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No plan to challan city motorists
Number plate rules only after six months
Ludhiana, September 25
The district administration has no plan to challan city residents on account of using number plates that do not adhere to the modified specifications of number plates for vehicles, as announced by the Union Ministry of Surface Transport.

High moisture in paddy delays procurement
Ludhiana, September 25 The high moisture content in paddy (though lower in comparison to last year) has badly affected paddy procurement in the region as the FCI has decided to procure paddy only according to the specifications laid down by the Centre.	Mr Ratan Singh of Ladhian Khurd is one of the thousands of farmers in the region who are forced to wait for their paddy crop to dry.  — Photo Inderjeet Verma

Contract killing in Ludhiana Husband murdered; woman, paramour held Ludhiana, September 25 Contract killings are no longer the domain of underworld dons. They take place right here. In a case that has come to light, a woman along with her paramour allegedly hired three contract killers to get rid of her husband who was an obstacle to her illicit relationship.

Catchy advertisements trap students
Ludhiana, September 25
Several city youngsters are being misguided by catchy advertisements of unrecognised institutes that make tall claims and 100 per cent placement guaranty through varied media.

‘Punjab has good scope for IT, dairy development’ Ludhiana, September 25 If the state has failed to get benefits even after taking delegations and making presentations in the pre-Budget meetings of the Finance Ministry, it should not feel disheartened, rather try it again with better preparation and networking. Dr Vallabh Bhai Kathiria, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, addresses industrialists at a seminar held in Ludhiana on Monday.

PAU youth festival postponed
Ludhiana, September 25
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has postponed the youth festival which was scheduled to be held in October in lieu of the forthcoming National Games and semester examinations. The youth festival will now be organised in February 2002.

Tension grips Raikot colony
Ludhiana, September 25
Tension prevailed in a colony on the outskirts of Raikot town this morning when some unidentified persons tried to torch the controversial Bhavsagar Samundar Granth, authored by Baba Piara Singh, kept in the house of a follower.

COMMUNITY

Freedom fighters to be honoured
Ludhiana, September 25
The Labour and Employment Cell of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) will honour freedom fighters, veteran party leaders, families of terrorists’ victims and other prominent personalities at a special function here on October 2 to mark Gandhi Jayanti.

Punjab Assembly Speaker felicitated
Ludhiana, September 25 The Punjab Assembly Speaker, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, who has been nominated as Vice-Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Committee at its conference held in Australia recently, was felicitated at a function held at Kohara village, near here, yesterday by SAD functionaries and electorate of Koom Kalan.
Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, was honoured by party workers at Kohara village on Monday. — Photo Inderjeet Verma

SAD(B) begins wooing trade and industry
Ludhiana, September 25
As the assembly elections in the state draw near political parties, which matter, have commenced elaborate exercises to win away sections of the electorate by addressing their typical problems and handing out promises for remedial steps. 

PAU employees’ federations unite
Ludhiana, September 25
The Punjab Agricultural University Employees’ United Front got a shot in the arm today, when almost all office-bearers of the PAU Employees’ Seva Dal joined the constituent PAU Employees Federation led by Mr Avtar Singh Deol.

Mai Bhago Divas celebrated Ludhiana, September 25 The Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle organised Mai Bhago Divas at the Mai Bhago College for Women, Ramgarh, here yesterday. A student from Panjab University receives prize at the Mai Bhago College for Women, Ramgarh, Ludhiana, on Tuesday.

Panchayat dept charged with octroi evasion
Machhiwara, September 25
The Rural Development and Panchayat Department, Punjab, has been accused of evading octroi duty by the local octroi contractor. A crane of the department has been seized. It had been brought by the department along with a number of other cranes for digging and cleaning drains.

Passengers’ plea to railways
Ludhiana, September 25
Mr Santokh Singh, president of the Lohian-Ludhiana Daily Passengers Union, today urged the railway authorities to ensure that the morning passenger train from Lohian arrived at Ludhiana on time so that daily wagers did not lose work.

• Islamic conference postponed

• Move to regularise encroachment flayed

LUDHIANA CALLING

Politicians are seldom caught on the wrong foot. They can explain anything in any terms, whether the explanation is logical or not. They perfectly know how to wriggle out of tight situations. On certain occasions, they are made to cut a sorry figure. This happened recently during a visit of the Punjab Local Bodies Minister, Mr Balramji Dass Tandon, to Ludhiana. While he was answering questions from journalists, the Deputy Speaker in the Punjab Assembly, Mr Satpal Gosain, joined him.

CRIME

Factory manager accused of theft
Sahnewal, September 25
A factory owner has alleged that the manager of his factory absconded with his car and sale proceeds of the company yesterday.

AGRICULTURE

Kisan mela to focus on precision farming
Ludhiana, September 25
With a significant theme of “precision farming for higher profits”, the two-day Kisan Mela will unfold itself at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) campus here on Wednesday.

• Students told not to boycott mela

Seminar on graphic designing
Ludhiana, September 25
The Punjab Internet Users Club, in association with the Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, organised a seminar on graphics, animation and multimedia for the BCA, BBA and MCA students of the GGN Institute of Management and Technology, Civil Lines, here today.

CULTURE

3-day cultural festival begins
Ludhiana, September 25
Contests for ‘shabad’ and ‘vaar’ singing and poetry recitation marked the first day of a three-day cultural festival being organised by the Education Department at various schools of the district here today.