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baby swapping case
Keep newborns’ photos in record: SMO
Ludhiana, October 5
Once bitten twice shy. The old adage holds true for Senior Medical Officer (SMO) RK Karkara. Two days after a controversy over the alleged swapping of a baby boy with a baby girl, the SMO today ordered the staff to get photographs of babies clicked at the time of the birth so that a proper record of the identity of the newborns can be maintained.
Ludhiana Civil Hospital sans security arrangements
Ludhiana, October 5
The controversy arising from the issue of alleged swapping of a newborn baby boy with a baby girl is not likely to end yet. However, the security lapse at the Civil Hospital has raised many questions and it is found that the security arrangements at the hospital are in a pitiable condition.
Health Dept, MC to hold anti-dengue drive
Ludhiana, October 5
To check the spread of dengue in the city, the Health Department and the municipal corporation will start a joint drive from October 7. The Health Department has constituted 18 teams to make the public aware about the breeding of mosquitoes.
Report if schools demand donations: CBSE
Ludhiana, October 5
With the admission process going to start in leading schools from December, the Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE), to generate awareness amongst the masses, has asked the parents to report to the board if the schools, affiliated with the
CBSE, asked for any donations from them. The board may has taken a decision to put up a notice on its website sensitising public that schools can’t ask for donations, the managements of leading private schools have now started asking for the development-funds for the school instead of donations from the parents.
Students stage protest against Principal
Khamano, October 5
Students of science and arts group of Jawahar Navodiya Vidaliya, Farour, today, protested against school principal and staged a dharna at Tehsil Complex, Khamano and demanded immediate transfer of the principal.
Students apprise Naib Tehsildar of their grievances in Khamano on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
Villagers protest police ‘inaction’
Jagraon, October 5
A large number of residents, including women, of Kothe Fatehdeen village, located on the outskirts of
Jagraon, today staged a protest outside the Jagraon city police station to lodge their protest against the delay in the arrest of the village
Sarpanch, who has been accused of raping a minor Dalit girl of the same village.
Villagers stage a dharna at the Jagraon police station on Saturday.
A Tribune photograph
Halt trains at Samrala: Residents
Samrala, October 5
Hundreds of workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and some other organisations staged a dharna at the Samrala railway station against the non-stoppage of trains here.
Addressing the protesters, Jathedar Kirpal Singh Khirnia and former MLA Jagjivan Singh Khirnia alleged that though farmers of the area had given land to the Railways Department, they were not getting any facility.
Residents hold a protest at the railway station in Samrala on Saturday. A Tribune photograph
‘Regularise unauthorised colonies by October 7’
Amloh, October 5
Unauthorised colonies\ plots under the municipal limits of Amloh\Mandi Gobindgarh have been given a chance up to October 7 to get these regularised, failing which FIR will be lodged against the defaulters. SDM Rajdeep Kaur (PCS) stated this while addressing mediapersons here yesterday.
Participants during the Panjab University Zone-B Youth and Heritage Festival at the Partap College of Education in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Photo: Inderjeet Verma
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regularisation of illegal colonies
Plot owners left in the lurch
Ludhiana, October 5
The last date for submitting fees for the regularisation of illegal colonies is October 7. With just two days left, certain
colonisers/plot holders are left in the lurch as GLADA is not considering their "chain" of property and they are being asked to pay "exorbitant" fees for getting their properties
regularised.
Industrialists meet Finance Minister
Mandi Gobindgarh, October 5
Representatives of the All-India Steel Re-Rollers Association yesterday met Finance Minister P Chidambram at his north block office in New Delhi and gave some suggestions for the re-rolling industry which is on the verge of closure.
Home Guards jawans await salaries
Khanna/Samrala, October 5
Hundreds of personnel of the Punjab Home Guards in Khanna police district and some other areas are without pay for the last two months.
Splendid performances mark cultural fest
Ludhiana, October 5
Performances of emerging artistes in colorful attires from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana marked the annual intra-regional cultural festival organised by the Power Grid Corporation of India, Northern Region Transmission System (NRTS)-II, at Guru Nanak Bhawan last evening.
Lifestyle exhibition begins at Park Plaza
Ludhiana, October 5
‘Carnival of Lights’, a lifestyle exhibition, saw a conglomeration of various lifestyle, fashion and home decor designer brands coming together. The two-day exhibition started today at Park Plaza has exhibitors from various places, including Delhi and
Amritsar.
Visitors have a look at pashmina shawls during a lifestyle exhibition at Parka Plaza in Ludhiana on
Saturday. Tribune photographs
Tech-fest concludes
Ludhiana, October 5
A two-day technical event organised by various technical societies of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College concluded today. The event had a mixture of traditional and innovative events.
from schools
Student honoured
A resident of Koom Kalan village was honored at Lawrence School, Sanawar, for scoring maximum marks in science stream by Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff. Navjot Kaur
Atwal, who is studying at Sanawar School, topped the institution with 95.5 per cent marks. She was honoured during the annual school function by Chief of Army Staff of Nepal General Gaurav Shamsher Jang Bahadar Rana with a gold medal, who was guest of
honour, during the school function.
Ludhiana Scan
Showrooms open on Sundays
All major showrooms would remain open on Sundays as well till March 31, 2014, keeping in view the festival season. This was said by the Ludhiana Cloth Merchant
Assocation. Showrooms in the areas of Mall Road, Fountain Chowk, Pakhowal Road and Ghumar Mandi would remain open on Sundays as well.
Youth booked for eve-teasing
Ludhiana:
The police has booked Gagan Dutt of Punjabi Bagh Colony for teasing a girl. The victim said she was going for tuition when Gagan passed nasty comments about her. When she objected, he threatened her with a sword and said he would kill the girl and her family.
Gang of swindlers busted
Mandi Ahmedgarh, October 5
The Sadar police has booked five members of a gang of swindlers, including two women, for allegedly duping innocent youths of over Rs 25 lakh on the pretext of getting them government jobs and sending them abroad. Four of the suspects belong to a family of Dugri village in Malerkotla
tehsil.
state
games
Ludhiana women finish third
Ludhiana, October 5
Though Ludhiana finished at the third place in Punjab State Women's Games, which concluded in Bathinda today, the players failed to repeat their performance that fetched them the second position in the last edition of these games.
KVM lads advance into final of U-19 cricket tournament
Ludhiana, October 5
Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, scored an overwhelming 57-run
victory over Christian Eminent Public School, Indore (MP), to assure themselves
a berth in the final of the 14th All-India Bhai Gobind Singh Pasricha Cricket
Tournament (u-19) being held at MGN Public School ground, Adarsh Nagar,
Jalandhar, today.
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The festival of Navratras began with religious fervour in the city today. Temples have been tastefully decorated to worship Goddess Durga for the next nine days.
