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No exams at zila parishad schools!
Ludhiana, December 1
Studies of students of government primary schools being run under the zila parishad have been suffering due to a dispute between teachers and the Punjab Government. Since 2009, the students of these schools have been completely cut off from the popular education schemes and policies of the Centre and the state government.
War zone within Youth Cong
Ludhiana, December 1
If close aides like Sukhpal Singh Bhullar and Vikram Chaudhry are turning foes and vying for the post of state president of the Youth Congress, the
condition down the ladder is no different.
Neglect children, face defiance
Ludhiana, December 1
A class II student of BCM School, Shastri Nagar, who went “missing” from the school in mysterious circumstances yesterday, has shown the highly inquisitive and gutsy picture of the younger generation. In a similar incident, a 17-year-old boy had gone “missing”, the attempt was made by the boy to extract money from his parents. Besides, about a year ago, two girls from class VI of BCM School had gone to Hardwar to get respite from their “nagging” parents.
Civic body panel on advertisement comes under fire
Ludhiana, December 1
The Congress has cried foul over the repeated postponement of the tenders for advertisement unipoles in the city while charging the top brass of the Municipal Corporation with trying to help a particular contractor at the cost of other bidders who had offered higher rates.
City experiences perceptible dip in temperature
Ludhiana, December 1
There's a perceptible dip in temperature in the city. The weather in the city has become colder with the drop in the temperature.
Women make their way through a thick blanket of fog in Ludhiana on Thursday morning. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
 world aids day
‘Need for greater awareness’
Ludhiana, December 1
The Punjab Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Sat Pal Gosain, today stressed on the need for better public awareness on HIV/AIDS to create an AIDS-free society and root out the disease.
Punjab Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sat Pal Gosain (in black coat) takes a look at posters during a state-level World AIDS Day function in Ludhiana on Thursday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Students take out rally on AIDS
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 1
To aware residents about causes and consequences of dreaded HIV virus, students of various schools of the local town and surrounding localities, led by office-bearers of Kalyaan
Helpline, an NGO, and Ahmedgarh Medical Association organised an awareness rally here today.
Students take out an awareness rally on AIDS in Mandi Ahmedgarh on Thursday.
A Tribune photograph
Paper-reading contest marks day
Jagraon, December 1
The Jagraon Citizens’ Welfare Council in association with Mother Teresa Institute of Medical Technology organised a function at Government Senior Secondary School here today to mark the World AIDS
Day.
MC chief under fire for irregularities in development works
 Jagraon, December 1
Already under fire from various quarters of the society for a large number of irregularities in various development works carried out in the town during the recent past, Jagraon Municipal Council president Baldev Krishan Dhir drew yet another controversy after floating tenders for carrying out development works in those wards of the town where actually no need was felt for carrying the development works.
Stagnant water in Gandhi Mohalla of Jagraon. The locality has been waiting for the recarpeting of roads for a long time.
Photo by writer
Exhibition celebrates womanhood
 Ludhiana, December 1
“The Better Halves”, an exhibition celebrating womanhood, was inaugurated at a gallery here today. Artist, Kamal
Nath, who has put up an exhibition for the first time in Punjab, is a self-taught artist working in mixed media on canvas. Lyrical and romantic, his canvases are radiant and
colourful.
Kamal Nath poses with his photographs in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Chrysanthemum show at farm varsity begins
Ludhiana, December 1
A three-day chrysanthemum show, dedicated to renowned Punjabi poet Bhai Vir Singh, began today near the flag post of the Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU).
A thing of beauty:
Girls photograph themselves amid chrysanthemums during a show at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana
on Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
Social networking sites
Tool to advertise leaders’ achievements
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 1
Social networking sites are fast emerging as a tool for advertising achievements and yoking in support by the politicians.
Businessman adopts 13 thalassaemic kids on his birthday
Ludhiana, December 1
Puneet Gupta, a local businessman, celebrated his 35th birth anniversary by adopting 13 thalassaemic children and undertook to provide life-long financial assistance for their periodic blood transfusion and follow-up treatment.
Lukewarm response to Bharat bandh
Jagraon, December 1
Bharat Bandh call given by the opposition parties against the Congress-led UPA government’s decision on the issue of the Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) received a lukewarm response in Jagraon today.
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| Shopkeepers in Chaura Bazaar partially keep their shops open; and (right) markets remain open in Ludhiana on Thursday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan |
Call fizzles out in first hour
Ludhiana, December 1
The bandh call against the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) supported by the Central government fizzled out in first hour of
the day.
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Birvarinder, Sukhpreet shine in athletics meet
 Ludhiana, December 1
Students of Guru Nanak International Senior Secondary Public School, I-Block, BRS
Nagar, Ludhiana, brought laurels to the school in the inter-zonal athletics meet held at
Khanna.
Students present a dance during the annual function of Sat Paul Mittal School in Ludhiana on Thursday. A Tribune photograph
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Patients examined at free medical camp
 Ludhiana, December 1
A four-day free dental and medical check-up camp is being organized by Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College and Hospital under the supervision of principal, Dr DS
Kalsi. A team of expert doctors comprised of Dr HS Bedi, Dr Harinder Kukreja examined the students.
A girl takes part in a poster-making competition at MTSM College for Women in Ludhiana on
Thursday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan
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Stir intensified
Activists and office-bearers of various units of the Guest Lecturers’ Association of government colleges intensified their stir to demand their long-pending demands. The chain hunger strike entering its fifth day, activists of Government College,
Malerkotla, and Government College, Karamsar Rara Sahib, organised protest marches through various localities, including towns and villages.
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Tragedy waiting to happen |
Wires hanging loose from electricity poles pose a risk to commuters and passersby. Such electricity poles are a common feature in the city.
Photographer Inderjeet Verma captures some of them.
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| Electricity poles with wires hanging lose near Bharat Nagar Chowk, Rakh Bagh and Bhadaur House. |
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