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Take Punjab to the top, Rodrigues tells industry
LMA annual function
Ludhiana, June 15
Gen (Retd) S.F. Rodrigues, Governor, Punjab, today exhorted the industry to make efforts to restore Punjab’s number one position. “There are no prizes for second position. Let us make efforts to get Punjab on the top,” the Governor said, while addressing the 28th annual function of the Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) here today.

Recipients of the LMA annual with the Punjab Governor, Gen SF Rodrigues in  Ludhiana on Thursday. — Tribune photo by  Sayeed Ahmed

Firing incident: Is police hiding the truth?
Ludhiana, June 15
As the mystery about the four “missing girls” accused of firing in Sarabha Nagar market deepens, allegations are being levelled against the police that wards of some influential persons, connected to the episode, were being shielded.

Park Management Federation writes to CM
Ludhiana, June 15
The federation of pollution and park management committees headed by Mr S.S. Channa has been at loggerheads with the outgoing Commissioner of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, Mr S.K. Sharma, during his four year tenure.

Farmers protest against ‘misuse’ of

Land Acquisition Act Ludhiana, June 15 The Kirti Kisan Union, Punjab, today staged a massive demonstration for the alleged misuse of the Land Acquisition Act, 1895, by the Punjab government. Activists of the Kirti Kisan Union and its affiliate All India Kisan Union staging a demonstration in Ludhiana against the misuse of Land Acquisition Act, 1895, by the Punjab Government.  — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

COMMUNITY

Lack of amenities irks residents of Urban Estate
Ludhiana, June 15
Residents of Urban Estate Dugri, Phase I, are up in arms against the authorities over the lack of basic amenities in their area. The residents allege indifferent attitude of the authorities towards the problems relating to water supply, sewerage, roads, shifting of cremation grounds and delay in widening of bridge on Sidhwan canal.

BSP stages protest demonstration

Ludhiana, June 15 Activists of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today staged a protest demonstration against the hike in the prices of petrol and diesel and in support of some other long-pending demands. They also submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India listing several demands. BSP workers staging a protest demonstration at the Mini Secretariat in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Tax payers put to hardships by banks
Ludhiana, June 15
Income tax assessees are facing a lot of hardships and inconvenience due to affixation of illegible, smudged and improper mechanical stamps on payment deposit challans relating to income tax, wealth tax, TDS, TCS and other direct taxes.

Human rights march on awareness
Ludhiana, June 15
The human rights march being organised by the All India Human Rights Association (AIHRA) reached here today. The march aims at spreading awareness about human rights of people across the country. The march is being led by the AIHRA president, Mr MU Dua. It was received here today by the Chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust, Mr Paramjit Singh Sibia, the District Transport Officer, Mr Kuldeep Singh and the district president, AIHRA, Ms Rachna Sharma.

Pensioners hail DA release
Ludhiana, June 15
The Government Pensioners’ Association has hailed the release of four DA installments due for the previous four quarters for government-aided privately managed college staff in Punjab.

Ice cream seller dies in road mishap
Mandi Ahmedgarh, June 15
An ice cream seller, was killed after being hit by an unknown vehicle on the Ludhiana - Malerkotla road near here yesterday. The local police has started a hunt for the vehicle after registering a case under Section 304 A and 279 of the IPC against unidentified driver.

HDFC chabeel

CRIME

Gold chain snatched
Jagraon, June 15
Some unknown persons allegedly forced Ms Harbhajan Kaur of Dashmesh Nagar, Humbran, to inhale a narcotic substance in the grain market of the village and snatched her gold chain and earings valued at about Rs 25,000 and ran away.

Park Plaza adds local flavour to World Cup
Ludhiana, June 15
In order to add local flavour to the ongoing FIFA World Cup being played in Germany, the Hotel Majestic Park Plaza here has been organising daily live performance by V-Rhythm band. It is a three piece Filipino Lounge Band from Manila, comprising talented musicians.

Allahabad Bank staff stage demonstration
Ludhiana, June 15
On a call by the All India Allhabad Bank Employees Co-ordination Committee, employees of local branches held a demonstration in front of the Zonal Office here today to protest against the procrastinating attitude of the management on the issues concerning the employees.

Hotel association poll Ludhiana, June 15 Mr Manjit Singh Nagpal of Nagpal Regency was elected president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association Ludhiana here today. Mr Amarvir Singh of Hotel Natraj was elected secretary. Members of the Hotel and Restaurant Association at a press conference in the city on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

Training programme at Guru Nanak college
Ludhiana, June 15
A short-term training programme on “Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Control: Concept and Applications” will be organised by the Electrical Engineering Department of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College from June 19. The week-long programme is sponsored by the AICTE and the ISTE and is a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of GNDEC, Ludhiana.

Prize distribution function Ludhiana, June 15 The prize distribution function of Civil Defence training was organised at Bacchat Bhawan here today. Mr Ajmer Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner, presided over the function. The participants who took Civil Defence training, after being honoured at Bacchat Bhawan in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Technical education course opened

COURTS

Summer vacations in courts
Ludhiana June 15
The district courts will remain closed from June 16 to July 15, 2006 due to summer vacations. However, the District and Sessions Judge, Mr Harbans Lal, has deputed the judges for entertaining the urgent nature of civil and criminal work.

90 minutes of ‘Shararat’

Ludhiana, June 15 It was a ninety-minute Shararat, a play written by Prerna Aggarwal and directed by Navin Kumar, full of mirth and laughter setting the entire audience into frequent fits of laughter. Rather it did not let them take a break for a while from an unending stream of laughter. The play was presented by the Ludhiana Sanskritik Sammagam at Guru Nanak Bhavan here last evening. Shweta Tiwari and Vinay Jain in ‘Shararat’ presented by the LSS in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Family is her priority now
Ludhiana, June 15
Ahmedabad’s Karishma Modi, Femina Look of the Year 1999 title winner, was here today to announce the release of her husband’s Punjabi film ‘Main tu assi tussi’. Talking to Ludhiana Tribune, she said modelling as a profession was like a paid holiday, in which you could travel all over the world without spending from your pocket.

SPORTS

Govt school, PAU ‘A’ record wins

Ludhiana, June 15 Government Senior Secondary School, Haibowal Khurd, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU ‘A’, recorded victories on the opening day of the 5th Friendship Cricket Cup Tournament for school boys (u-19) at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today.

A match in progress between PAU ‘A’ and PAU ‘B’ teams on the opening day of the 5th Friendship Cricket Cup Tournament (u-19) at the PAU ground, Ludhiana, on Thursday. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Good response to camp for shuttlers

Ludhiana, June 15 A large number of aspirants turned up for the free badminton training camp for the beginners being organised by the Ludhiana District Badminton Association (LDBA) at Shastri Hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex here today. Boys and girls seemed overenthusiastic as they, accompanied by their parents and elders, reached the venue and enrolled themselves for the camp. The camp will continue till June 25.

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Budding trainees during the summer camp being organised by the Ludhiana District Badminton Association at Shastri Hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex on Thursday. — Photo by I.V.