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Pupil, weak for one, healthy for another
Ludhiana December 3
It may sound interesting; a student studying in a government school was found healthy in mathematics period, but weak in a science teacher’s class. 

High drama at DMCH
Ludhiana, December 3
High drama was witnessed at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here this morning when a well-dressed man barged in the hospital’s emergency ward and shouted for help.

Suicide Bid: Medico backtracks
Ludhiana, December 3
The medico, who consumed 47 tablets of Digitalis on November 30, today brushed aside the rumor of favoritism in the hospital and made it clear that she had consumed pills due to personal reason.

Polluters beware!
Ludhiana, December 3
Next time you pollute your surrounding, beware. The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) will keep round-the-clock vigil against those doing so in the city.

Children falling prey to cervical spondylitis
Ludhiana, December 3
Around 40 per cent city children and youngsters are falling prey to cervical spondylitis and backache. Instead of following the right sitting posture, children, youngsters and working women sit the way they like, irrespective of its ill-effects on their health. Dr HS Gill, senior consultant and head of orthopaedics department at a private hospital, said: “Due to overwork these days, students from class IX onwards and women who work more on computers adopt parabola pattern of sitting. 

COMMUNITY

Cong rally spells chaos
Mullanpur Dakha, December 3 Chaos reigned supreme at the Ludhiana-Ferozepur highway during a political rally organised by the Congress near Mullanpur Dakha today.

Gill elected PAU Employees Union president
Ludhiana, December 3
Paramjit Singh Gill, a candidate supported by former president DP Maur, was elected the new president of the Punjab Agriculture University Employees’ Union, the results of which were declared here today.


Paramjit Singh Gill (centre) along with his supporters in a jubilant mood after winning the PAU Employees Union election in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune Photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Exhibition by students
Mandi Gobindgarh, December 3
A science-cum-arts exhibition was organised by students of Om Parkash Modern School here today. Neelam Gulati, deputy director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh, presided over as the chief guest.



Students take part in an exhibition at Om Parkash Modern School, Mandi Gobindgarh, on Saturday. Photo: Bhushan Sood

HC limits recruitment to 1,000
Ludhiana, December 3
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab State Power Corporation (Powercom) Limited to recruit just 1,000 linemen and not 5,000 in the state. The orders were issued by the court on December 1 on a petition filed by the Ludhiana Hand-Tool Association.

Body donated for medical research
Ludhiana, December 3
The body of 22-year-old Husan Lal, a devotee of Dera Sacha Sauda, has been donated to the Christian Medical College and Hospital for medical research.

Social worker Dr Karam Singh dead
Ludhiana, December 3
Social worker and philanthropist Dr Karam Singh, father of Dr Tajinder Singh, passed away after a brief illness here last night.

CRIME

Woman’s purse snatched
Ludhiana, December 3
Two motorcycle-borne youths snatched an elderly woman’s purse at BRS Nagar here today.

SPORTS

GNPS bag overall championship
Ludhiana, December 3
Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar branch, secured 197 points to emerge overall champions in the Ludhiana Sahodaya Schools Complex Athletics Meet held here today.

Running barefoot to protect shoes
Ludhiana, December 3
“Our wounds will heal but we don’t have the money to buy new shoes,” said the children who ran barefoot and suffered injuries, just to protect their shoes during the district- level athletics meet organised by the administration at SCD Government College here today.
Children run barefoot; (and right) a few made to carry empty cold drink bottles at a kitty party organised in a club a few meters away from the venue of the annual sport meet at SCD Government College in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan 

Smooth sailing for seeds
Ludhiana, December 3
Seeded players had a smooth sailing into the next round, wrapping up their respective matches in the sub-junior and junior sections on the first day of the Punjab State Snooker Championship that started here today.


A player aims a shot during the Punjab State Snooker Championship in Ludhiana on Saturday. Tribune photo: Himanshu Mahajan

Sports meet organised
Ludhiana, December 3
A large number of students (boys and girls) drawn from over 20 schools being run under the National Child Labour Project by the Ludhiana District Project Society in collaboration with a few NGOs participated in the one-day sports meet held at Satish Chander Dhawan Government College here today.

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