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INTUC hoists flag at Hero factory
Ludhiana, February 25
The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) today hoisted its flagin front of the Hero Cycles factory on GT Road here. The union is for better coordination between the worker and the management.

Chicken sale picks up
Ludhiana, February 25
With humans testing negative for bird flu in Maharashtra, chicken delicacies have begun to find their place back on the dinning tables. After the test reports, residents have shed their fears and begun consuming poultry products with renewed gusto.

RAY OF HOPE: An elderly woman takes shelter under a table as she waits for her turn to get pension papers and (right) Elderly women and widows with pension orders in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photos by Inderjit Verma

VC calls for judicious use of herbicides
Ludhiana, February 25
Farmers should go in for judicious use of inputs for reducing the cost of production of various crops. Besides this, value addition of the produce through processing can also help in fetching better returns.

Bollywood style robbery
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 25
The investigations into the robbery at Punjab National Bank, Thikriwal, have revealed the Bollywood type sequence of events that led to escape of robbers and one of the chasers surviving a gunshot in the chest.

COMMUNITY

First phase of Urban Development Scheme launched
Amloh-Mandi Gobindgarh, February 25
The Punjab Government is committed to provide amenities of life to the urban population for which Rs 990 crore will be spent in a phased programme, Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, Minister for Local Government, Parliament affairs, Labour and Employment and Election said while addressing a huge gathering at the Municipal Complex here on Friday.

Punjab ignored in Railway Budget, claims Sidhu
Ludhiana, February 25
Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu feels that the Railway Minister has given a stepmotherly treatment to Punjab in the Railway Budget, presented yesterday. “It is a Budget aimed at securing votes. There is nothing much for Punjab. There could have been new trains and better facilities,” he said.

Tips on good parenting
Ludhiana, February 25
“Child’s brain is a clean slate and the parents write the script on it and later peers and still later teachers. Whatever the parents and others write, will be manifested by the child in his behavior. If the child is aggressive, throws tantrums , it would reflect on lack of attention being paid to the child,” said Dr Sanjay Chugh, a psychiatrist and expert on parenting from Delhi, while talking to mediapersons this afternoon.

Indo-Pak media convention 
Ludhiana, February 25
The Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today called upon the mediapersons from India and Pakistan to exercise their power of the pen to strengthen the process of love, mutual understanding, peace and trust-building among the people of both countries.

Read extensively: Jaspreet
Mandi Ahmedgarh, February 25
Jaspreet Kaur Verma, a winner of the Kalpana Chawla Memorial General Knowledge Test, held recently by the Youth for National Organisation, has called upon students from rural and suburban areas to inculcate the habit to read extensively to enhance their general knowledge.

IHRO flays patronage to renegade militants
Ludhiana, February 25
The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO)has taken a serious notice of the Punjab administration’s patronage to the renegade militants and its involvement in the extra-judicial killings in Punjab.

Mason dies at work site
Khanna, February 25
An unidentified mason died and 5 labourers were injured while lifting the roof lintel in the house of Mr Jit Singh in Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, here today. Mr Jit Singh had assigned the work of lifting the level of roof lintel to contractor Baljit Singh, son of Sher Singh, of Model Town. Baljit picked up a mason and five labourers from the labour market andbegan the job.

CRIME

Case of cheating registered
Khanna, February 25
The Samrala police has registered a case under Sections 420 and 406 of the IPC against Harbans Singh, son of Mohinder Singh, and Rattan Singh, son of Bir Singh of Sultanpur, after the matter was investigated by the Economics Offences Wing on the complaint of Jaspal Singh, son of Pritam Singh of Arechan village.

BSNL introduces new schemes
Ludhiana, February 25
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a new scheme ‘One-India’ for its B-fone, WLL and mobile subscribers with a single rent of Rs 299 per month. The service will have a uniform STD call rate of Rs 1 per minute and a local call pulse of 180 seconds. The scheme will also be available for Excel subscribers with recharge coupon of Rs 799, having a talktime value of Rs 550 and validity of 30 days.

172 special kids to get helping aids
Doraha, February 25
A total of 172 physically challenged children of Doraha block have been registered under the ADIP and the Sarv Sikhiya Abhiyan for providing them with helping aids. The registration was done at a camp especially organised at Government Senior Secondary School, Payal, today. A team of doctors, including Dr Avtar Singh, Dr V.P. Soni, Dr Ravi Bala, Dr Puneet Sandhu and Dr Prabhjot Kaur, identified these children and registered them according to their disability.

Annual function at college Ludhiana, February 25 The SCD Government College organised its annual prize distribution function here today. At least 400 students were honoured for outstanding performances in different fields. Mr Jasjit Singh Randhawa awards a student during the annual prize distribution function at the SCD Government College in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

From Colleges
Crescendo begins
Ludhiana, February 25
At least 500 students of 20 colleges from Punjab participated in cultural, literary and fine arts events on the opening day of Crescendo at the GGN Institute of Management and Technology here today.

Students of the GGN Institute of Management and Technology perform giddha and (Left) take part in a fashion show during a function in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Tribune photos by Sayeed Ahmed

From Schools
Exhibition on biodiversity

Ludhiana, February 25 A science exhibition on biodiversity was organised at the BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, here today. The Principal, Ms Paramjit Kaur, inaugurated the exhibition and highlighted the need to save biodiversity. Students of BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, display their models during a science exhibition in Ludhiana on Saturday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

“Don’t confuse human influenza with bird flu”
Ludhiana, February 25
It is important not to confuse human cases of avian influenza with the cases of human influenza. The exact mode of transmission from birds to humans is not known, but most human cases of avian flu have been traced to direct contact with live infected birds or their droppings.

CMCH doctor Member of British Empire

Ludhiana, February 25 Dr Reg Britt, a visiting consultant hematologist from UK at Christian Medical College and Hospital here, has recently been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with the honour of Member of British Empire (MBE) for his pioneering charitable work for the people of Punjab at CMCH. Dr Brit has been visiting CMCH since 1976 for various periods ranging from few weeks to few months. Dr Reg Pritt, consultant hematologist at CMCH, has been honoured with Member of British Empire Award for his charitable work by Queen Elizabeth recently.

Nutritious diet ‘helps’ fight allergies
Ludhiana, February 25
Dr R.K. Chandra gave a talk on nutrition, immunity and health at Punjab Agricultural University here yesterday. He is the president of the Nutritional Immunology and Allergy Centre, Gurgaon.

221 polio booths set up
Sahnewal, February 25
A total of 221 polio booths have been set up and 43 supervisors deployed for Sahnewal block covering a population of more than five lakh persons. Dr S.S. Dhir, SMO, Sahnewal, informed this correspondent that other than booths, 10 mobile teams had been set up to cover the scattered areas and isolated pockets.