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Sleepy village mourns its loss
 Ludhiana, March 15
The sleepy village of Jandiali was shattered by the tragedy in which a truck crashed into a school boundary wall, killing two students and injuring five others. A pall of gloom descended on the small village. The poor parents of Kulveer Kuar and Sukhdeep
Kaur, who died in the accident, are trying to come to terms with the death of their daughters. Anxious-ridden relativies of those injured were seen rushing to the hospital.
A student’s shoes lie in the debris at the mishap site at Jandiali village in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
GLADA fails to find bidders for commercial site
Ludhiana, March 15
The Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) today made yet another unsuccessful bid to sell a commercial site in the fully developed Dugri Urban Estate, Phase I, locality. There were no bidders for the property. After waiting for nearly three hours, GLADA officials called off the auction.
Six more stolen cars recovered
Ludhiana, March 15
A day after the recovery of four SUVs, the city police made further inroads into the case and recovered six more cars. Two more suspects have also been arrested in this connection.
Two injured seriously as bus, truck collide
Ludhiana, March 15
The driver and conductor of a bus were seriously injured after the vehicle collided head-on with a mini-truck near Heeran village on Chandigarh Road here this evening. The bus was on the way to
Chandigarh.
Seeds worth Rs 1.5 crore sold at Kisan Mela
Ludhiana, March 15
A two-day Kisan Mela began today at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus amidst massive gathering of farmers from across the state. There was brisk sale of seeds of paddy varieties like PUSA Basmati Punjab 1509 and PR-122 non Basmati varieties. Seeds worth Rs 1.5 crores were sold at the mela Dr Harvarinder Singh
Randhawa, Director, Seeds, informed.
Farmers carry sacks of farm produce and seeds during a kisan mela at PAU in Ludhiana on
Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma
Pashu palan mela
Diversification need of the hour: Expert
Ludhiana, March 15
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, inaugurated its 14th Pashu Palan Mela with the theme "Kheti Vibhinnta da eh uttam badal, Chitey ,Neeley inqlab nu karo safal." (Develop livestock professions and fisheries for agriculture diversification). Dr GS Kalkat, chairman, Punjab State Farmers Commission inaugurated the mela.
Now, admn to keep tabs on expectant women
Ludhiana, March 15
Now, couples expecting a child in Ludhiana will receive letters followed by regular calls and SMS from the DC office inquiring about the wellbeing of the mother and any missing link will immediately be followed up.
Civic body to propose Rs 631-crore Budget
Ludhiana, March 15
MC Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Verma is all set to present the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation's annual Budget for
2013-14 at MC's Zone A office at Mata Rani Chowk, here tomorrow.
mc meeting
MC officials pulled up for failed demolition drive
Ludhiana, March 15
Ludhiana Municipal Corporation officials once again remained at the receiving end during
the civic body's monitoring committee meeting, which was 'finally' organised after almost a gap of seven months.
Minor fire breaks out at eatery in city
Ludhiana, March 15
A minor fire incident was reported at “Basant Vegetarian” at Fountain
Chowk, here this evening.
Class V exams begin today; govt school students clueless about date sheet
Machhiwara, March 15
Today the students' of various government senior secondary schools will appear for their Class V examination but at the Government Senior Secondary School at Rahimabad village the scene is different.
Special children give scintillating performance at annual function
Ludhiana, March 15
Children with special abilities of Nirdosh School, being run by Inner Wheel Club, today gave a
scintillating performance during their annual day function.
Degrees conferred on 96 nursing students
Ludhiana, March 15
The Mata Mohandai Oswal College of Nursing organised its annual convocation and prize distribution function today.
Undertrial’s death: Kin block highway
Ludhiana, March 15
Relatives of an under trial facing murder charges today staged a dharna at Ludhiana-Jalandhar NH1 near Amaltas village.
from schools
Industrial visit
To accentuate the knowledge of students, a visit
to a factory was organised for the students of Class I-IV by Ryan International School,
Dugri. Students visited the Asian Cranes Company, located at Gill village. Students were made aware about the functioning of different parts of the crane. They worked on the cranes to get first hand knowledge about it. The visit was organised under the guidance of Augustine F Pinto.
from colleges
Session on entrepreneurship
Punjab Technical University and the Indus Entrepreneurs sponsored a one-day session on entrepreneurship. It was organised at
RIMT-Institute of Engineering and Technology. As many as 120 students from different engineering and management branches participated in the event.
LUDHIANA SCAN
Legal-aid camp
Ludhiana: The judiciary came forward to literate the people belonging to villages who came from different parts of Punjab. Para-legal volunteers organised a free legal-aid camp. “Purpose of the camp was to tell people that that nobody can be denied justice and people belonging to poor section can avail free legal aid,” said Chief Judicial Magistrate KK
Singla. He said as many as 500 persons were given information and advice on various issues, including property disputes, matrimonial disputes and service matters. Singla said, “all are equal before law, so the Punjab State Legal Authority is providing free legal-aid to people who cannot afford legal services.”
Man held with 9 kg of opium
Machhiwara, March 15
The Machhiwara police has seized 9 kg of opium from a car and arrested a person in this connection.
2 grain thieves arrested
Jagraon, March 15
The Jagraon police has arrested two members of a grain thieves' gang. The police had been searching for these members of the grain thieves' gang since it was busted last week and arrested mastermind Meena Ram and his accomplice Mohamad
Anwar.
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