The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Tuesday, July 10, 2001,
Chandigarh, India

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Tension grips Miller Ganj market
Construction of booths stopped
Ludhiana, July 9
Tension prevailed here this morning in the Miller Ganj market, along the alignment of the Jagraon bridge, over a site, cleared of encroachments by the Municipal Corporation building branch on Friday last, as shopkeepers of the area raised strong opposition to the construction of booths, taken up by the management of Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran.

Policemen deployed in Miller Ganj Market, Ludhiana, on Monday to avert any untoward incident.
— Photo Inderjit Verma

Sofat fined for cheating patient
Ludhiana, July 9
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed Sofat Diagnostics and Cancer Detection Centre Private Limited to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation and refund Rs 75,000, that was charged as fee, to Ms Asha Rani, a patient.

EARLIER STORIES

	Four of family killed in bus-jeep collision July 9, 2001
	Downpour leaves commuters clamouring for boats July 8, 2001
	CET mess-up: Controller of Examination changed July 7, 2001
	PAU cancels CET July 6, 2001
	Flood-prevention steps on war footing July 5, 2001
	Donation withdrawn, courtesy rivalry July 4, 2001
	SAD rally kicks off poll campaign July 3, 2001
	Speakers for action against Jaya July 2, 2001
	Wet blanket on normal life in city, Jagraon July 1, 2001
	Indo-Pak war enters cyberspace June 30, 2001

PAU student’s death: parents suspect foul play
Ludhiana, July 9
Mystery shrouds the death of Gurwinder Singh, a second-year M.Tech (computer science) student of Punjab Agricultural University, who went missing on June 22 and whose decomposed body was found in a field at Haraz village of Faridkot district. While the police is working on the suicide theory, Gurwinder’s parents suspect a foul play in his death.

Punjab page: Probe ordered against police negligence

Smart parents admit children to two schools
Ludhiana, July 9
A case of misuse of official position by parents has come to light in which they had found innovative ways to ensure the admission of their children in the Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences course at Punjab Agriculture University here.

Few opt for BA this year
Ludhiana, July 9
With the opening of several new courses in information technology and other applied subjects, many students opting for BA has gone down significantly this year. Even though a week has passed since the admissions started, total number of applicants at colleges is nearly 10 per cent to the total number of seats available.

For police, might is right
Ludhiana, July 9
It is a typical case of might is right, with policemen misusing their power and authority to implicate any person they want on a slight provocation. In a blatant misuse of power, the division number 2 police station today registered a case against an unidentified youth under Section 307 (attempt to murder) after a minor altercation.

CITY SCAN
A campus of excellence
ROME was not built in a day so was any town or village. Nearer home, Gujarkhan campus has come up to its present state taking nearly half a century. A lot of sweat has gone into the raising of this vast academic conglomerate, besides financial resources. The roots of this campus are deep.

COMMUNITY

SHSAD flays Badal for ‘nepotism, corruption’
Ludhiana, July 9
The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal acting president, Mr Surjan Singh Thekedar, has asked the youth wing of the party and other functionaries to gear up for the coming assembly elections in order to rid the state of ‘corrupt and incompetent’ government, headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal.
The acting President of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Surjan Singh Thekedar, being honoured at a meeting of the youth wing of the party in Civil Lines, Ludhiana.

The acting President of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Surjan Singh Thekedar, being honoured at a meeting of the youth wing of the party in Civil Lines, Ludhiana. IV

Adeeb remembered with fondness
Ludhiana, July 9
To commemorate the second death anniversary of the poet laureate Krishan Adeeb, the International Sahir Foundation and the PAU Sahitya Sabha organised a mushaira at Wheat Auditorium at PAU last evening. The function was attended by his family members and rich tributes were paid to the late Krishan Adeeb.

Dr Chohan’s effigy burnt
Ludhiana, July 9
Activists of the Shiv Sena (Bal Thackerey) today held a demonstration and burnt an effigy of the self-styled protagonist of Khalistan, Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, in protest against his recent utterances to continue his fight for a separate Sikh state and justifying killing of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

CRIME

34 kg poppy husk seized
Ludhiana, July 9
The police arrested a poppy-husk dealer, Sodhi Ram of Vishal Nagar colony, at Kakowal, near here, last evening with 34.5 kg of poppy husk in his possession. The Jodhewal police has booked Sodhi Ram under Section 15 of the NDPS Act and started investigations into his links with poppy-husk suppliers in Rajasthan and in the city.

Accident case

Accidental death

Shop dispute

Another beating

Cheat arrested

Amloh

Dies of burns

Mandi Gobindgarh

Body found

Jagraon

Liquor seized

Gambler held

Poppy husk

EDUCATION

Exhibition on environment pollution

Ludhiana, July 9
A two-day exhibition on environmental pollution was inaugurated at Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, here today. Students from each class displayed models and charts on a particular theme. Students of Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, at an exhibition on ‘Environment Pollution and its Effects’, in Ludhiana on Monday.

Students of Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, at an exhibition on ‘Environment Pollution and its Effects’, in Ludhiana on Monday. IV

Probe sought into CET lapse
Ludhiana, July 9
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers Association held an emergency meeting of its executive body here today to discuss “political interference” in the matters of appointments and the CET lapse.

Research methodology course in PAU
Ludhiana, July 9
The College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, will organise a course in ‘Advance Training in Research Methodoloy in Social Sciences’ from July 10 to July 30.

COURTS

Status quo on marriage palaces issue: SC
Ludhiana, July 9
The Supreme Court has ordered the maintenance of status quo within the 1,000-yards radius of the Field Ammunition Depot, Badhowal, near here. A three judge Bench of the court today issued the notice of motion to the district administration and other respondents seeking their objections in the case.

HEALTH

Seminar on drug abuse
Ludhiana, July 9
Various druggists’ associations have assured to extend their cooperation to the administration and police against the druggists and chemists indulging in malpractices. Speaking at a seminar organised by the Civil Lines Chemists Association here last evening, the representatives of various associations said that they were themselves perturbed over the drug abuse and were ready to provide all cooperation to anyone coming forward against this abuse.