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Another deadline gone, but no ramps yet
Ludhiana, September 5
Despite the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) officiating Commissioner Malwinder Singh Jaggi’s tall claim that the up ramp and down ramp of Partap Chowk flyover would be thrown open for the public by September 3, the deadline has passed and the MC is blaming the rain for the delay. He has now claimed that the ramps would be ready within a few days. |
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| The incomplete portion of Partap Chowk flyover, which was to be opened to traffic on September 3. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
On the house! 112 defaulters owe
Rs 22.65 cr to MC
Ludhiana, September 5
Figures provided by the “cash-strapped” Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) under the Right to Information (RTI) Act reveal that 112 city residents, besides some government departments, owe Rs 22.65 crore as house tax to the MC.
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Budding beauties blossom |
Girls display their modelling skills during a freshers’ party at the DD Jain College of Education in
Ludhiana. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
Jalandhar trader duped of
Rs 1.5 lakh
Ludhiana, September 5
Subhash Chander Kohli of Jalandhar was duped of Rs 1.5 lakh by an unidentified person near the Mohan Dai Oswal Cancer Hospital here today.
Focal Point SHO Kanwarjit Singh said Kohli came to meet a party in connection with his printing business. While he was meeting the party, his driver stayed in his Innova car.
Two laboratory technicians suspended for selling blood
Ludhiana, September 5
The health authorities today suspended two laboratory technicians at the Ludhiana Civil Hospital for allegedly selling blood from the blood bank to an agent.
Dr JP Singh, Director Health Services, Punjab, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Satpal Gosain had received a complaint in this regard.
Taxing time for industrialists
Ludhiana, September 5
The notices served by the income tax department randomly on taxpayers in the city recently has created panic among residents.
Though notices have been issued randomly to industrialists and traders to check their records, the move has generated panic, with the businessmen visiting taxation lawyers and chartered accountants to get their papers completed.
Teachers’ protest day
Ludhiana, September 5
Teaching work at government colleges was affected on Teacher’s Day today as a number of teachers went on a mass casual leave in protest against the ‘discriminatory policies’ of the state government.
Members of the ETT Teachers’ Union protest at the mini-secretariat in Ludhiana on
Monday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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College Clash
Rowdy students outsmart policemen
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Ludhiana, September 5
The students of Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College, who were involved in a bloody clash, have managed to outsmart college and police authorities. The raids conducted by the police on their hideouts turned out to be a futile exercise as they had submitted wrong addresses to the college authorities at the time of seeking admission.
File photo of students of Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharam College,
Ludhiana, raising slogans against the college authorities.
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effluent discharge
Pull up socks or face action, Municipal corporation told
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Ludhiana, September 5
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman, Kahan Singh Pannu, has warned Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and sewerage board officials that if they show laxity in checking the discharge of untreated water into the Budha
Nullah, they will have to face action.
A school kid passes through the Budha Nullah near Kundan
Puri, which has virtually turned into a garbage dump in Ludhiana.
A file photo |
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Jan aushadhi store reopens at Civil Hospital
Ludhiana, September 5
At last the wait of the needy to have access to generic medicines at comparatively cheaper rates is over as the Jan Aushadhi store reopened at the Civil Hospital here today. Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Sat Pal Gosain declared the store open.
Jan aushadhi store, which reopened at the Civil Hospital in
Ludhiana, after one and a half years on Monday.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma |
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Money, not passion for sports, matters these days
Ludhiana, September 5
When Milkha Singh started competing with speeding trains, he would have perhaps never thought of receiving accolades. When Sachin Tendulkar ran out of the school for playing cricket, he, too, would have never thought of sponsorships if he turns professional.
Frequent lightning strikes baffle meteorologists
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Ludhiana, September 5
The unusual phenomenon of lightning striking the city and its vicinity has got meteorologists at Punjab Agriculture University in a flap. Puzzled by repeated occurrences they have been calling up the Indian Metrological Department
(IMD) office in Pune to discuss the heightened lightening activity.
A tree on the PAU campus in
Ludhiana, which fell after the lightning struck it.
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School kids mock at NDRF drill
Ludhiana, September 5
The National Disaster Response Force training, which was organised at Government Senior Secondary Model School, looked like a mock drill session for the NDRF men than a training session for 1,700 students from Class I to Class X.
Members of the National Disaster Response Force take part in a mock drill at a Government Senior Secondary on the PAU campus in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
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A day of thanksgiving for their selfless service
Ludhiana, September 5
City schools and college celebrated Teachers’ Day. Students of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir School organised an award ceremony to honour the teachers for their academic results
Maple Bear Canadian Play Way & nursery school, Udham Singh Nagar, Ludhiana celebrated the Teacher’s Day and remembered Dr S Radhakrishnan.
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Teachers of KVM school sing a song to celebrate Teacher’s Day; and (right) students take part in a cultural programme in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photographs
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Vitamin D essential for bones: expert
Ludhiana September 5
A lecture on health awareness programme was organised by Rising Youth Organisation at Dugri here. Dr Parveen Kumar Gupta, an orthopaedician at a private hospital said Vitamin D holds the key for healthy bones as it controls calcium absorption to help the body in building strong bones and also maintains muscle strength.
National award for principal
Ludhiana, September 5
Kamaljit Kaur, principal of Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Government Girl Senior Secondary School, has been given the national award. She has been teaching since 1989 and is serving as principal since 2001.
International workshop on rice cultivation
Ludhiana, September 5
An international workshop on “Accelerating resource conservation technologies for natural resource management and mitigating environmental degradation in Indo-Gangetic Plain” was held in the department of soil science at Punjab Agricultural University recently focusing on direct dry seeding of rice.
Teaching comes to a halt on Teacher’s Day
Doraha, September 5
The teachers of Panjab University, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjabi University, Punjab Agricultural University, GADVASU, government and private colleges of Punjab and Chandigarh boycotted teaching work and proceeded on mass casual leave to stage a protest rally on teacher’s day.
garbage lifting
Oppn questions MC chief’s role
Jagraon, September 5
The local municipal council, which is already marred by allegations of misappropriation of funds, is now being accused of hiring tractor trolleys from private operators on high rates for lifting garbage from different parts of the city.
The maze of life
Ludhiana, September 5
The play ‘Adhe Adhure’, written by Mohan Rakesh, was staged at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan here.
The event was organised by the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam. Veteran artistes Mohan Agashe and Lilette Dubey were the protagonists in the play.
Mohan Agashe and Lilette Dubey in a scene from the play ‘Adhe
Adhure’. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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RTI activist claims threat by GLADA official
Ludhiana, September 5
Arvind Sharma, general secretary of the Council of RTI Activists, today alleged that the assistant public information officer (APIO) of the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), Shiv Kumar Gupta, had threatened him of dire consequences if he persisted with demanding information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act about employees who had sought permission from the competent authoritiews to leave station every day, twice a week or once a week.
Machine that washes 12 quintals of carrot in 18 minutes!
Ludhiana, September 5
A 66-years-old man Mahinder Singh displayed his carrot washing machine during a National Farm Innovators Meet at CIPHET here today. The machine that washes 12 quintals of carrots in just 18-20 minutes was invented by Mahinder.
SBI donates ceiling fans to schools
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 5
Paying gratitude to teachers for their contribution in spreading education and knowledge, officials of various branches of the State Bank of India organised functions on the occasion of Teacher’s Day today.
Stadium at PAU misses deadline
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Ludhiana, September 5
Though Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has claimed that six floodlit stadiums in the state, including Olympian Prithipal Singh Hockey Stadium at the Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU) here, will be completed by August 30, these have missed the deadline.
Work in progress at Olympian Prithpal Singh Hockey Stadium at the PAU in Ludhiana on Monday. Tribune photo: Himanshu mahajan |
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Dhruv pandove cricket tournament
Ludhiana prevail over Muktsar
Ludhiana, September 5
Hosts Ludhiana survived many anxious moments before squeezing past Muktsar to gain a slender 1-run lead in the first innings to gain two points in the second match of the Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament (u-19) for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy played at Punjab Agricultural University here today.
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The gang war in the city is getting hi-tech with gangsters making optimum use of video-sharing website like you tube and multi-media messaging services (MMS) to terrorise the rival camp.
In the latest incident, the MMS in which Talli has been stripped naked and is shown begging for mercy from Mohni is being circulated to create fear psychosis in the rival gang.
