Sunday, October 8, 2000,
Chandigarh, India






THE TRIBUNE SPECIALS
50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

TERCENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
L U D H I A N A

Gaiety, fervour mark Dasehra celebrations
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — Dasehra, the festival marking the triumph of good over evil, was celebrated here with traditional gaiety and fervour. 

Effigies of Ravana, Meghnada and Kumbhkarana set up in Ludhiana on the occasion of Dasehra; and (right) children pose as Lord Rama, Laxmana, Bharata and Shatrughana in front of a specially created palkiEffigies of Ravana, Meghnada and Kumbhkarana set up in Ludhiana on the occasion of Dasehra; and (right) children pose as Lord Rama, Laxmana, Bharata and Shatrughana in front of a specially created palki. —Photo by Rajesh Bhambi

Cyber criminal US-based?
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The controversy over the pornograhic website that has embroiled most of the rich and famous of the city today, took a new turn with the police now claiming that the website could have been created by a resident of New York in the USA.

More dengue cases reported
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The number of patients suffering from dengue continues to swell amidst reports that a team of experts was being sent by the central government to take stock of the situation.

The anti-goonda staff with the accused and the equipment used for making fake currency.Fake currency seized
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The anti-goonda staff has busted a counterfeit currency racket involving a government school teacher and seized currency worth Rs 860 from the accused.





The anti-goonda staff with the accused and the equipment used for making fake currency, in Ludhiana on Saturday. 


 

EARLIER STORIES
 


Several injured in clash at gurdwara

LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — Tension is brewing up in the Gurdwara Nanaksar following a clash between followers of two rival leaders of the same sect. 

Hello Ludhiana! Lines are busy
LUDHIANA, Oct 7— In the era of Internet and dot com companies when the government and planners are talking about e-commerce, and e-governance, more than 50,000 telephones under Transport Nagar and Mata Rani exchange including Sunder Nagar, Sector 39, are 'virtually deada' as far as their utilisation is concerned.

Modern toys for the modern child
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — In the good old days, mothers used to make ‘guddiyas’ and ‘patollas’ from rags left over after stitching their garments.

Model Town should maintain itself
M.S.CHEEMA
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N an age of glamour, glitz and glare with modelling being the in-thing, literary terms such as contents, form, style, design and trend are falling victim to consumerism and commercialism.

   
COMMUNITY

Convention against globalisation
DORAHA, Oct 7 — A district level convention was organised by the Marxist Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India, ML (Liberation ) against the globalisation, here.

Telecom Dept to pay compensation
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The District Consumer Redressal Forum has directed the General Manager Telecom to pay a compensation of Rs 2,000 to a complainant, Ms Santosh, and also ordered the department to restore the telephone connection within a month.

The most polluted city is the dirtiest as well
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The industrial capital of Punjab, has of late, acquired the dubious distinction of not only being the most polluted, but also one of the dirtiest cities in the region. 

Siti Cable criticised
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The Punjab Cable Operators Welfare Council has criticised the Siti Cable, Ludhiana, for allegedly holding a large number of TV viewers of Ludhiana to ransom for securing a better deal for itself from Star TV.

 

CRIME

One held with CDs, floppies
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The police has arrested one person and seized audio compact discs, jukeboxes, master CD computer floppies, empty CDs, stickers and the computer set on which these were being duplicated by the accused.

BUSINESS

Cycle parts industry at cross-roads
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The 50-year-old cycle industry employing a workforce of more than two lakh and with an annual production of more than Rs 10,000 crore is facing a scenario of global competition, full of opportunities as well as threats.

New software for consolidating accounts
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — Wings 2000, manufacturers of accounting software, have launched a new version ‘Wings Company Consolidator’. 

Exporters honoured
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The export award function of the Wool and Woolens Export Promotion Council was held recently in Delhi to felicitate exporters for their outstanding performance during the years 1998-99 and 1999-2000.

 
EDUCATION

Govt polytechnic’s extension centre inaugurated
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — A new extension centre of the Government Institute of Textile Chemistry and Knitting Technology was inaugurated at Mundiani Kalan here yesterday.

Protests mark last day of youth fest
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — The 12th Prof S.N. Kakkar inter-college youth festival concluded at Punjab Agricultural University here yesterday with folk songs, giddha and bhangra. The College of Basic Sciences won the overall trophy.

Volunteer help improves condition of school
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — What the state government could not do, an individual has done and that, too, single-handedly. Government High School (No.5), College Road, here has changed from the earlier dilapidated building into an almost new building. Thanks to Ms Kamlesh Monicha, a pharmacologist, at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital.

 
HEALTH

154 health centres to be opened
SAHNEWAL, Oct 7 — Dr Baldev Raj Chawla, Health Minister, visited Tibba village situated near Sahnewal to educate villagers about the health care programmes initiated by the government.

 
SPORT

Ramnik, Mandeep win titles
LUDHIANA, Oct 7 — Ramnik Sharma defeated Punjab Masih 15-9, 15-3 in the finals of the boys' under-16 category in the Ludhiana district mini and veteran badminton championship here today. In the girls' under-16 section, Mandeep Manget won the title by beating Sukhpreet 6-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Hoping for gold in next Olympics
MACHHIWARA, Oct 7 — A winner of 17 international boxing contests, Gurcharan Singh(23), a subedar with the Indian Army, was expected to win a medal in the Sydney Olympics.Top

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