L U D H I A N A

Long wait for son amidst mourning for grandson
Ludhiana Aug 7 — Myriad human emotions can sometimes be a problem. And certainly so, if you are mourning and rejoicing at the same time. Ask Bakhtawar Kaur, 50-year-old widow, who is mourning the death of her 8-month grandson in the carnage that rocked Pahalgam on the night of August 1 and at the same time feeling relieved that her son and daughter-in-law have been brought back from the clutches of death.

She struggled to build CMC
LUDHIANA Aug 7 — Way back in 1893, Dr (Miss) Edith Brown, founder of the Christian Medical College and Hospital gave four annas from her pocket to her first student, an old Indian dayee ( mid-wife ) as incentive to visit her regularly for getting training as a nurse. 

Fires in two factories
Ludhiana Aug 7 — Two fires occurred yesterday in different industrial units in the city, according to fire brigade sources.

• Dr K.S. Aulakh is PAU V-C
  

COMMUNITY

Bhagwat warns against nuclearisation
Ludhiana Aug 7 — Adm Vishnu Bhagwat, former Chief of the Naval Staff, has said that nuclear weaponisation can not guarantee peace. Addressing a meeting organised by the Ludhiana Chapter of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development to pay homage to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, he said that nuclear weapons could lead to mass destruction, besides economic losses as a huge amount of money was involved in their production and delivery.

RSS dharna to seek release of activists
Ludhiana Aug 7 — The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) organised a dharna in front of the mini- secretariat here today to impress upon the government for securing the release of the four RSS functionaries who were allegedly kidnapped in August last year by the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT).

JD(S) plans agitation
Ludhiana Aug 7 — The Janata Dal (Secular) has expressed its serious concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab. It has asked the state government to immediately remedy the situation and restore sense of security and confidence among the people, failing which the party would launch a statewide agitation.

PAU Gate No. 2 mishap-prone area
LUDHIANA Aug 7 — What a precious gift life is? Sometimes parents have to wait for years, go to mazars, do penance to get a child. If that very child dies in a senseless accident on the road, how would the parents face such a calamity?

The city owes them a lot
Ludhiana owes its early architecture to the Thapars of Kabul, banking to the Soods of Sirhind, the craft of weaving to the Kashmiris, its western system of medicines to the Christian missionaries, the princely palace (Bhadaur House) to the ruling house of Bhadaur and many more landmarks or institutions to outsiders.

PAU approves new variety of gram
Ludhiana Aug 7 — The Research Evaluation Committee of Punjab Agricultural University has approved new gram variety FG-703 (PDG-4) for presenting to the Punjab State Seed Committee for its release in the State. 

EDUCATION

Parishad dissolves managing panels
LUDHIANA Aug 7 — Arya Vidya Parishad Punjab has dissolved the managing committees of a college and two senior secondary schools in the city and those of some other schools in Punjab are also likely to be dissolved soon. Member of Parliament, Lala Lajpat Rai, has been appointed Administrator for Arya College, Ludhiana.

Postgraduate classes
Ludhiana Aug 7 — The management and staff of the Kamla Lohtia Sanatan Dharma College for Boys today celebrated the commencement of postgraduate classes. The college which earlier conducted classes for BA, B.Com, BCA and BBA, will begin classes for M.Com tomorrow. 

PAUTA declares election schedule
Ludhiana Aug 7 — The Executive Committee of Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) has declared the election schedule for the year 2000-2001. It has drawn up the programme for the annual general body meeting for the election of various office-bearers.

Laurels for DMC
LUDHIANA Aug 7 — This year Dayanand Medical College and Hospital has created a new milestone in the history of MBBS admission through PMET in the State of Punjab.

CULTURE

City boy headed for Bollywood
Ludhiana Aug 7 — Vikas Vij is all set to make his entry into Bollywood. A homoeopathic physician by profession, Vikas has completed his medical degree from Lord Mahavira Homeopathic Institute.

Club celebrates Teej
Ludhiana Aug 7 — Teej was celebrated at the Roopika Ladies Club premises here today. The club members were dressed in colourful saris and suits.

HEALTH

Relieving pain of the dying
Aug 7 —Cancer patients are tormented by intolerable pain in their last days — sometimes lasting for weeks. Other than pain, the dying patients may have problems such as breathing difficulties or bloating of the abdomen.