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Businessmen panicky
Ludhiana, December 12
Businessmen have expressed concern over the rise in incidents of snatching and looting in the city, as buyers from other parts of the country and world are reluctant to come here.
City police left red-faced
Ludhiana, December 12
While the police is patting itself after busting a notorious gang behind three sensational robberies that took place in the city recently, the striking of another gang, who fled with Rs 29. 1 lakh today, has embarrassed the police, which was making claims of having nipped anti-social elements in
the bud.
Counting cash will not be easy!
Ludhiana, December 12
It might be the first robbery incident of its kind in which such a huge amount of cash comprised small denomination currency notes like Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50, besides coins. Very few notes were of the denomination of Rs 100 and Rs 500.
Twelve city markets sitting on powder keg
 Ludhiana, December 12
It seems that most of those having shops and business establishments in the interior part of the city are the “blessed” ones. They believe that God cannot harm to them. Otherwise, the conditions in which they run their establishments can never save them if a major fire brakes out.
Shopkeepers in Sarafa Bazaar, Gur Mandi, Kharida Bazaar and Dal Bazaar have not installed fire-fighting equipment in their shops. Even firefighters dither in entering these areas.
Tribune photos: Himanshu Mahajan
GLADA colony residents pay user charges
Ludhiana, December 12
Unlike their counterparts in other parts of the city who live in houses with an area up to 125 sq yards and enjoy free water supply and sewerage service, those residing in colonies developed by the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Agency (GLADA) have to pay user charges for the same amenities.
MC chief acts tough, removes XEN
Ludhiana, December 12
It seems Municipal Commissioner AK Sinha is in no mood to tolerate delay when it comes to development projects. Perturbed over the delay in the completion of the pedestrian underpass project opposite the Mini Secretariat, he removed Executive Engineer (Bridges and Roads) HC Salaria from the project as he failed to complete it on time.
Token strike by nurses hits patients hard
Ludhiana, December 12
A token half-day strike by staff nurses and other paramedical staff threw the working at the Civil Hospital out of gear as patients admitted to various wards were left to fend for themselves.
Rice millers fear losses
 Jagraon, December 12, 2011
Rice millers are ‘fearing’ heavy losses due to reduction in the specified amount of damage in the rice by the government of India. Rice millers said this year the government has reduced the specified amount of damage in the rice to 3 per cent from 4 per cent of the last
year.
Paddy stock lays at a rice mill near Jagraon. A Tribune Photograph
Punjabi poetry recitation competition
Samrala December 12
A Punjabi poetry recitation competition was organised by Aarti Yaadgari Sikhlai Sanstha Samrala at Durga
Mandir, Samrala. Participants in under-14 category and 16 poets participated in the event.
from Colleges
Extension lecture
Ludhiana: The counseling and placement cell of Kamla Lohtia SD College, Ludhiana, organised an extension lecture on "Business Communication Skills", on the college campus here on Monday. Dinesh
Malik, associate professor, department of English, Ludhiana, was the resource person on the occasion.
from schools
Inter-school English declamation contest
 Ludhiana: An inter-school English declamation contest was held at Green Land Senior Secondary Public School, Jalandhar Bye Pass, here on Monday. Almost 20 CBSE schools comprising of two students each from Central Zone,
Ludhiana, participated in the event.
Winners of the Inter-school English declamation contest at Green Land School in
Ludhiana. A Tribune Photograph
21-day training on soil health concludes
Ludhiana, December 12
A 21-day training programme on ‘Enhancement of soil health for sustaining crop productivity and improving environmental quality’ organised by the department of soil science, Punjab Agricultural University
(PAU), concluded here today.
Swindlers weave web around youths
Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 12
Another gang of swindlers is out to dupe Punjabi youths by exploiting their mindset of becoming millionaires overnight.
Idea does not go down well with academicians
Ludhiana, December 12
With Education Minister of Punjab Sewa Singh Sekhwan stating that a Punjab college education board should be started on the pattern of Punjab School Education Board
(PSEB), the idea has certainly not gone down well with academicians, who term it an “unwise” step.
ITI instructors’ strike affects studies
Ludhiana December 12
The strike by instructors and principals of industrial training institutes
(ITIs) affected studies on the first working day of the week.
Students of Industrial Training Institute study sans an instructor in Ludhiana on Monday.
A Tribune photograph
SAD may swap Ludhiana (West) seat with BJP
Ludhiana, December 12
In a major development within the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)-Bharatiya Janta Party combine, both the coalition partners may agree on swapping of a seat in the city.
‘Admn making no efforts to rid building of encroachments’
Ludhiana, December 12
Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar’s ancestral house located at Naughara Mohalla in the old city is in the midst of a controversy yet again. Vishal
Nayyar, who claims to be Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar’s family member, has alleged that despite a state government notification for removing “encroachments” from the great martyr’s house and converting it into a memorial, the district administration is not making efforts for the same.
‘All the world is a stage’
CMC staff celebrate Christmas in Ludhiana. A Tribune Photograph |
4-yr-old had drowned, says lab report
Ludhiana, December 12
Four-year-old Sonu, whose body was found inside a septic tank at a beverage factory unit in Moti
Nagar, died due to drowning. A special autopsy report from Patiala has testified that the child died due to drowning and did not suffer any injuries.
Excise inspectors suspend strike
Ludhiana, December 12
The Punjab Excise and Taxation Inspector Associations has decided to suspend their strike till December 14, as Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has assured to fulfill their demands shortly.
4 accuse officials of bias
Khanna December 12
The process of selecting women constables came under scanner when some girls alleged that a few police officials were trying to redefine recruitment parameters.
Disability no hurdle for this 14-yr-old
Ludhiana December 12
Bir Barinder Singh (14), a physically challenged boy, won a gold medal in
discuss throw during the district athletics meet organised at Guru Nanak Dev
Stadium recently.
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