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Community policing raises
residents’ hackles
Ludhiana, August 30
Strong resentment prevails amongst residents of the Urban Estate Phase-I, Dugri, Ludhiana, where the police chowki, Dugri, has hired security guards and chowkidars from private security agencies and the residents have been asked to pay Rs 100 per month per household.

Eye on vote bank, parties woo migrants
Ludhiana, August 30
The clash between migrants and local residents in Basti Jodhewal here on Friday, might have passed off as just another unsavoury incident. But that is not to be and in the run-up to the elections early next year, political parties are wooing migrants with an eye on their sizeable vote bank.

10 years after SSB exam, BAMS docs await results
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30
Even after 10 years of the examination conducted by the Service Selection Board, BAMS doctors of the area are awaiting the results. They have now urged the Chief Minister of Punjab to either get the results declared or take a fresh test to consider their candidature.

Tribune Impact
Development of Model Colony begins
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30
Reacting to stories published in Ludhiana Tribune regarding the plight of residents of Model Colony in Ward Number 11 here, the Municipal Council authorities have started development in the colony.

Yoga guru to hold camps from Sep 10
Ludhiana, August 30
Yogiraj Swami Lalji Maharaj, an internationally acclaimed practitioner of yoga, will hold yoga treatment and meditation camps for the first time in this city at the Government College for Women grounds from September 10 to 16.

Dharna by vet pharmacists Ludhiana, August 30 Veterinary pharmacists today held a dharna in front of the office of the Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, here today in support of their demands. The protesters flayed the government for its failure to accept their demands. Veterinary pharmacists hold dharna in support of their demands in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo: I.V.

Less rainfall in Punjab
Ludhiana, August 30
PAU agrometeorologists have said Punjab has received less than normal rainfall this monsoon.

PAU union to gherao Audit Officer today
Ludhiana, August 30
The Punjab Agricultural University Employees Union will gherao the local Audit Officer tomorrow in protest against the objections raised by the Audit Department with regard to admitting decisions of the Board of Management and other competent authorities of the PAU here.

Tributes paid to Beant Singh
Ludhiana, August 30
Tributes were paid to late Beant Singh, former Chief Minister, Punjab, here today on his martyrdom day by the Principal, Mr Rajinder Krishan Sharma, Mr Sushil Malhotra, member, Prime Minister Yojna staff, and students of Everest Public Senior Secondary School, Moti Nagar, on the school premises.

Three booked for attack on two villagers
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30
The local police has registered a case under Sections 452, 324, 506 and 34 of the IPC against three persons for allegedly attacking two persons after forcibly entering the house of the victim at Jandali village near here yesterday.

Along with paramour, wife kills husband
Jagraon, August 30
Mandeep Singh, 25, an employee with the ITI at Manuke, has allegedly been murdered by his wife and her paramour last night at their residence.

Dowry case: mother-in-law still at large
Ludhiana, August 30
The police is yet to arrest a woman of Atam Nagar who is an accused in a dowry case registered under Sections 406, 498-A of the IPC.  The complainant, Sonia, a resident of College Road, said although her husband Pankaj, her father -in -law Satish Sood and brother-in-law Kunal have been arrested, the police was dragging its feet on arresting her mother-in-law, Raksha alias Renu Sood, who has been missing since August 27 with her jewellery and other valuables.

Three held on fraud charges
Jagraon, August 30
The Dakha police has arrested Tarsem Lal, Ram Lal and Raj Kumar of Mullanpur on the charges of making false document and defrauding Sohan Lal of Ravidass Nagar, Dakha, of Rs 20,000. The police has registered a case under Sections 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B, IPC.

AGRICULTURE

PAU to set up seed farm in Mansa
Ludhiana, August 30
PAU Vice-Chancellor K.S. Aulakh has approved the creation of a revolving fund scheme for seed production at KVK, Khokhar Khurd, in Mansa district.

EDUCATION

Village girl bags Canadian scholarship
Ghungrana (Ahmedgarh), August 30
A girl from this nondescript village of Ludhiana district has been selected by the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, for a Rene Descartes Scholarship, worth $ 7,000, for full time study in the faculty of mathematics at the university.

Govt teachers to observe Sep 5 as protest day
Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30
Thousands of government school teachers will observe the Teachers Day as a protest day and hand over memoranda to the Chief Minister and the Education Minister through their respective District Education Officers on September 5, claim the office-bearers of union.

Polytechnic staff oppose privatisation
Ludhiana, August 30

The Joint Action Committee of the Punjab Polytechnic Staff Association held a gate rally at the Government Polytechnic for Women here today in protest against the government’s move to hand over polytechnic special trade organisations and societies to private parties. Students of Government Polytechnic for Women protest against the privatisation move in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo: I.V.

Students vow to follow medical ethics

Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30 Outgoing students of the Hind Institute of Paramedical Sciences vowed to conform to medical ethics. Mr Vijay Kumar presided over the function organised to honour outstanding students. Mr Jagpal Singh Khangura was the chief guest. Students and staff of the Hind Institute of Paramedical Sciences at the annual function in Mandi Ahmedgarh. — A Tribune photograph

Freshers' party at Khalsa College
Ludhiana, August 30
It was a day of fun and enjoyment for the PG Department of Commerce of GGN Khalsa College here as it organised a freshers' party today. Dressed in their best, participants looked smart and attractive on the occasion.

Manoj makes it to superstar show
Ludhiana, August 30
Manoj Batra from Ferozepore has reached the finals of reality show ‘Fair and Lovely Menz Active Super Stars’, to be telecast from September 11 on SaharaOne. The budding star is at present being groomed in Mumbai for the mega show.

Vets achieve breakthrough in hip stabilisation
Ludhiana, August 30
In an innovative surgical technique, claimed to have been performed for the first time in the country, a team of veterinary surgeons at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, here, has successfully treated two cases of traumatic cranial coxo-femoral dislocation in dogs.

SPORTS

 

Dukki school win kabaddi tournament Mandi Ahmedgarh, August 30 The U-14 team of Shahid Kartar Singh Dukki Government Senior Secondary School, Latala, emerged district winners in a kabaddi tournament organised by the state Education Department. Maninder Singh of the team was declared the best kabaddi player. The team of Shahid Kartar Singh Dukki Government Senior Secondary School, Latala, that won a kabaddi tournament. —  Photo by Mahesh Sharma

G.N. Model School win laurels in hockey
Ludhiana, August 30
The hockey team of Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School (Sahnewal zone) that participated at the district level at the PAU grounds has brought laurels to the institution after 25 years.

ADMINISTRATION

DC asks officials to be ready for Chhapar Mela
Ludhiana, August 30
The district administration has directed officers of the departments concerned to make elaborate arrangements for the ‘Chhapar Mela’, a traditional fair of Malwa, to be held from September 3 to 8 at Chhapar village.