cane baskets and paintings on wood are on display at an exhibition of crafts from north-eastern states in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Science exhibition concludes
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 25
Mr Virender Kumar Sharma, district science supervisor, Ludhiana, called upon teachers and students of the area to adopt scientific temper in their routine life. He was addressing the concluding function of Science Exhibition at Government Senior Secondary School, Karamsar, near here, yesterday.

Unemployed teachers to hold rallies in rural areas

Ludhiana, September 25 The Unemployed Elementary Teachers Union of Ludhiana district held a meeting in Chhatar Singh Park this afternoon to discuss the plans of a rally to be held on October 19 in Chandigarh. First of all, they signed a document that they will never accept employment on contract basis. Members of the ETTU hold a meeting in Chhatar Singh Park in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

From Colleges
NSS volunteers plant saplings
Ludhiana, September 25
On the occasion of NSS Day volunteers of NSS unit I,ll and III of SDP College for Women here planted 1,000 saplings yesterday to achieve the objective of making the city pollution free and green. Mr Balraj Bhasin, president of the college, was the brain behind this effort.

Quiz contest held
Ludhiana, September 25
A quiz competition based on general awareness was held at Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, here yesterday. Mrs Asha Sharma, Coordinator, IGNOU Special Study Centre 2210-D , presided over the function.

CULTURE

Kids throng ‘Kaboom’ auditions
Ludhiana, September 25
The two-day auditions for the Star Plus dance show ‘Kaboom’ concluded here today with thousands of children, below 14 years of age, participating in it. Out of the number, only 10-15 children would be selected for the finals to be held at Mumbai.

HEALTH

Morphine safe for cancer patients
Jagraon, September 25
Cancer is curable if detected at the right time. These views were expressed by Dr Raman Arora, former consultant at Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Ludhiana, at a meeting of the IMA which was attended by prominent doctors of the area.

Civil Defence holds eye-donation camp Ludhiana, September 25 Civil Defence, Division-2, Ludhiana, organised an eye-donation camp under the leadership of Divisional and Deputy Divisional Warden Satpreet Singh and Harpreet Singh Bedi, respectively, at S.V.N. School, Block I, B.R.S. Nagar. Wardens belonging to Civil Defence, Division-2, Ludhiana, fill eye donation forms at a camp on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Wheatgrass in powder form
Ludhiana, September 25
After the launch of wheatgrass tablets “deerghayu”, Wheatgrass (India) Limited has launched it in powder form. It will be available in the market as “greenaush.” Mr Sanjay K. Redekar, Managing Director of the company, said a week-old plant of wheatgrass was a rich source of various nutrients like chlorophyll, vitamins A, B-17, C and E, proteins, amino acids, calcium, magnesium, zinc, dietary fibre and minerals.