Missing children remain untraced; police blamed
Ludhiana, June 8
A group of parents representing 88 missing children from the district today said the local police was not following instructions of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
(NCPCR) and not done anything to find their children even after assuring them the best possible help last month.
Parents of missing children address a press conference in Ludhiana on
Sunday. — A Tribune photograph
Assault Case
Cops fail to nab youths
Ludhiana, June 8
The Haibowal police has failed to arrest four youths, who had allegedly attacked an insurance investigator five days ago in his house for not giving them a favourable report.
PMT Entrance
Again, BCM lad tops in city
Ludhiana, June 8
After gaining achievements in all board and entrance examination, BCM Arya Model Senior Secondary School produced yet another topper, this time in PMT entrance test.
Gurwinder Grewal with his relatives
World Human Rights Protection Council president Avtar Singh along with other members took oath after its unit was opened in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph |
Census
Elephant surveyors in city
Ludhiana, June 8
Elephants living in the captivity suddenly vanished from the city when a team of surveyors reached here to conduct census.
PAU scientist accorded warm send-off
Ludhiana, June 8
Mandhir Singh Aulakh, a floriculturist, was bid a warm farewell at a function organised by the department of floriculture and landscaping at PAU here recently.
Letters
Lets join hands with police
Trucker killed, family alleges foul play
Khanna, June 8
A resident of Baho Majra village died in Aurangabad two days ago. Now, their family, which resides in
Khanna, alleged today that he had been murdered. In a complaint lodged with the Sadar police station, wife of deceased, Balbir
Kaur, alleged that other drivers who went to Aurangabad with her husband murdered her husband Nirmal Singh.
Dance, music mark ‘Essence-2008’ at INIFD
Ludhiana, June 8
International Institute of Fashion Design (INIFD) became the first professional institute here to have touched the grave issue of female foeticide through a “theme-based fashion show”.
To make people aware of the evil of killing a girl child in the name of abortion and granting girls an equal status in the society, the INIFDins held their annual function ‘Essence -2008’ at Guru Nanak Bhawan with fervour and enthusiasm here last evening.
Students of INIFD perform during ‘Essence-2008’ in Ludhiana on Sunday.
— A Tribune photograph
Cash award for Shilpi
Ludhiana, June 8
SPS Apollo Hospital’s MD, Jugdiep Singh, gave a cash award of Rs 16,000 to Shilpi
Negi, who topped in Humanities in the state.
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