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assembly poll
Leaders make a beeline to woo affluent
Ludhiana, November 12
With election fever gripping the state, the city has become favourite destination for
VVIPs. If the “official” visits by leaders of two major political parties
(SAD/BJP and Congress) are any indication, in the past one month more than 24 VIPs have visited the city. Most of these leaders are trying hard to woo the affluent populace of
the city.
Congress rally
Chaos reigns supreme
Ludhiana, November 12
Chaos and confusion ruled the stage and pandal of the much hyped Congress party’s Punjab Bachao rally organized at grain market near Arora cinema
here today.
Ludhiana MP Manish Tiwari pushes zealous Congress supporters to clear the stage on Saturday.
Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Rally messes up marriage party
Ludhiana, November 12
The Congress party’s much-hyped Punjab Bachao Rally marred a wedding that was being organised at the grain market near Arora Cinema Chowk here today.
roadside vendors
Fear of attack keeps officials at bay
 Ludhiana, November 12
The sale of non-vegetarian food items has picked up due to the marriage season. Be it the fish, chicken or any other non-vegetarian items, people love to relish these irrespective of the hygiene being maintained while processing these. However, the fear of being attacked with butcher knives and other implements by roadside vendors in a fish market seems to be major impediment to punitive measures against them by officials of the health department. So the business of such vendors is flourishing and some places vendors are openly selling Thai Mangoor fish, the open sale of which has been banned by the administration.
Special Vivek Express arrives in city
 Ludhiana, November 12
A special exhibition train (Vivek Express) arrived in the city today to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda. The train decorated with the pictures and messages depicting the life and teachings of Swami Vivekanand will remain stationed at platform No 1 near the luggage room of the local railway station for four days. It will remain open for visitors from 10 am to 5 pm till November 15, before chugging off to
Amritsar.
People view an exhibition, which gives a glimpse to Swami Vivekananda’s life and teachings onboard the Vivek Express at the Ludhiana Railway Station. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Verma
14.03-lakh m tonnes of paddy arrives in district
Ludhiana, November 12
Total 14.03 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has arrived at all procurement centres in the Ludhiana district so far. The district has procured maximum paddy in Punjab. Though the produce is still arriving in mandis, but within next five days, the procurement process is expected to end. The daily arrival of paddy is about 4745 metric tonnes. Out of the total 14.03-lakh metric tonnes of paddy, 13.60 lakh metric tonnes has already been lifted.
Safai karamcharis go on indefinite strike
 Jagraon, November 12
With the Municipal Council Safari Karamcharis going on indefinite strike in support of their various pending demands, the entire town once again is fast turning into a garbage dump as the filth is not being lifted from various locations by the safari karamcharis of the Jagraon Municipal Council.
A heap of garbage strewn on Raikot Road, in Jagraon.
A Tribune photograph
10 SHOs appointed
Ludhiana, November 12
The police administration appointed 10 SHOs and additional SHOs on the seats lying vacant at different police stations here today.
Delivery sans staff
ESI hospital postpones inquiry by a week
Ludhiana, November 12
The probe to be conducted by a three-member committee into the delivery case of Chanchla Devi has been postponed to next week.
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A young player takes part in a billiards competition during the sports carnival at the Sutlej Club in Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan |
Police tells public to avoid Advani’s rath yatra route
Ludhiana, November 12
The Ludhiana traffic police has appealed to the residents here and those coming from outside the city to adopt alternative routes as all major roads in the city will be busy in connection with LK Advani's rath yatra tomorrow.
Six cases of power theft detected
Ludhiana, November 12
Under the stepped up drive to check the power theft, officials of the operation wing of the City Central division of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) conducted raids in Harbanspura, Kashmir Nagar and Khud Mohalla localities in Division No 3 this morning.
SSA bends under pressure
Ludhiana, November 12
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Punjab, under the pressure of teachers’ association stopped sending monitor diaries to schools. A letter circulated to all schools by the Director General of School Education
(DGSE) states that the monitor diaries would not be sent to the schools in future.
Mystery surrounds woman’s death
Ludhiana, November 12
Ruby Rai (25), wife of Ravish Rai, a resident of New Basant Nagar, died under mysterious circumstances at a private hospital here today. A post-mortem examination of the body was conducted at the local Civil Hospital.
Para Olympics
Special children, parents on cloud nine
 Ludhiana, November 12
A large number of boys and girls and seniors representing different NGOs and schools from all over the state competed in various sports disciplines of sports and fun games being organised during the 14th Punjab State Special Olympics at Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha
Nagar, here today.
A physically challenged girl take part in a race at GNP School in
Ludhiana. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Dr Ishwar Singh hockey tourney from Nov 14
Doraha, November 12
The 13th Inter-School Diwali Hockey Tournament, organised every year in memory of Dr Ishwar Singh, the founder president of Guru Nanak National College, will start from November 14 at Guru Nanak Stadium.
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