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IT Dept unearths income of Rs 11.75 crore
Ludhiana, August 11
The efforts of the Income Tax Department to unearth black money and unaccounted assets yielded results when a Jagraon-based group of companies came forward with an additional income of Rs 3.25 crore over and above their normal business income, according to Ms Aarti Sahwney, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), Ludhiana Charge

For licence, visit Johar’s residence
Posters inviting youth from his constituency dot city
Ludhiana, August 11
With elections in mind, Public Health Minister Harnam Dass Johar has virtually opened a District Transport Office at his residence where he assures of facilitating the issuance of driver’s licence.

AT PUBLIC SERVICE: The poster, inviting youths to visit Public Health Minister Harnam Dass Johar to get driver’s licence made, that has been pasted all around Ludhiana. — Photo by I.V.

Cheque bounce: man told to pay Rs 50,000
Ludhiana August 11
Convicting a businessman in a cheque bounce case, a local court directed the accused to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to the aggrived complainant, who suffered huge losses. The accused was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for six months.A fine of Rs 4000 was also imposed upon the accused.

Youngsters queue up outside Guru Nanak Bhavan to take part in auditions for MH One’s “Awaaz Punjab Di” in Ludhiana on Friday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

	IT raids on business houses August 11, 2006
	Woman shot at by father August 10, 2006
	Canal tragedy shatters Moga families August 9, 2006
	CMC tenders apology to mediapersons August 8, 2006
	Family drugged, robbed by miscreant August 7, 2006
	Violence at CMC: FIR registered August 6, 2006
	Violence at CMC over death of youth August 5, 2006
	Rain catches city unawares August 4, 2006
	Conman, who looted 28 persons in a year, held August 3, 2006
	Free gurdwaras from ‘grip of corrupt junta’: AISAD August 2, 2006

Ex-MLA accuses ADC of contempt of court

Ludhiana, August 11 Former Minister and Kila Raipur MLA Jagdish Singh Garcha today accused the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development), Mr Priyank Bharti, of committing contempt of court by not stopping development works in some areas of the Assembly segment, despite these having been stopped by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Former Akali MLA Jagdish Singh Garcha, accompanied by sarpanches, shows photographs of the work being done in his area, despite stay orders from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. — Photo by Inderjeet Verma

Little ‘Krishnas’ steal hearts Ludhiana, August 11 Cherry Lane Play School celebrated Independence Day and Janmashtami here today. To acquaint children with National Heroes, they were asked to come dressed as different netas who played an important role in India’s freedom struggle. To celebrate Janmashtami, students of Kiddies Paradise, Ludhiana, came dressed as Lord Krishna on Friday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

COMMUNITY

Badal misleading people: Dullo Hambran (Ludhiana), August 11 In his continued tirade against the former Chief Minister and the Shiromani Akali Dal president, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Mr Shamsher Singh Dullo today charged him and other SAD leaders of encouraging terrorism in the state.

Mann accuses CM of double standards
Ludhiana, August 11
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann today alleged that the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, was adopting double standards on issue of involvement of his brother-in-law, Mr Natwar Singh in the ‘food for oil’ scam.

Fifth pay panel an eyewash: pensioners
Ludhiana, August 11
The Punjab Government Pensioners’ Association has dubbed the Punjab Cabinet’s decision to set up Fifth Punjab Pay Commission to review the pay scales and emoluments of its employees an eyewash.

Rs 5 crore grant to develop Focal Point 
Ludhiana, August 11
The state government has sanctioned a grant of Rs 5 crore to develop Focal Point here.It includes repairing damaged roads, laying of sewerage, development of green parks and planting 20,000 saplings in the area.

Plea to restore traffic lights
Ludhiana, August 11
Chaos continues to rule Division No. 3 chowk, the most congested point in the old city, owing to nonfunctional traffic lights, installed at an exorbitant cost over 10 years ago. The junction, where six major roads converge, presents an ugly picture of traffic anarchy at peak hours, putting hundreds of motorists to inconvenience.

Quiz on freedom fighters
Ludhiana, August 11
An inter house quiz, ‘Jung-Ay-Azadi’ was conducted at BCM School, Dugri, here today to commemmorate the sacrifices of those courageous freedom fighters. The four teams that participated were Azadi Ka Parwane, Azad-e-Hind, Shaheed-e-Azam and Elan-e-Jung stepped into the arena with collages prepared by them on the theme. Each team was also given a minute for presentation.

Booked for backing out of land deal
Ludhiana, August 11
The City police has booked Tehal Singh, son of Karnail Singh of Mahon village of this tehsil under Sections 406 and 420 on the complaint of Pawan Kumar, a resident of Ludhiana, for backing out of a deal over a piece of land after receiving payment thereof.

LMA holds seminar on service tax
Ludhiana, August 11
The Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) organised a talk on “Service tax: burning issues concerning trade & industry” here last evening. A new mechanism for grievance redressal had been put in place, “which would substantially reduce litigation and foster relationship of partnership”, said Mr V.K. Garg, Commissioner, Central Excise and Taxation, who was the keynote speaker.

From Colleges
Guru Nanak college excels in BCom II
Ludhiana, August 11
The students of B.Com.-II of Guru Nanak Girls College here performed exceptionally well in the examinations conducted by Panjab University. Baljeet Kaur stood first securing 72.7 per cent marks. The second and third positions were bagged by Neha Gupta and Kirandeep Kaur, who secured 71.74 per cent and 71.57 per cent marks, respectively. The maximum number of students were placed in the first division. The college Principal, Dr Charanjit Mahal, congratulated the staff and the students over the results.

200 take part in painting contest
Ludhiana, August 11
The Bharat Vikas Parishad (Shivaji) organised a painting competition at Shishu Model School today. More than 200 students from class I to X painted pictures on traffic control, pollution and drug addiction. Manager Narinder Bangia and Principal Neelam Bangia welcomed the office-bearers of the Bharat Vikas Parishad.

200 nurses attend workshop
Ludhiana, August 11
“Nurses must understand their importance in the chain of patient care and develop a sense of pride in their work. In present times, people do realise the role of nurse. Nursing is emerging as a professional, choice for many youngsters. But those who feel that nursing is their callings, should be willing to put in their entire skills into this profession as it demands total dedication. All those who are in this line must strive for excellence in this intensely human-centric work.”

400 examined at medical camp
Ludhiana, August 11
Over 400 persons were examined for eye and other diseases and medicines were given free of cost at a medical camp held at Randev Fillers, an Indian Oil Corporation petrol pump, at Basti Jodhewal here yesterday.