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Admn ill-equipped to check floods
57 of 60 generators for use during floods out of order
Ludhiana, June 13
In an exposure of the administration's preparation to handle floods, it has come to light that 57 of the 60 generators, earmarked for pumping out flood water or providing water supply to inundated areas, are lying out of order for the past several months.

Kidnapped child rescued within 10 hrs
Awards for 21 cops, promotions for two
Ludhiana, June 13
The police achieved a significant success late last night when it rescued a kidnapped child, and arrested the alleged kidnapper within 10 hours of the incident.

Schoolchildren take part in a nagar kirtan on the occasion of martyrdom day of Guru Arjun Dev, in Ludhiana on Thursday. — Photo Pradeep Tewari

Solid waste will soon be useful
Ludhiana, June 13
The Solid Waste Management Project, proposed for the city by the Municipal Corporation in July 1998, is about to become a reality and the MC is going to float nationwide tenders in this regard next month.

TRIBUNE IMPACT
MC cancels controversial tenders
Ludhiana, June 13
The civic body has acted on news reports and cancelled the tenders for contracts worth over Rs 5 crore that had been held back by the MC for almost a month-and-a-half in view of the election code of conduct and, then, opened on May 24 in violation of norms.

Mayor, deputies to be chosen on June 19
Ludhiana, June 13
The city Mayor will be elected on June 19 in the presence of the Divisional Commissioner of Patiala at a special meeting. The Senior Deputy Mayor and the Deputy Mayor will also be chosen then.

COMMUNITY

CM is pro-police, alleges SAD (A)
Ahmedgarh, June 13
The SAD (Amritsar) has reacted sharply to the statement of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, to do everything possible to defend the policemen facing litigation in connection with “false encounters”. The Dal has decided to launch an agitation to expose the government’s alleged anti-Sikh and pro-police attitude.

MCPI flays CM’s statement
Ludhiana, June 13
The Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI) has condemned the statement of the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, in which he had said to do everything possible to defend the policemen involved in various acts of omissions and commissions in their fight against terrorism.

CITY SCAN
The Doabias who did the region proud
No city or town was built in day, not just Rome. A metro becomes a symbol through sustaining of image. The factors of formation elicit notice. The forces of transformation excite curiosity. Ludhiana is the collective creation of its past and present residents. Some individuals have made a distinct impact on the quality of growth. A few have brought about visible changes.

CRIME

Case registered after 14 months
Ludhiana, June 13
More than 14 months after a Ludhiana-based woman was allegedly kidnapped and raped twice by two men with the help of a woman near Jarhtoli village, the Dehlon police has booked three persons in the case and arrested all of them.

Daylight robbery in Krishna Nagar
Ludhiana, June 13
The Civil Lines police has registered a case under Section 392 of the IPC in connection with an armed robbery in Krishna Nagar yesterday afternoon. Mr Gagan Preet Singh, a resident of the colony, had complained to the police yesterday that Sonu, accompanied by two of his cronies, who were not known to him, came to his house at about 2 pm and snatched Rs 4,000, two gold bracelets and a pair of silver anklets at pistol point before escaping.

Married woman raped 
Jagraon, June 13
The Dehlon police on the complaint of a married woman of Basant Nagar Street, Lohara, registered a case under Sections 376, 506 and 120-B, IPC, that she was raped allegedly by Baljinder Singh of Dehlon and Kuldip Singh, alias Neela, of Jadtoli.

Date over, PTU still preparing CET results
Ludhiana, June 13
While Punjab Technical University had announced that the results of the its Common Entrance Test conducted on June 2 would be declared today, thousands of students could not access these all day.

Colourful candies — not so cool

Ludhiana, June 13 When mercury soars and when one is out on the road, sweaty, thirsty, reeling under the hot sun, the ice candy man with his colourful and tempting candies seems to be the life saver. Young and old all succumb to the temptation of the ice balls, popularly known as ‘barf ke gole’ sprinkled liberally with brightly-coloured red, green and orange ‘sherbets’. Everyone wants to suck the cool ice ball to get some relief from the fury of the ball of fire. -sun- without bothering about what it is going to do to the digestive system later on. The cool tempting ‘ice-candies’ hide underneath a host of diseases. —A Tribune photograph

DMCH employees go on strike

Ludhiana, June 13 Employees of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital today went on a strike in response to a call given by the employees’ union. The strike call was given following the breakdown of talks between the union leaders and the management over the shifting of the Gastroenterology Ward. Employees of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital protest against the management in Ludhiana on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

CITY SPORT
Maiden victory for SAN Jain School
Ludhiana, June 13
A fine bowling performance (5 for 23) by Karan steered SAN Jain Senior Secondary School to their first victory by 22 runs against Green Land Senior Secondary School in the eighth league match of the Sixth Chaman Lal Malhotra Cricket Cup Tournament for boys U-15 being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association in the Arya College for Boys ground here today.