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Property dealer booked in land grab case
Ludhiana, January 17
On the directions of the SP City-I, the Sarabha Nagar police has booked a property dealer and unknown accomplices in an alleged land grab case, in which the role of the Sarabha Nagar police had come under the scanner.

Extortion bid by labourer

Ludhiana, January 17 The Salem Tabri police today nabbed an alleged extortionist from Bihar, who was threatening to kill a local industrialist if he was not paid Rs 1 lakh. SHO G. S. Bains poses with the alleged extortionist, Raman Kumar, at the Salem Tabri police station. — A Tribune photograph

PAU experts explore alternative sources of diesel
Ludhiana, January 17
The PAU Department of Forestry and Natural Resources is evaluating 35 different source varieties of Jatropha, which scientists believe will turn out to be an effective alternative source of diesel.

A child going to school tries to shield himself from getting drenched in Ludhiana on Tuesday morning.— Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Rights being violated,
admits DGP
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 17
Perceiving limitations of the police, including the reported violation of human rights at some police stations and custodial deaths in the state, Mr Sarabjit Singh Virk, Director General of Police, Punjab, has reminded the officers of their obligations towards various avenues of professional and social policing, the state police chief asked them to pay attention to the welfare of members of the force so as to build their confidence and morale of junior colleagues.

Four hurt in road mishap
Mullanpur Dakha, January 17
Four persons, including a woman, were injured when a Mohindra Jeep jumped over the road divider and rammed into a streetlight pole near Main Chowk in Mullanpur Dakha last night.

COMMUNITY

Slums thrive while residents cry
Encroachments up near city centre project
Ludhiana, January 17
With the shooting up of land prices in E-block of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar due to an upcoming city centre project, more and more slum dwellers have started encroaching upon the land near the project.

Abolish death penalty, forum urges Kalam

Ludhiana, January 17 The Punjab Rights Forum has sought the abolition of the capital punishment. In a memorandum to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, through the Deputy Commissioner, it sought the “immediate intervention to prevent the unfolding of yet another inglorious chapter in the relationship between the Sikhs and the Government of India”.

Members of the Punjab Rights Forum stage a demonstration in front of the DC office in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

Multi-utility store coming up at Dhandari Kalan

Ludhiana, January 17 Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa, Cooperation and Horticulture Minister, Punjab today laid the foundation stone of a modern integrated multi-utility cold store-cum-pack house at Dhandari Kalan, Ludhiana. Cooperation Minister Jasjit Singh Randhawa along with Parliamentary Secretary Parkash Singh and the MD, Markfed, Mr S. S. Channy, after laying the foundation stone of a modern integrated multi-utility cold store-cum-pack house at  Dhandari Kalan, near Ludhiana, on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

ST team raids jewellery shop
Ludhiana, January 17
A team of officials from the Excise and Taxation Department, led by Mr D.K. Verma, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, raided the business premises of Raju Jewellers in Mandi Mullanpur yesterday and seized incriminating documents indicating unaccounted transactions worth Rs 25 lakh and evasion of value added-tax thereon.

Forum for measures against female foeticide
Ludhiana, January 17
The People’s Awareness Forum, an NGO, today expressed its concern over the increasing incidents of female foeticide in Punjab and called upon the state government to take stringent measures to check the practice.

CRIME

Attempt-to-murder accused held after 17 months
Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 17
The Sudhar police has arrested a person who had been evading arrest for more than 17 months and was wanted in connection with a case registered under Sections 307, 326, 148 and 149 of the IPC for allegedly attempting to murder a resident of Shehzad village in Ludhiana district.

PO held after 14 years
Ludhiana, January 17
Fourteen years after a man was declared proclaimed offender in a murder case, he was nabbed by a team of the CIA from his native village, Dhanda, where he had come to meet his mother.

Cong leader held with opium

BUSINESS

Conference on services sector in February
Ludhiana, January 17
The Punjab Commerce and Management Association will organise its second International conference on the “Services sector-the next wave” at D.A.V. College Jalandhar, on February 25-27 in collaboration with the Desh Bhagat Group of Institutes, Chandigarh and Mandi Gobindgarh.

NABARD awards for 2 kisan clubs
Ludhiana, January 17
Two kisan clubs, one at Hukran in Hoshiarpur and the other at Kaulseri in Sangrur, have bagged NABARD awards for their contribution to scientific agriculture and for giving a new impetus to rural youth.

CICU hails govt’s statement
Ludhiana, January 17
The Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) has hailed the statement of Mr Surinder Singla, Finance Minister, Punjab, that VAT refunds will be given to trade and industry from January 16, 2006.

Non-teaching staff observe strike
Ludhiana, January 17
On a call given by the Centre Body of Government Aided Private Colleges, and the Non-Teaching Employees Union, Punjab and Chandigarh, the Arya College Non-Teaching Staff Union observed a strike here today.

Students take part in vaccination drive
Samrala, January 17
A polio vaccination drive was organised by NSS volunteers and NCC cadets of senior and junior division of Government Senior Secondary School, Ghungrali Sikhan (Ludhiana), at the village and its nearby areas.

NSS camp concludes
Khanna, January 17
The concluding function of a 15-day National Service Scheme camp was organised by the A.S. College for Women in association with the Khanna district police on the college premises here today.

Meeting on gynaecological oncology on Jan 22
Ludhiana, January 17
The quarterly meeting of the Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society of Northern India will be held here on January 22. The meeting is being organised by the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, in which nearly 200 medical professionals are expected to take part.

Destitute gets new lease of life Ludhiana, January 17 Sudhir (13), a migrant boy from Musahara village in Samstipur district of Bihar was found lying on the footpath on the Jagraon bridge in a semi-conscious state with multiple diseases when Dr Naurang Singh Mangat of Guru Amar Das Apahaj Ashram took him to the Civil Hospital and later to Guru Teg Bahadur Charitable Hospital for treatment.

Sudhir, a destitute, at a hospital in Ludhiana. — A Tribune photograph

Pulse polio drive
Ludhiana, January 17
The NCC girl cadets of 3 Punjab Girls Bn NCC Battalion remained in the forefront at the second round up of the mopup pulse polio programme which concluded here today.

DMCH counters claim on paediatric ICU
Ludhiana, January 17
The claim that Christian Medical College and Hospital here had set up a well equipped paediatric ICU, the first of its kind in the state, has evoked reaction from several other institutions.