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BJP, Left flay WTO meeting outcome
Ludhiana, December 22
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left parties have denounced the outcome of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meet which concluded recently at Hong Kong. The party leaders maintained that the Central Government was trying to mislead the public opinion in the country and nothing had been gained there.

Badal mute spectator to division in party
Ludhiana, December 22
The Akali Dal (Badal), Ludhiana, is a divided house and is witnessing an intense struggle for supremacy. President of the Shiromini Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal is a silent spectator to all the happenings in the factional fight in the local Akali jatha.

Hosiery manufacturer accepts tax liability of Rs 30 lakh
Ludhiana, December 22
A local hosiery manufacturer has surrendered an additional undisclosed income of Rs 90 lakh and accepted a tax liability of more than Rs 30 lakh after a day long income tax survey conducted on four different premises of the firm.

Commuters move with headlights on due to dense fog that engulfed Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Foreign shores beckon holiday revellers
Ludhiana, December 22
Foreign destinations have emerged as hot favourites among the fun loving Ludhianavis to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays. According to the local travel agents over 20 per cent increase has been witnessed this year in demand for international travel packages.

Rly staff hold gate rally
Ludhiana, December 22
Led by activists of Northern Railwaymens’ Union (NRMU), the railway employees today held a gate rally in front of Loco Shed here to mobilse their ranks for the proposed indefinite strike in February 2006 to press for the acceptance of their pending demands.

Clerk’s suicide: Principal’s arrest sought
Ludhiana, December 22
Tension engulfed Khud Mohalla this afternoon, when the relatives and friends of a clerk posted at a school, had allegedly committed suicide yesterday morning. They staged a dharna in front of the school principal’s house. He was being accused of creating circumstances for his death.

COMMUNITY

Missing traffic lights pose danger to motorists
Khanna, December 22
Missing traffic light poles at Malerkotla Chowk here, and their low maintenance by the Municipal authorities have caused traffic nuisance at many places in the town. At Malerkotla Chowk two traffic poles were broken in two different accidents several months ago. But the concerned authorities did not repair these poles which are causing inconvenience to common man.

Seminar on fish farming begins
Ludhiana, December 22

A two-day workshop on “Fisheries and aquaculture in Indus River Region-conservation, management and development of indigenous fish fauna” was yesterday inaugurated by PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr K.S. Aulakh. Dr P.V. Dehadrai, former Deputy Director-General (Fisheries) of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, delivers the keynote address at the inaugural session of a two-day workshop on fisheries at the PAU, Ludhiana. — Photo: I.V.

Canadian legislator concerned about drug abuse

Ludhiana, December 22 Mr Bharat Agnihotri, a member of the legislative assembly in Alberta province of Canada, has expressed grave concern over the drug abuse prevailing in Punjab. Mr Agnihotri, who basically hails from Phagwara, is now settled in Canada. Mr Bharat Agnihotri, a legislator from the Alberta Province in Canada, being felicitated by the Ludhiana Sabhyacharak Manch on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

CRIME

Bid to rape minor girl; three arrested
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 22
The Sudhar police has arrested three persons, including a married couple, for allegedly conspiring to abduct, detain illegally and make an attempt to rape a minor girl of Halwara. The accused have been sent to judicial custody till January 4.

Corruption cases shock city police
Ludhiana, December 22
The registration of cases of corruption, extortion and abuse of power against a number of cops of various ranks, including two SHOs and a CIA Wing-II in charge and a number of head constables, has shaken the police administration in the city.

ASI nabbed on graft charge
Amloh, December 22
The Vigilance Bureau led by DSP Jaspal Singh claims to have nabbed an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Amarjeet Singh posted at Amloh police station, red-handed on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 from a woman Amarjeet Kaur, resident of Amloh.

AGRICULTURE

Training course on vegetable production begins
Ludhiana, December 22
A training course on “recent advances in vegetable production technology” began at Punjab Agricultural University here yesterday.

EDUCATION

Principals meet to discuss demands
Ludhiana, December 22
A meeting of the general body of Principals of non-government colleges, affiliated to Panjab University was held at Ramgarhia Girls College here today. Various issues regarding private colleges were discussed in detail.

Gold medal for PAU horticulturist
Ludhiana, December 22
PAU senior horticulturist Dr Jasbir Singh Randhawa has been awarded the prestigious “Dr J.C. Anand gold medal 2004” by the Horticultural Society of India for his contribution to enhance shelf life of fruits through scientific post-harvest handling of horticultural crops.

X’mas festivities in city schools Ludhiana, December 22 Christmas is perhaps the only festival that is celebrated with an equal amount of joy and happiness all across the world. Christmas functions were held in several schools of the city today. Little Santas bring Christmas flavour to St Xavier’s Playway in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo: I.V.

COURTS

Bar associations fail to sink differences
Khanna, December 22
For the second consecutive year there are two Bar associations here as the lawyers failed to resolve their differences. One group had elected its office bearers on December 8 while the other having majority in the bar had elected its president on Tuesday.

SPORTS

Sports promoters contribute for stadium at Jarkhar

Ludhiana, December 22 After the Mata Sahib Kaur Sports Club of Jarkhar, organisers of the annual sports festival for the past 18 years failed to receive any grant announced from time to time by a number of leaders belonging to different political parties, certain sports promoters of the area have taken a lead and contributed generously for the construction of a stadium. Construction work in progress at the stadium in Jarkhar village. — A Tribune photograph

Women’s hockey meet begins today
Ludhiana, December 22
Twelve teams will be vying for top honours in the annual Ranjodh Kaur Grewal Memorial Hockey Tournament for women which begins at Guru Nanak Stadium here on December 23, according to Mr Jagbir Singh Grewal, a spokesperson of the District Women’s Hockey Association, Ludhiana.

Punjab weightlifters for national meet
Ludhiana, December 22
The following weightlifters have been selected to represent Punjab in the 58th men’s and the 21st women’s National Weightlifting Championship to be held at Yamunanagar from December 25 to 30, according to Arjuna awardee and general secretary, Punjab Weightlifting Association.