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Woman, son found murdered
Ludhiana, October 9
An aged woman and her son were found murdered in Gobind Nagar near Mundian on Ludhiana-Chandigarh road today morning. Personal enmity appeared to be the motive behind the twin murders. The assailants had clubbed the heads of the victims with a wooden household implement and also pierced the noses of the victims with a screw driver. The murderers had also sprinkled red chilli powder on the wounds of the deceased. mutilated the bodies.

Cops outside the house where a woman and her son were found murdered in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Children, women more prone to depression
Ludhiana, October 9
Depression is not only affecting adult males but more and more children as well as women are also suffering from the problem, which can be cured easily.

Three farmers, bank officials booked for fraud
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9
Ignoring the stay orders passed by the Additional District Judge (Senior) Sangrur, three farmers of Rohira village got a mortgage deed registered in respect of 15 bighas of land and secured Kisan credit cards worth Rs 1 lakh on the basis of fake documents with the alleged connivance of certain officials of Punjab National Bank, Kanganwal.

AISAD working for third alternative

Ludhiana, October 9 The All-India Shiromani Akali Dal (AISAD) is working towards a third political alternative to the Congress and the SAD. The third alternative is likely to be announced on December 14 to mark the 85th anniversary of the SAD. The All-India Shiromani Akali Dal President, Mr Jaswant Singh Mann, addresses mediapersons in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

LUDHIANA CALLING Short Messaging Service (SMS) seems to be the best way of communicating one’s feelings. No matter the occasion is sad or happy, people make it a subject. The massive earthquake which took several lives was again used as a theme for SMS, ranging from spiritual, religious to funny. Some messages are:

COMMUNITY

Civic body fails to solve Sewerage problem
Khanna, October 9
Even after spending crores of rupees to solve the sewerage problem in the city the problem of sewerage water disposal has made the life of residents miserable . The residents of different areas of the city are making regular appeals to the Municipal authorities and other concerned officers. But nothing has been done so far

Lok Bhalai Party to take up farmers’ cause

Ludhiana, October 9 ‘‘The Lok Bhalai Party was not only committed to take up the cause of the farmers but would also strive to provide a better deal to the Punjabi youth stranded on foreign shores besides ensuring that girls who marry abroad are not harassed on any account,’’ says Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, party chief and a member of the National Minorities Educational Institutes Commission, who was addressing an impressive meeting to mobilize workers for the state Assembly elections.

Lok Bhalai Party chief Balwant Singh Ramoowalia makes a point during a workers’ meeting in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

Infusing life into lumps Ludhiana, October 9 Soon after coming from school to her house in Chander Nagar, Priyanka (7), granddaughter of a potter, takes to painting various types of “diyas” and other earthenware. These days she is extremely busy in painting hundreds of assorted “diyas”, piggy banks and so on. So are the other dozen-odd members of the joint family headed by Panna Lal whose two sons, their wives and children live under the same roof. The whole family is working around 18 hours a day for making items for Divali. Priyanka paints the top of a clay creation in Ludhiana. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Pensioners plan rallies
Ludhiana, October 9
Mr B.R. Kaushal, chairman, Punjab Pensioners Confederation, rued that the poll promises made by the Congress during the elections had not been fulfilled in the past three and a half years.

• Pensioners express shock over quake deaths

Mayor inaugurates road repair
Ludhiana, October 9
The Mayor of the local municipal corporation, Mr Nahar Singh Gill, today formally inaugurated the re-conditioning and widening of the roads in Sarabha Nagar Block-I. The Mayor, along with councillor Ms Amrit Varsha Rampal, started the re-conditioning and widening of the roads in the area by laying a foundation stone.

CRIME

4 booked for allegedly duping ex- Inspector
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9
The local police has registered a case against at least four persons including a former municipal councilor under Section 420, 379, 467, 468, 471, 120 B of the IPC for allegedly duping a former police Inspector.

AGRICULTURE

Start procurement, say farmers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 9
Local farmers have urged the Chief Minister to impress upon the Food Corporation of India (FCI) authorities for starting procurement at the Kalsian purchase centre. Led by Mr Nirmal Singh, sarpanch, Kalsian, the farmers alleged that the officials were harassing the farmers on one pretext or the other.

EDUCATION

Ukraine medical varsity plans to set up college 
Ludhiana, October 9
Odessa State Medical University (OSMU), Ukraine, is planning to set up a postgraduate medical college in Punjab. The modalities are being worked out and university officials have already taken up the matter with officials of the Government of India.

From Schools and Colleges
Govt college gets multi-media computer

Ludhiana, October 9 Satish Dhawan India Space Research Centre, ISRO, Bangalore, has gifted a multi - media computer to Government College .Mr. D.S. Gill, Principal of the college, expressed his deep gratitude. While acknowledging the gesture, he said, “It is indeed a rare honour for the college to receive the gift and an opportunity to stay in touch with the space centre for research purposes.

ABVP students participate in a rally on the concluding day of the 35th state conference at Kamla Lotia Sanatan Dharam College in Ludhiana. — Photo by  Inderjit Verma

Non-teaching staff strike today
Ludhiana, October 9
The Private College Non-Teaching Employees Union (Punjab and Chandigarh) will go on hunger-strike on October 10 against the non-implementation of their long -pending demands at Arya College, Ludhiana.

CULTURE

Celebrity poets to attend mushaira today
Ludhiana, October 9
The Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam will bring to the city a poetic flavour. According to Mr S.K. Rai, general secretary of the samagam, poets including Dr Sita Sagar, Dr Surendra Sharma, Dr Bashir Badar, Dr Surjit Patar and Dr Pradeep Chobey will tomorrow offer the best of best of Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi poetry.

DMCH surgeon completes fellowship
Ludhiana, October 9
Dr Rajnish Garg, Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here has recently completed a fellowship of three months in joint replacement, arthroscopy and sports medicine from Flinders Medical University at Adelaide, Australia.

SPORTS

Easy wins of Kila Raipur, Sahnewal
Ludhiana, October 9
Shaheed Udham Singh Club of Sahnewal and Harpal Club of Kila Raipur registered easy wins in their respective matches in the 6th Bibi Surjit Kaur Memorial Six-a-Side Hockey League Tournament being organised by the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club at Jarkhar, about 12 km from here, today.