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Recovery of human skull part causes panic
Ludhiana, November 23
Panic gripped the Civil Hospital staff and patients today with the recovery of the upper part of a human skull, suspected to be over five years old, from an abandoned plot near the mortuary of the hospital today morning.

PPCC seeks reduction in liquor rates
Ludhiana, November 23
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee is understood to have pressed upon the Punjab Government to bring down the prices of liquor in the state and that country-made liquor should be the first priority.

A group of ‘behrupiyas’ riding a rickshaw look intently at something while the rickshaw-puller is amused at the attention he is getting because of them. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

“Arrest of innocents reminiscent of terrorism era”
Ludhiana, November 23
Picking up innocent people and declaring them as terrorists or militant harbourers by the Punjab police is an alarming development and is reminiscent of the days of terrorism when hundreds of youth were eliminated in fake encounters.

Villagers rescue injured sambar Ludhiana, November 23 Residents of Chak Sarwan Nath village on Ludhiana-Chandigarh road today rescued an injured one-year-old sambar (antelope) that had strayed into the village from Mattewara forest today afternoon. The injured sambhar being fed by residents of Chak Sarwan Nath village. — A Tribune photograph

95 cases settled at Shikayat Nivaran Divas
Jagraon, November 23
We are motivating the people for settling disputes without going to the court and the police is ready to help in solving your problems. This was stated by Mr Prag Jain, DIG, Ludhiana Range, here today at ‘ Basant Palace’ on the Sidhwan Bet Road, while addressing the gathering.

COMMUNITY

Police for action against Home Guard jawan

Mandi Ahmedgarh, November 23 The district Sangrur police has written to the Punjab Home Guards Department to take action against a constable whose alleged misbehavior had put the local police in an embarrassing position yesterday. An irate mob had demonstrated against the local police after a driver was allegedly slapped by the said constable. An irate mob demonstrating against the Ahmedgarh police on Wednesday. — Photo by Mahesh Sharma

82 complaints redressed at police camps

Jagraon, November 23 With an objective to provide speedy justice to complainants and decrease the burden of litigation on the people and the police, the Jagraon police organised Grievance-Redressal Camps simultaneously in three subdivisions, including Jagraon, Raikot and Mullanpur Dakha, today. Mr Parag Jain, DIG, Ludhiana, at a grievances redress camp held at Jagraon on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Bihar result expression of democracy: BJP
Ludhiana, November 23
The BJP has congratulated the people of Bihar for giving a clear majority to the NDA combine, comprising BJP and Janata Dal (U), in the Assembly elections and rejecting the “jungle-raj” of Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi.

Ludhiana’s dominance in SGPC
Ludhiana, November 23
Probably for the first time in the history of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Ludhiana district has got a dominant say. There are at least six persons from the district who have been appointed to prestigious posts in the SGPC.

Members of gurdwara panels elected
Amloh, November 23
Under the provisions of the Gurdwara Act, elections of members of gurdwara committees of Gurdwara 6th Guru Mandi Gobindgarh and Gurudwara Guru Gobind Singh at Hargana village in Khamano subdivision under Amloh SGPC constituency, were fixed for December 11.

Vashisht on technical panel for waste
Khanna, November 23
Mr Vinod Vashisht president of the All-India Steel Re-Rollers Association, has been appointed member of the technical committee formed by the Government of Punjab, Department of Science and Technology, Environment and Non-Conventional Energy, to handle hazardous waste of Punjab factories.

City dharamshala at Chintpurni to be expanded

Ludhiana, November 23 The Ludhiana dharamshala at Mata Chitpurni shrine in Himachal will have six new rooms and a hall and the ongoing construction work will be completed by February 2006 at a cost of Rs 1 crore. The newly elected office-bearers and managing committee members of the Ludhiana Dharamshala (Chintpurni) in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Cycle rally marks heritage day
Khanna, November 23
A cycle rally was organised to celebrate World heritage day by A S College Khanna from Khanna to Ropar today. The rally was organised to motivate the public about environment issues, check pollution and to create awareness about the benefits of cycling.

Workers’ dharna enters third day
Ludhiana, November 23
The dharna by CPM and CITU against the Centre and state government policies entered its third day here today. The workers were addressed today by Mr Charan Singh Virdi, member, central committee, CPM, Mr Rashpal Singh, president, Punjab Kisan Sabha, and Mr Raghunath Singh, CITU general secretary.

IT surveys on cycle units yield Rs 25 lakh tax 
Ludhiana, November 23
Income Tax surveys conducted by teams of officials at a couple of cycle parts manufacturing and export units owned by the same family in Dhandari Kalan here, had yielded a concealed income of around Rs 80 lakh. The owners had agreed to deposit an additional tax of little more than Rs 25 lakh.

Security of banks discussed
Khanna, November 23
The DIG (Ludhiana range), Mr Parag Jain, today organised a meeting of bank officials of the district with regard to security. More than 50 bank officials attended the meeting.

AGRICULTURE

PAU to give boost to banana cultivation
Ludhiana, November 23
In a bid to boost fruit cultivation in the state, Punjab Agricultural University is making efforts to promote cultivation of bananas in the state. Although banana is an important fruit crop of tropical regions and cannot be successfully grown in sub-tropical areas like Punjab, yet farmers have tried to grow this crop here.

EDUCATION

Unplanned B.Ed colleges compromise with standards
Ludhiana, November 23
The state government seems to have compromised with the standard of higher education by providing a clean chit to several unplanned BEd. Sore over the apathetic attitude of the government towards the state of higher education, the educationists feel that private players would not only charge exorbitant fee from the students but will exploit the new teachers, too.

From Colleges
Blood donated for thalassaemic kids

Ludhiana, November 23 A blood donation camp for thalassaemic children was organised by the NSS and NCC units of Guru Nanak Girls College here today. The camp was held in collaboration with the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. A blood donation camp in progress at Guru Nanak Girls College in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Seminar on stress management 
Ludhiana, November 23
The Department of Business Management, LCET, Katani Kalan, organised a seminar on stress management in organisational development and managing assets in organisations. Mr D. Goswami, Vice-President HRD and Personnel, and Mr Rajiv Mehani, Chief Manager, Project and Planning Corporate office, Mahavir Spinning Mills of Vardhman Group, were the resource persons.

Scholarship programme
Samrala, November 23
The president, Mr Mehma Singh Kang, and general secretary, Dr Gulzar Mohammed Goria, of Adhyapik Chetna Manch today said that an educational programme would be held at Government Secondary School, Otalan, on November 26 at 11 am. Dr Jagtar Singh Khattra, DPI (E) Punjab, Chandigarh, would be the chief guest.

PAU employees hold rally
Ludhiana, November 23
Mr D.P. Maur, a candidate for the post of president of Punjab Agricultural University Employees’ Union today claimed that he would be winning with a comfortable margin. He claimed that during his last several terms he had made tremendous contribution to employees’ cause and he was hopeful that his services would be acknowledged.

Delegate session of health staff from Dec 18
Ludhiana, November 23
The annual delegate session of the Coordination Committee of Paramedical and Health Employees, Punjab, will be held here on December 18 and 19. The pending demands of the employees, besides the election of office-bearers, would be taken up.

SPORTS

Basketball tournament begins

Ludhiana, November 23 The XIVth Ludhiana Sahodaya Schools Basketball Tournament began at BCM Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh Road branch, here today. Mr R. S. Thukral, Divisional Manager, Indusind Bank, inaugurated the three-day meet in which 28 teams in the age groups of u-14 and u-19 years are taking part. Mr S. D. Kalia, Principal of the host school, welcomed the participants and highlighted the importance of sports. A match in progress between BCM School and KVM School on the opening day of the XIVth Ludhiana Sahodaya Schools Basketball Tournament in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph