The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Sunday, June 18, 2000,
Chandigarh, India

THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS

50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS

L U D H I A N A

Dual carriageway at cost of 70 trees
LUDHIANA, June 17 — Development comes at a cost and this time it is some 70 eucalyptus, kikar and other trees on the Ludhiana-Habbowal road along the Punjab Agriculture University which will pay the price for it.

Maruti Zen		Hyundai's Santro
Maruti-Hyundai car war on LUDHIANA, June 17 — A car war has broken out between Maruti’s Zen and WagonR on one side and Hyundai’s Santro on the other, with both sides totting up figures to claim that theirs is the best-selling product in the region and accusing each other of falsifying figures to claim the number one position.

Kidwai Nagar parks: A study in contrast
LUDHIANA, June 17 — Municipal parks in the Kidwai Nagar locality present a study in contrast. If a couple of parks located in the Improvement Trust flats side are in a pathetic condition with heaps of garbage, waste material and debris thrown all over, those on the other side of the colony speak volumes of what a group of dedicated and determined citizens can achieve even if the administration offers little or no help.

Changing images of Ludhiana
People like Amrita Pritam, Sahir and Imroze (Inderjeet of yesteryear) are not easy to find. It is rightly said that facts are stranger than fiction. Amrita wrote a long poem in the form of a letter (to Sahir) which won her the Sahitya Akademi Award.

COMMUNITY

Messiahs who saved Pinky from death
SAHNEWAL (Ludhiana), June 17 — Mahesh Kumar and his family live in a labour colony at Jugiana village, nearly 10 km from Ludhiana. On Wednesday night when Mahesh was sleeping on the floor of his quarters along with his 14-year-old daughter, Pinky, and a son, a snake entered the room.

EARLIER STORIES

	ASI, 3 others booked in murder case June 17, 2000
	WB terms put government in fix over power tariff hike June 16, 2000
	Mass transfers threaten functioning of ESI June 15, 2000
	Slogans dump MC for garbage menace June 14, 2000
	Petrol station employees robbed of over Rs 7 lakh June 13, 2000
	Ultra modern bus stand for Ludhiana June 12, 2000
	Metropolitan Council mooted for Ludhiana June 11, 2000
	Industry against hike in power tariff June 10, 2000
	PSEB’s inhospitable attitude towards hotels June 9, 2000
	Army rules out shifting of ammunition dump June 8, 2000
	Substandard milk being sold in imitation packs June 7, 2000
	Fighting against cruelty to animals June 6, 2000

CRIME

Drugs seized from 3 persons
LUDHIANA, June 17 — A police party led by SI Jaswinder Singh, SHO of Police Station Model Town, has seized 20 kg of poppy husk during patrolling from near Shamshan Ghar T-point in Model Town Extension last night. The accused — Prem Chand, of Shiv Shakti Nagar — was arrested and booked under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act.

Crime rate up; DYC blames government
LUDHIANA, June 17 — The District Youth Congress has decried the deteriorating law and order situation in the state and charged the state government with inaction and apathy.

Police sets up picket in Chowni Mohalla
LUDHIANA, June 17 — Troubled by the recent spate in violence at the Chowni Mohalla area here over the past couple of days, the district police has set up a police picket in the locality.

‘Kidnapping’ keeps cops on toes
LUDHIANA, June 17 — In a strange case, the city police was kept on the tenterhooks for almost two hours when a young girl went missing and a telephone call from the girl to her house indicated that she had been kidnapped.

BUSINESS

Sweets go sour as health-conscious prefer namkeen
LUDHIANA, June 17 — It is boom time for the namkeen as sweets are turning to be bitter for the health-conscious people. A random survey by TNS among different halwais revealed that the sale of sweets had come down by about 70 per cent. On the other hand, the sale of namkeen products has increased at almost the same rate.

SEBI’s decision a dampener for market
LUDHIANA, June 17 — Last week was marked by high volatility in the stock market. The LSE index showed bearish undertone. It opened at 143.17 on Monday and closed at 141.75 on Friday.

Brick-kiln owners demand lump-sum ST
LUDHIANA, June 17 — The Punjab Brick-Kiln Owners' Association today accused the Punjab Government of showing apathy towards their problems. Members of the association said they feared that most of the kilns might face closure as a result.

Stir threat over power tariff hike
LUDHIANA, June 17 — The Federation of Tiny and Small Industries of India today said it would launch a state-wide agitation along with the associations of other Industries if the Punjab State Electricity Board went ahead with its proposed 30 per cent hike in power tariff.