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Murdered jeweller's wife, kin at loggerheads
Ludhiana, July 26
Even as the alleged killers of Rajesh, owner of Raghav Jewellers, have been nabbed, his parents and in-laws are at loggerhead over the issue of the recovered gold.

45 days to install effluent treatment plants
Ludhiana, July 26
Industrial units here have heaved a sigh of relief as the government has granted them 45 days time to install effluent treatment plants.

Bulls on rampage Ludhiana, July 26 It was a terror of a different kind for the residents of Rajinder Nagar near Kailash Cinema Chowk here today when two raging bulls, who were fighting in the street for some time, suddenly went on the rampage and damaged doors, machinery of a printing shop and an adjoining house. Surprisingly, one of the bulls became calm for about 15 minutes after banging his head against a door and patiently waited for the other bull to come out of the printing shop.

Mr Harish Kumar shows the broken door and damage caused by two bulls in his house near Kailash Nagar in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Murder accused in police custody
Ludhiana, July 26
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr S.S. Dhaliwal, has remanded Rajeev, alias Raja, and Pooja, alias Neeru, arrested on the charge of being involved in three major robberies and murders in the city, to police remand till July 28.

• Overbridge work from next week
• Senior Deputy Mayor resigns

COMMUNITY

Innocent girl’s photo pasted on ‘most wanted’ poster Ludhiana, July 26 In one of the most shocking faux pas committed by the city police, the picture of an innocent girl of the city was pasted on the “most wanted” posters of Pooja, alias Neeru, which were circulated all over the country. The poster which bears the photo of an innocent girl in place of the ‘most wanted’ Neeru. — A Tribune photograph

SC only issued notices to politicians: minister
Ludhiana, July 26 The Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Irrigation and Power, Mr Lal Singh, said the Supreme Court had only issued notices to him and other politicians and not ordered the registration of FIRs as was being claimed by a section of media and Opposition parties.
Mr Lal Singh, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats, Irrigation and Power, Punjab, addresses a mass contact rally at Field Ganj in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Music, dance items to publicise Centre’s programmes
Ludhiana, July 26
Several music and dance programmes highlighting the flagship programmes of the UPA government were staged on the third consecutive day today by the Song and Drama Division, Shimla unit, at Sahnewal.

IT returns to be accepted on Saturday, Sunday
Ludhiana, July 26
The income tax offices in the city, and at Khanna, Malerkotla, Moga, Jagraon, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala, Dasuya, Nawanshahr and Nakodar, under the charge of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Ludhiana, will remain open on July 29 and 30 from 10 am to 5 pm for the receipt of annual returns.

Provisions under ESI scheme highlighted
Ludhiana, July 26
The Employees State Insurance Scheme under the Ministry of Labour and Employment provides all possible provisions of social security to the employees in the organised sector. The scheme covers general healthcare, maternity, disability etc besides other areas of social security for the assured persons.

Mindset change emphasised to improve Indo-Pak relations
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 26
Prejudiced thinking and fanaticism of certain sections of Indians and Pakistanis, supplemented by interference of superpowers, were the main reasons behind the failure of the Indo-Pak peace process, inferred a colloquium, led by Dr Mohamad Irfan Farooqi, a psychologist from Punjabi University Patiala.

BSNL employees stage dharna
Ludhiana, July 26
Led by activists of the BSNL Employees Union, telecom employees here today staged a dharna in front of the main office of Ludhiana Telecom district. They were protesting against the indifferent attitude of the General Manager, Mr S.K. Nigam.

• Flower man on PAU’s board
• Pension restored

3 killed in mishaps
Jagraon, July 26
Three persons died in different accidents here in the last 24 hours. A pedestrian, Gurmeet Singh of Khurshaidpur, was killed when Sucha Singh of Tahli Dia Chhanna while riding his motor cycle hit him killing him on the spot. The accused fled from the spot.

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AGRICULTURE

Higher prices sought from Centre for groundnut, maize
Ludhiana, July 26
To give a fillip to the cultivation of alternative crops and urge farmers to opt for diversification, the Punjab Agriculture Department has stressed on giving higher prices for pulses, groundnut, maize etc. than paddy in its price policy for kharif 2006-07 submitted to the Centre.

EDUCATION

Exhibition organised at KVM Ludhiana, July 26 According to the teachers of Kundan Vidya Mandir, creativity among children must be enhanced and appreciated for their balanced emotional growth. Keeping this in mind, an exhibition was organised by the primary section at Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, here yesterday during the parents-teachers meeting. The classrooms were decorated with the crafts work, paintings, models, charts, toys, drawings, etc that were prepared by the students during their summer vacations.

An exhibition of paintings by students of Kundan Vidya Mandir in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

Army career challenging, says Brig Joshi
Ludhiana, July 26
“A career in the Indian Army is a challenge which offers a life full of adventure and character.” This was stated by Brig P.D. Joshi, Deputy Director-General, Recruitment Zone, Jalandhar cantonment, today while speaking on “Recruitment in defence services”, at the inaugural session of the third day of the public information campaign organised by the Press Information Bureau, at Sahnewal.

PCCTU starts campaign on pension scheme
Ludhiana, July 26
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union representing teachers working in more than 150 non-government colleges of Punjab and Haryana has started a campaign to remind Capt Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister, to fulfil his promise on the pension-gratuity scheme for college teachers made in the Congress manifesto in 2002.

Christian college student tops BDS exam
Ludhiana, July 26
There was a mood of jubilation and excitement in the Postgraduate Department of Commerce, SCD Government College, here as the news that Supneet Singh Wadhwa, son of senior teacher Prof B.S. Wadhwa and third year student of Christian Dental College, Ludhiana..

20 colleges start courses without NOC
Ludhiana, July 26
More than 20 colleges in the state out of total 50, which had applied for a no objection certificate from the state government to introduce new courses or subjects in their institutes, have already started these courses without waiting for NOCs.

Programme on sunflower kernel usage ends
Ludhiana, July 26
The five-day entrepreneurship development programme on “Processing and utilization of sunflower kernels for confectionary products” organised by the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, concluded today.

A. S. College student tops MA-I exam
Ludhiana, July 26
A student of A. S. College, Kamaljeet Kaur, has topped the MA- I (political science) examination of Panjab University in the session 2005-06. She secured 65.5 per cent marks

Principal promoted as DEO
Samrala, July 26
The Principal of the local Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mr Bachitter Singh Barn, has been promoted as the District Education Officer (elementary education) at Fatehgarh Sahib.

PAU office timings changed
Ludhiana, July 25
The Punjab Agricultural University will revert to its old office timings of 9 am to 5 pm with effect from July 31. According to PAU Registrar, Dr V.K. Sharma, the restrictions on the use of air conditioners will continue.

Impressive show by Punjab troupe in Danish festival

Ludhiana, July 26 International friendship across borders, building new relationships and strengthening international networking amongst sports and cultural bodies of the world and highlighting sports to promote dialogue between cultures were the highlights of the “Danish festival of sports and culture,” held at Hadershev, Denmark, recently. Punjab students photographed with Danish gymnasts at Hardershev during a Danish festival recently.

Japji Khaira is Miss Panjaban Australia
Ludhiana, July 26
The first-ever event based on true Punjabi culture and heritage “Miss Panjaban Australia-2006”, was organised at Western Sydeny University, Paramatta, Sydney, Australia on July 16. The beauty pageant was organised by the Sabhyacharak Sathh Panjab (regd) in association with the Indian Women Cultural Association Australia Inc .

HEALTH

Dr Saluja joins Apollo Hospitals
Ludhiana, July 26
Dr Harmeet Singh Saluja has joined SPS Apollo Hospital here as an associate consultant in the Department of Gastro-enterology.