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In the dark zone
Ludhiana, March 18 Following the instructions by the authority, the district administration has rejected the applications of about 50 applicants in the past two months. The local industry has been raising hue and cry over the decision taken by the authority and maintain that their survival was at stake if permission was not granted to them to install tubewells or pumps. The groundwater authority believes no new connections should be given as the groundwater is already depleting at an alarming rate in Ludhiana, Khanna and Pakhowal. Besides, in Pakhowal and Khanna, too, no new connections were given to farmers. In order to tide over the problem, the district administration has written to the Punjab Chief Secretary to intervene and urge the authority to rethink its decision. Rishipal Singh, ADC (D), secretary of the committee which gives new connections for tubewells, said the groundwater authority had banned drawing of water for the industrial, commercial, agricultural purposes. New connections could be given to applicants only for drinking water or for domestic use in Ludhiana, Khanna and Pakhowal. "It’s a decision taken by higher authorities and we cannot interfere. But the local industry and farmers at Pakhowal and Khanna have been raising hue and cry as their work is suffering due to the unavailability of water. We have written to the Chief Secretary,” said the ADC.
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encroachment in gur mandi
Ludhiana, March 18 In an apparent bid to give religious colour to the MC action to clear all encroachments from municipal and government land in the city, activists of the Mahavir Mandir Trust, along with shopkeepers from Gur Mandi, staged a dharna at the Zone A office of the MC, terming the attempt of the civic body to pull down their shops as an ‘attack on religion’. The protesters claimed the shops, which as per the MC were encroachments on the government land, were constructed more than 50 years ago. "Moreover, the shops formed an integral part of the temple as rooms above these shops were used for prayers and meditation," they asserted. Later, the functionaries of the Trust submitted a memorandum, signed by over two-dozen religious and other bodies, to Additional Commissioner Sumit Jarangal in which they took exception to the MC’s bid to demolish the shops constructed around the temple. Pawan Sharma, president of the Trust, who led the protest, said the MC had never taken up the issue of the alleged encroachment with the temple management or the Trust. In a veiled threat, he said any action taken against these shops by the civic body would hurt the religious sentiments of the residents of the city. Sharma said the Mahavir Mandir Trust had taken the stand that the shops were the property of the temple and these had been rented out to the shopkeepers to generate regular income so as to meet the day to day expenses of the temple. He said the functionaries of the Trust had offered to the MC to produce relevant documents of the ownership of these shops in order to sort out the issue amicably. |
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50-yr-old man hacked to death
Ludhiana, March 18 The incident came to light when a person, known to Mahadev, opened the door of his room and saw him lying in a pool of blood. He informed the residents of the area and the police was called. The police said the victim was hacked to death with a sharp-edged weapon. It appeared that the victim was killed last night. The police has not ruled out personal enmity to be the reason behind the murder. Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Police Bhupinder Singh said nothing was missing from the room. Mahadev's two daughters are married and he used to sell boiled eggs near the Dhuri level crossing for past several years. |
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Woman booked for concocting robbery story
Ludhiana, March 18 The woman, identified as Birinder Kaur of Bullara village, had taken the city police for a ride on March 11 when she claimed that four persons entered her beauty parlour posing as customers. Later they overpowered her and decamped with gold ornament and cash. The police today nabbed a rag picker, Amarjit Singh, a resident of Jawahar Nagar Camp, Ashwani Kumar of Civil City,
Haibowal, and a minor, who resides near the bus stand. Amandeep Singh,
SHO, Sadar, said the trio had been arrested and hunt had been launched to nab Barinder and Deepak Kumar, a resident of the Kochar Market area. It is learnt that Deepak is in the possession of a cash and gold ornament taken away from the house. The police said Amarjit Singh had sold gold ornaments at
Saharanpur. Barinder Kaur is known to Amarjit Singh and both of them hatched a robbery conspiracy together. As per plan, on March 11 when Barinder was alone at her home, four persons, including
Amarjit, Ashwani, Deepak and a minor, entered the house and decamped with gold ornaments and cash.
Amarjit reportedly told the police that Barinder wanted to elope with him. Sources said the police had procured the call details which established that the Birinder was in constant touch with Amarjit on the day of the robbery. The SHO said Birinder was evading arrest and efforts were on to nab her. |
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Father ‘poisons’ children to death
Mandi
Gobindgarh, March 18 Her husband Gouri Shanker had already left. The children were rushed to the Mandi Gobhindgarh Civil Hospital. The doctors declared both the children brought dead. The SHO of the Division Number 2 police station Avtar Singh said the police had lodged an FIR under Section 302 of the IPC against Gouri Shanker. Sources said Gouri Shanker was a ‘tantarik’ and often used to beat
up his wife and children. The bodies have been handed over to Anju after post-mortem. |
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Death of police personnel shocks Khamano
Khamano, March 18 Varinder Partap, aka Pandey, who was a resident of Faridabad, had shifted to Khamano several years ago and had constructed a one-room house in Ward Number 9 where he was living his two minor children, who are studying in Navodaya Vidyalaya, Farour, in Classes VI and X. He was a PHG jawan and use to offer water and tea in the police station, besides general duty. Due to his service of providing drinking water, he was also known as ‘Bhai Ghaniya’. His wife often remains ill. Constable Kesar Singh, who had retired from Army, was also residing in Ward Number 9 and had joined police some time ago. Raj Kaur a woman constable also belonged to this sub-division as was residing at Panjkoha village. Constable Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Sidhupur village, had joined the police recently. His family has a sorrow story as his father, who was a Home Guards jawan, was killed by terrorists in 1990-1991. The last rites of all the four police personnel were performed with full police honours. DIG, Ludhiana Range, MF Farouqi, SSP Hardial Singh Mann and other police officers visited some the families. He assured all possible help to the deceased’s families. |
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Class X maths exam cancelled at city school
Taking a strict action against one such school, the district education office today cancelled the maths exam of Class X at BM Bhatt School, Shivaji Nagar. Talking to The Tribune, District Education Officer (Secondary) Paramjit
Kaur Chahal said the exam was cancelled as the seal of a packet containing question papers was found broken. "Since the seal of the packet was broken, we did not allow the centre to hold the exam today. It is unfortunate that due to the fault of a handful of persons, the students had to suffer. But we have to adhere to the instructions,” said Chahal. The new date for the exam will be announced shortly, said the DEO. Exams of Classes X and XII are being cancelled at various centres as cases of copying are on the rise. A senior teacher at an examination centre said copying could never be possible without the connivance of the board officials. |
Budget wish list: City residents expect relief from taxes
Ludhiana, March 18 "With the prices of petrol going haywire, the Punjab government needs to reduce VAT on petrol," said Davinder Singh, a senior citizen. Priya Khanna, a resident, feels that more schemes should be launched for promoting education among girls. The mid-day meal scheme, which was launched with much fanfare, has failed to serve the purpose. "More funds should be allocated under the scheme and if possible cooks should be appointed for preparing meals on the school premises," she suggested. Another city resident Kulwinder Singh, employed with a private firm, said, "Projects, started by the government, are stalled midway. A number of projects have been hanging fire. These should have been completed on time," he said. Industry's wish list
Residents' wish list
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PAU staff demand salaries
Ludhiana, March 18 They condemned the Punjab government for not releasing the grant-in-aid for the payment of salaries for the month of February. Paramjit Singh Gill, president, PAU Employees Union, while addressing the rally, said for the past three or four months, they were not getting salaries on time. He also appealed to the government to release funds to meet the 70 per cent arrears that are also pending for long. Dr Gulzar Singh Pandher, general secretary, said a protest rally will also be held tomorrow if salaries were not disbursed
by today. Others who addressed the rally included Dr Mukesh Siag, president, PAUTA; Dr HS Kingra, general secretary, PAUTA; Avtar Singh Gurum, president, PAU Fourth Class Workers Union.
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Greenland School to introduce CBSE’s international curriculum
Ludhiana, March 18 There will be special qualified staff to teach the CBSE-I syllabus from classes I-IX. The teachers will have to follow continuous professional development through training programmes which will be organized by the CBSE on a regular basis. Elaborating on the CBSE-I pattern, the chairman of the chain of Green Land Schools, Rajesh Rudhra, said it was a computer-based online teaching. Rudhra said students will have the choice of opting for the new curriculum or continue with the regular one. Students opting for the CBSE-I will be provided individual computers on their desks. Japanese teaching
method introduced
Guru Nanak Public School, Mullanpur, has tied up with Zee Learn Brain Cafe and Gakken Education Company, Japan, to introduce the unique Japanese methodology of learning. It focuses on children doing things with their own hands, i.e. activity-based learning. At the end of every year, students will be awarded certificates for their performance by Zee and Gakken Education Company. Principal Baljit Kaur said by learning to do things by themselves, the retention power of children increased.
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50 blood samples not cleared for transfusion
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18 While 25 samples were found to be containing pathogens of dreaded diseases including hepatitis B and C, an equal number of donors were asked to get their serum examined for presence of various viruses or harmful antigens. These revelations were made during the concluding session of the felicitation function at Grain Market. However, 1,065 out of the 1,115 units of blood had been cleared for transfusion.
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Young classical vocalist scales new heights
Two years ago he was felicitated by President Pratibha Patil on Republic Day. He performed during the classical music youth festival organised by the ministry. "An artist empanelled with the ministry can perform for a lifetime,"
he said. He performed in various classical genres, his favourites being Holi gaayan, jhumri, dadra and khayal during a programme in Delhi. He has performed at Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar, Gulabbari Mahotsav at Kolkata, Dehradun Heritage Festival and Sangeet Sammelan
in Varanasi. He was also awarded Sangeet Ratna by Haridas Sangeet Sammelan. "Being one of the few artists from the city to be empanelled with the Ministry of Culture from the state is a matter of pride," he said. A disciple of Girija Devi, he spent eight years in Varanasi and Kolkata to learn music. "I also got an opportunity to share the stage with Pandit Jasraj, Birju Maharaj and Girija Devi Shankar," he said. Presently, working as a faculty member at Ishmeet Music Academy, he wants to take classical music to the young generation. Talking about classical music, he said, "Rather than appreciating the richness of classical music, youngsters are not even getting the opportunity to listen to classical and realise what bliss pure classical is. Youngsters need to be introduced to it." "Even the folk songs of Punjab are based on classical music but youngsters don't listen to it to realise the value of culture,"
he said.
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Postal dept releases stamp on Jhulelal Sahib
It is said that Jhulelal was born in Sind Province. He was revered by people of all communities because he propagated the concept of one god. "Because there aren't many Sindhis in Ludhiana, so the birth anniversary is not celebrated here. But we have a lot of faith and reverence for Jhulelal Sahib," said Narinder Kumar Gangwani, a resident. "There are many Sindhi families in Delhi, Mumbai and Gujarat, so the day is celebrated with much enthusiasm there," he said. "Earlier, we had an association of Sindhis when we would celebrate the birth anniversary of Jhulelal Sahib, but now we don't have any such
association," said Prakash Chandar Gangwani. "We have a great devotion for Jhulelal Sahib, but there is no temple devoted to Jhulelal Sahib, so we do not celebrate the day together," he stated. A city-based philatelist said he would cherish the postage stamp with respect in his philately collection.
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Shopping mall: Land development authority visits city railway station
Ludhiana, March 18 The authorities had sent a proposal to the Railway Ministry, following which the team visited the station. As per the proposal, shops will be constructed on the ground floor and the hotel will come up on the upper floor. A reservation centre and VIP waiting room will also be constructed. Ravinder Sharma, station superintendent, said, "The Railway Minister and senior officials are keen on developing the station. "We are waiting for the Railway Ministry's nod."
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Body seeks release of arrested farmers
Ludhiana, March 18 In a memorandum submitted to the state government through the Deputy Commissioner, the district unit of the body said the police had arrested activists of various bodies of farmers who had launched an agitation on March 6 to seek remunerative prices of farm produce and acceptance of other genuine demands of farmers. The BKU had asked the government to concede other demands like procurement price of crops as per report of Dr Swaminathan committee along with 50 per cent profit, remission of all debts of farmers, distribution of surplus land to landless farm workers, 200 units free electricity to workers and allotment of plots to them for residential purpose. The farmers' body while expressing its concern over the persistent cut back in subsidies on farm products made a strong plea for restoration of all subsidies in the wake of poor financial health of the farmers. "The government also ought to provide adequate compensation and rehabilitation measures to families of farmers who were forced to commit suicides. In addition to financial relief of Rs 5 lakh, one eligible member of the family be provided a government job and all debts of such families be remitted," the BKU demanded. Police action
The police had arrested activists of various bodies of farmers who had launched an agitation on March 6 to seek remunerative prices of farm produce
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Enrolment of Aadhaar cards resumes
Information
available online
Navneet Verma from Smart Chip Solutions said now people could update data and correct mistakes in their cards online. People can visit online and log in with their registration number and can correct any data. One can also visit the regional office at Sector 17 in Chandigarh to get a new copy of the card.
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Justified transfer policy for MRs demanded
Ludhiana: The general secretary of the Punjab Medical Representative Association has demanded a ‘justified’ transfer policy for medical representatives.
Rajesh Kaul, who has also served as the president of the Ludhiana unit, said: “The state-level association will fight for the long-pending demands of medical representatives. These include a justified transfer policy as many times pharmaceutical companies transferred medical representatives without keeping in mind their performanc. The maximum working hours too should be fixed to eight hours.” Another problem being faced by medical representatives is that companies distribute the same product to all the eight divisions, which adds to unnecessary pressure on them, he said. He said the first state body meeting will be held tomorrow in which all these issues would be discussed. There are about 4,000 members in the state body.
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Passers-by, police rescue two accident victims
Mandi Ahmedgarh, March 18 Bawa of Ludhiana and Prabhdeep of Lohgarh village were rescued by some passers-by and a police team supervised by Station House Officer Satinder Pal Singh. The Mercedes car, they were travelling in, was headed towards Kilaraipur when the driver lost control at a sharp turn and collided with the truck coming from the opposite side. The collision was so powerful that the car was dragged for at least 20 feet. After the accident, the vehicle caught fire and passers-by had to break the windows to rescue the youths. Profusely bleeding, they were shifted to a multi-specialty hospital in Ludhiana. Driver of the truck succeeded in dodging the police.
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Fill posts: Education officers
Ludhiana, March 18 Implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act had doubled their work, they said. There are a total of 216 posts of BPEO in Punjab, and each officer covers nearly 80 schools. The gathering said the vacant posts must be filled at the earliest, so that the work load could be divided. Besides, BPEOs must be considered at par with lecturers and should be paid accordingly, they said. Officers also demanded a post of assistant BPEO as well as the recruitment of Class IV employees.
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Govt dissolves MSME board
Ludhiana, March 18 The board was supposed to advise the state government on the ways to promotion the MSME sector. Stalwarts of industry were nominated as members of this board; however, the Punjab government dissolved the board without informing any of the members. “This is an insult to the industrial associations of Punjab,” said Badish Jindal, national president of Federation of Association of Small Industries of India. Jindal was also a member of the board. Jindal has shot a letter to the Governor of Punjab requesting that the new board should not be considered for approval before the actual expiry date of the existing board.
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FROM COLLEGES
Ludhiana, March 18 Neel Kamal, head of commerce department, introduced the audience to the major thrust area of the seminar and its sub-themes including contemporary changes in banking, insurance sector reforms, capital marketing, financial performance of private sector banks in India, bancassurance, corporate governance and the timeliness of financial reporting. Farewell party
The postgraduation department of commerce and business management of Arya College organised a farewell party for the outgoing students of BCom, BBA, MCom on Monday. Students were in high spirits. They exhibited their talents through dance performances. Western, classical and bhangra performances were appreciated by the faculty and fellow students. Students also sashayed down the ramp. College principal Dr RC Tejpal exhorted students to take a keen interest in cultural activities and sports along with academics in order to become an all-rounder. The principal congratulated the award winners and wished them a
bright future. Prof AK Singla presented the annual report, highlighting various achievements of the department during the academic session 2012-13.
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Cultural show
Ludhiana: A cultural programme comprising of folk and Western dances, songs and rhymes was held at Small Wonders on Monday. The stage was decorated with butterflies and colourful buntings. The pre-nursery students presented a programme based on the theme ‘Nature’. They were dressed as trees, flowers and animals. They gave the message of growing more trees. Nursery girls gave a breathtaking performance on the number ‘Radha teri
chunri’ and boys performed on a medley. Dandia item captivated the audience. The programme ended with a bhangra performance. Principal Neeti Dewan congratulated children for their confident performances. Prize distribution function was also part of the celebrations. Children were given gifts, and awarded trophies for their achievements in
academics, sports and other competitions. Annual day
Indus World School celebrated its first annual day, Indutsav 2013, on Sunday. The school wore a festive look, while reflecting the theme of environment conservation. Balraj
Bhasin, member, advisory board, and Davinder Bhasin and Mamta Batta, members of the governing board, graced the occasion. The show commenced with chanting of Sarv Dharm Prayer, an amalgamation of prayers of various religions. Principal Ramanjit Ghuman presented progress report of the school. The achievements where individual students brought laurels to the school were highlighted. The salsa performance by parents was well received. Enthusiastic parents accompanied by mentors then captivated all with their giddha and bhangra performances. Welcome party
Ram Lal Bhasin Public School organised a welcome party for the Montessori wing. Students attended the school dressed in colourful attires. Various fun-filled activities were organised to treat the ‘special guests’. Children walked down the ramp. Tarun was crowned Mr Fresher and Harleen kaur grabbed the title of Ms Fresher. The principal, Mona
Thakur, welcomed the new students. Farewell party
A farewell party was organised at Cherrylane Play School on Monday. During the graduation ceremony all passing-out children were awarded certificates for successful completion of the nursery class. Parents were asked to write messages for the school, which were read out on the stage. The function ended with a cake-cutting ceremony. Good
Samaritan
Gurjinder Kaur Ginni, an NRI from Canada, has donated Rs 1 lakh and stationery to students of a school being run under the National Child Labour Project at Ambedkar
Nagar. — TNS
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Lowering age of consent opposed
Shai Imam and president of the Majlis Ahrar Islam Hind Maulana Habib-ur-Rahman has opposed the proposal of the government to lower the age of consent for girls from 18 to 16 years, saying the move was ill-conceived and will prove counter productive. Addressing a news conference, he said rather than acting tough against perpetrators of crimes against woman, the government was, in a way, trying to legitimise the heinous crimes like rape and abduction by lowering the age of consent. "Pre-marital physical relationship, even otherwise, was against the Indian culture and religious tenets of all communities,” he said. CME on hepatitis
A continuing medical education on hepatitis C was organised by IMA, Ludhiana. Dr Anish Chopra, gastroentrologist and hepatologist consultant at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, was the speaker. He highlighted the causes and modes of spread of the disease. Dr Chopra also discussed various methods of treatment and means of preventing the disease. He said all doctors and paramedical staff should also get themselves screened for hepatitis C. Seminar
A seminar on the relevance of the ideology of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev will be organised at Sunet village on March 23. It would be jointly organised by Inquilabi Kender, Punjab, at Baba Bhan Singh Yadgari Hall. Meeting
A meeting of Sarvjan Kalyan Parishad was organised at Circuit House today. It was the first meeting of the organisation. Strengthening the nation, removing the caste system and honouring martyrs was emphasised in the meeting. Dr DP Khosla from Safai Karmchari Bhalai Board was the chief guest. He said the youth should fight against social evils. Habit-forming drugs seized
A team of district health department seized habit-forming drugs from a medical store on Pindi Street on Monday. Drug Inspector Sukhbeer Chand said, "On the directions of Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Subhash Batta, we raided Gopal Medicos at Kundan Market on Pindi Street. We seized 7,200 capsules of spasmoproxyvon. These were worth Rs 14,000." Library staff
raise demands
Library restorers working in public and college libraries, along with the Democratic Library Employees Front, Punjab, announced a struggle to push their demands. They said that Shabad Prakash Library Act should be implemented in the state to prevent the youth from going astray and to promote book reading culture. Honoured
Youth Akali Dal honoured the producer, director and actors of the Punjabi movie 'Saada Haq'. Gurdeep Singh Gosha of the party said the movie brought forth "the truth of the dark period in Punjab". He said the movie also brought to the fore the unity shown by the Punjabi community despite the attempts of unscrupulous elements to disrupt the Hindu-Sikh unity in that period. Dengue prevention
Sangeeta Bhandari from the women's wing of Hindu Sikh Jagriti Sena has appealed to the Municipal Corporation to start fogging in advance to prevent dengue. “The administration starts acting when the mosquitoes already start spreading the disease,” she said. Fogging should be started early to curtail their breeding. Modernisation of Ward No 48
Mayor Harcharan Singh Gohalwaria has said Ward No. 48 would be transformed into a modern ward by providing all the basic facilities. He said this during a function organised by the shopkeepers’ association of the ward. Inns for devotees
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar has said the organisation is building inns equipped with modern facilities for devotees visiting Harmandir Sabib, Amritsar. He said this during his visit to the city on Sunday. Fill reserved vacancies: Dalits
A meeting of Dalit Adhikar Bachao Morcha, Punjab, was organised on Monday. It was presided over by Ram Chand Talwandi. It was decided in the meeting that a letter about the demands and rights of the Dalit community would be sent to the Chief Minister. They demanded vacancies for reserved categories should be filled without delay. Marriages of poor girls solemnised
Jagraon: Marriages of 12 girls from financially weak families were solemnised at a function organised by the Lok Sewa Society. Local MLA SR Kaler, the chief guest, gave blessings to the newly married couples during the function organised at Geeta Bhavan. The society also provided utensils to the newly wed girls. Kaler applauded efforts of the society. He motivated the other non-governmental organisations to come forward and offer help to the needy people. Chairman of the society Gulshan Arora said the organisation had solemnised 150 marriages so far.
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2 held with Rs 2-cr drugs
Ludhiana, March 18 Brij Lal was nabbed from a checkpoint near the civil hospital, while Satbir Singh was arrested near Gill Chowk. Brij Lal was carrying 400-gm powder, while 190-gm psychotropic drugs were recovered from Satbir Singh. The drugs have been sent to a special laboratory for chemical examination, the police said. A case under Sections 22, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act has been registered against the accused. 23-gram heroin seized Jagraon: The Mullanpur Dakha police arrested two youths and seized 23 grams of heroin from their possession during two separate operations. The accused have been identified as Kulwant Singh, a resident of Ballowal village, and Davinder Singh, alias Lali, of Harnam Nagar in Ludhiana. Station House Officer Manjinder Singh said the first accused was arrested from outside Kular village near Gurusar Sadhar. "A police team was patrolling the area, when a youth, on seeing the police, tried to escape. When searched, the police recovered 8 grams of heroin from him,” he said The second accused, Davinder Singh, was arrested during a routine checking near Mandiani village. The police seized 15 grams of heroin from him. The police also impounded a Hero motorcycle from the accused.
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Man killed in accident
Ludhiana, March 18 Flesh trade racket busted
With the arrest of six persons, including four women, the police has claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket at the Salem Tabri area. Dharampal, SHO, Salem Tabri, said following a tip-off, a raid was conducted. The accused have been identified as Geeta, Manjeet Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur and Sonia. The police has arrested Mohd Aziz and Mohd Shaukat, who stated that they were customers. Man duped of
jewellery, cash
A swindler duped an elderly man of gold ornaments and Rs 20,000 today. Joginder Singh (80), a resident of Jamalpur, said a man entered his house on the pretest of asking an address. "When I told him that no such person lived in the area, he asked for a glass of water. I went inside to get him a glass of water, but he disappeared. Later, I was realised that the swindler had decamped with gold ornaments and cash worth," said Joginder Singh.
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Fans raise a toast to Team India
Ludhiana, March 18 Since morning, the lovers remained glued to their television sets for getting an update on the fifth and the final day of the penultimate Test played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The visitors resumed the day's play at 75 for three and required 17 runs to make India bat again. Today, the hosts tasted success instantly. Last evening's not out batsman NM Lyon was caught behind off Ravinder Jadeja. The visitors went on losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually their second innings folded at 223 runs, setting a target of 133 runs for victory. Indian batsmen did a commendable job, scoring the required runs in 33.3 overs after losing just four wickets to lead the four Tests series 3-0. India had wrapped up first two Tests also. Budding cricketers, who undergo training at a coaching centre at Punjab Agricultural University, were overjoyous over their favourite cricketers making the visitors biting the dust at Mohali. These young boys cut a cake to celebrate home side's win. The current Punjab Ranji players from Ludhiana, including Geetansh Khera, Karan Goel, Deepak Bansal, Baltej Singh and Rahul Singla, were a delighted lot when they were asked for their views. "The opening pair of Shekhar Dhawan and M Vijay provided India an ideal base and then Bhuwneshwar Kumar claimed three wickets yesterday to force the visitors on a back foot which paved the way for the hosts' win,"
they added.
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Medal haul by PAU students
Dr Balwinder Singh, director, Students Welfare, said the university won four gold medals and one silver, besides one bronze medal during the meet. The PAU contingent, consisting of 48 students from the constituent colleges of the university and four officials, participated in athletics, basketball,
badminton, table tennis and volleyball. Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor,
PAU, congratulated the winning members and lauded their achievements. In basketball (men), the PAU team won a gold medal by defeating Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, 35-24. The team comprised of Raj Kamal Singh and Sumer S Aulakh (agri-engineering), Nikhil Khera (basic sciences), Piyush Sharma, Amandeep Singh, Tejinder Singh, Aalamdeep Singh, Sanjamveer Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Gurjeet Singh and Hardeep Singh (agriculture). In badminton (men), the PAU squad bagged a gold medal. The team got better of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2-0. The team included Gurbaksh Singh (agri-engineering), Chanpreet Singh, Amit Bhasin and Puneet
Inder Singh Grewal (agriculture). In badminton (women), the PAU contingent clinched a gold medal by outplaying Govind Vallabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 2-0. The team members are Harveen Kaur and Kashish Sharma (home science), Rohini Thakur and Jashandeep Kaur (agriculture). In table tennis (women), paddlers from the PAU won a gold medal.
The team outdid KVAFSU, Bidar, 3-1. The team consisted of Tanvi (agriculture), Gurpreet Kaur (agri-engineering), Prapti and Shweta Chauhan (home science). In athletics (men), Raj Kamal Singh Dhillon and Azadwinder Singh (agri-engineering) won a silver medal and a bronze medal in long jump and high jump, respectively. Charanjit Singh (badminton) along with Jaspal Singh, SAI table tennis coach, PAU, Harjinder Singh, SAI basketball coach, and Inderjit Singh, SAI handball coach, accompanied the PAU contingent at Bidar.
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