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Civil Surgeon’s office remains a shambles
 Ludhiana, June 16
The district civil surgeon’s office in the city has been in a state of neglect for years. Visitors who go through the dark and dingy corridors are confronted with cracked ceilings, stinking toilets, records scattered all over or gathering dust in dusty shelves and broken windowpanes.
The street leading up to the office from Dandi Swami Road is in a state of disrepair and full of potholes.
About two dozen junked ‘almirahs’ (steel cabinets) without locks, which contain old files, stand on the right side of the office.
clutter
Records lying scattered in a room at the Civil Surgeon’s office in Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
‘Begging racket’ busted, 2 juveniles freed
 Ludhiana, June 16
The police today busted a human trafficking racket which is reportedly running the “begging mafia” in the city and rescued two juveniles.
Residents, who spotted two girls aged between seven and 13 years near the Sabzi Mandi last night, informed the police. Soon, a police party led by Station House Officer
(SHO) Swapan Sharma reached the spot and kept the girls in safe custody.
on record SHO Maninder Singh Bedi records the statement of the two freed girls at the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Long wait ends, PAU gets new VC
Ludhiana, June 16
The long wait for PAU employees has ended with Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon being appointed as the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the premier agricultural institute. Dr Dhillon will be the 13th VC of the PAU.
It’s never too late to learn nuances of computers
 Ludhiana, June 16
To learn computers just two years before the age of retirement is altogether a different kind of experience for officials of the education department. And why not when this week-long training gives them the feeling of a free bird.
RIMT holds alumni meet
Mandi Gobindgarh, June 16
An alumni meet of the RIMT Group of Institutes was organised at a hotel in New Delhi recently, according to a press note.
Six students get scholarship
 Ludhiana, June 16
Under the Central Government Scholarship Scheme for minority communities, six students of Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Technology
(GNIMT) here have got scholarships. Prabhjit Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur, Aarti
Jain, Kiranpal Kaur, Simranjeet Singh and Navdeep Kaur have got scholarships under the scheme for minority communities.
Students, who were awarded scholarships, whith their cheques in Ludhiana. Photo: inderjeet verma
Residents of various localities complain of contaminated water supply
 Ludhiana, June 16
Like last two years, this year also it is almost certain that there would be an outbreak of gastroenteritis in Ludhiana South. Ludhiana South includes Sherpur, Giaspura, Daba, Lohara, Dholewal and Dhandhari. This was stated by Congress activist Bhupinder
Sidhu.
Residents of Ludhiana South show the report of the water samples that failed
the potability test. photo: Inderjeet Verma
Labour shortage hits paddy cultivation
Jagraon, June 16
With the commencement of paddy cultivation in the region past week, farmers are confronting the problem of acute labour shortage, caused by massive decline in the number of migrant labourers coming from other states to Punjab for work.
SAD-BJP leaders flay UPA govt for price rise
 Ludhiana, June 16
In what could be best described as a bid to divert the attention of people from several pressing problems in the state, senior leaders of the SAD-BJP, led by Cabinet Ministers Hira Singh Gabria and Sat Pal Gosain today held a protest at the Mini Secretariat here against the UPA government for failing to check rising inflation.
raising their voice Hira Singh Gabria leads a protest against the UPA government in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Farmers given tips on mushroom cultivation
Entomology and microbiology experts at the PAU apprised farmers of the vital skills needed for mushroom and honey-bee management. Dr PK Khanna advised them to procure wheat straw and well decomposed farm yard manure
(FYM) for cultivating white button mushroom during October/March.
Ludhiana Scan
A week-long summer camp, jointly organised by Sri Gian Sthal Mandir and Lala Jagat Narain Nishkam Sewa Samiti, was inaugurated by Jagdish Bajaj, president of the mandir managing committee. Participants will be imparted training in candle making, glass craft, paper craft, silk painting, decorative printing, fabric craft, waste material management, glass etching, all surface acrylic colours moulding craft and ceramic painting.
Youth killed in accident, another critical
Jagraon, June 16
A youth in his twenties was killed and his friend seriously injured in a road accident on the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway this afternoon.
The accident took place when the scooter they were riding was hit by a speeding truck from the rear near Kothe Baggu village, on the outskirts of the town.
Couple held for murder
Ludhiana, June 16
The police nabbed Makhan Singh and his wife Pinky for the murder of 19-year-old Arvinderpal Singh, who was thrashed and stabbed to death at Guru Arjan Dev Nagar here the previous evening.
Man held with country-made pistol
Ludhiana, June 16
The police arrested a man and seized a country
made pistol and 12 live cartridges from his possession. The incident took place last evening, when the police received a tip-off that the accused, Sanjiv Kumar, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, was spotted near railway tracks in Manjeet Nagar.
Farmer steals urea from godown, booked
Ludhiana, June 16
Pesticides and urea are becoming hot property, with farmers hoarding those. Fearing that paddy sowing may lead to paucity of urea, a farmer has struck at the godown of a village society and fled with six sacks of urea.
Handball trainees help team finish third
 Ludhiana, June 16
Handball trainees (boys) of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centre, Ludhiana, who represented the state in the Junior National Handball Tournament held at Sundar Nagar in Himachal Pradesh from June 5 to 10 performed well to help their team finish third. As many as 25 teams drawn from across the country competed in this tournament.
Trainees of the Sports Authority of India Training Centre with their coaches in
Ludhiana. A Tribune photograph
Amritsar gain narrow first-innings lead
Ludhiana, June 16
Hosts Ludhiana waged a spirited battle against Amritsar before losing a battle of nerves on the basis of first innings lead of just four runs in the second match of the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (U-22) played at Punjab Agricultural University here today.
Ex-basketball player
given warm send-off
Ludhiana, June 16
Aman Mangat, a former basketball player, who is settled in Washington DC, was given a warm
send-off at Guru Nanak Sports Complex here today.
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