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Three children among four charred to death in car
Ludhiana, November 10
An Executive Engineer of the Municipal Corporation and three children were charred to death and three others were injured when their car caught fire after ramming into a stray cow near Jalandhar bypass here last night.

Crime on rise but Akalis remain target
Ludhiana, November 10
While the Ludhiana police is busy in either arresting Akalis or erecting barricades to check their movement, the crime graph is rising putting a question mark on the priorities of the police, efficiency of the PCR squad and general vigil of the police department. The fact that not a single case of recent crime, including, murder, robbery and even dacoity has been solved so far, has further put the district police in a spot.

Policemen search a vehicle near Doraha. Special nakkas have been erected on the GT Road to keep a check on the movement of Akali workers. — A Tribune photograph

Nine Akali leaders arrested Ludhiana, November 10 The crackdown on Akali leaders continued today with the arrest of nine persons, including four councillors, here today. They were later produced before the SDM who remanded them to judicial custody.  Senior SAD leaders who were arrested by the police in Ludhiana on Sunday. IV

House burgled in broad daylight 

Ludhiana, November 10 Unidentified burglars broke into the house of a businessman in the Model Town area and decamped with cash, here today. According to Mr Preet Mohan Singh Bindra, owner of house no 512-L, Model Town, the burglars broke into the house when his mother had gone out for an hour in the afternoon. An expert collects fingerprints from burgled house, in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

COMMUNITY

Encroachments thrive as panel withers
Ludhiana, November 10
Encroachments along the city roads by shopkeepers and others continue to be on the rise particularly because the newly constituted municipal corporation has failed to re-constitute a committee that would submit a detailed report about encroachments in various parts of the city along with measures to eradicate the menace.

Seminar on insurance trends today
Ludhiana, November 10
The Ludhiana Management Association (LMA) will organise a seminar on “Changing trends in insurance” and “Claims management” on November 11 in which Mr Sandeep Bakshi, Managing Director, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd., Mr R. Rangarajan, an eminent consultant on insurance matters at ICICI Lombard, and Mr Rajiv Thapar, Managing Director, Cunningham Lindsey Ltd, an Indian arm of Cunningham Lindey Worldwide, will address LMA members on various aspects of insurance and settlement of claims.

‘Ahsason Ke Anjuri Mein’ discussed

Ludhiana, November 10 A sahityak goshti and kavi darbar was organised by the Preet Sahitya Sadan at the Arya College for Boys this morning. The organisation has been active in promoting art, literature, culture and devoted to uplift of humanity. It was organised in collaboration with the Shiv Batalavi Yaadgari Foundation. Gopal Krishan Sharma Ferozpuri addresses audience at a sahityak goshti and kavi darbar held in the Arya College for Boys, Ludhiana, on Sunday. — IV

Bairagis discuss problems
Ludhiana, November 10
Today a number of Bairagis under the chairmanship of Mr K.K. Bawa held a meeting to discuss their problems. Mr Bawa said finding a suitable match within the community was a big problem. 

CRIME

• Youths shoot trader

Traders meet Preneet on exim issue
Ludhiana, November 10
A delegation of the Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal led by its president, Mr Amrit Lal Jain, met the Congress MP, Ms Preneet Kaur, in Chandigarh yesterday seeking her intervention for resolving their grievances on sales tax and exim policy. The Minister for Industries, Mr Avtar Henry, was also present.

Bank exchanges mutilated notes
Ludhiana, November 10
The Civil Lines branch of the State Bank of India today organised a programme for exchanging mutilated and soiled notes. The bank also distributed coins worth Rs 2 lakh.

AGRICULTURE

BKU leader’s call for dharna
Samrala, November 10
The national general secretary of the Bharti Kisan Union, Mr Balbir Singh Rajewal, has expressed resentment with the state government for failing to waive off Rs 250 crore to farmers in Punjab, who are debt ridden. The amount had been given to farmers to buy fertilizers.

EDUCATION

HAMARA SCHOOL
GURU NANAK INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
Stress on all-round development of children

“Educational institutions are temples of learning, with education and knowledge as the Goddess, teachers its pious priests and students its devotees”, so said Jawaharlal Nehru. What can make a child a happy and successful individual? Of course, the right education of the child. A view of the campus of Guru Nanak International Public School. — Photos Pradeep Tewari

‘Education should provide stimulating social milieu’
Ms Balwinder Gulati started teaching in Guru Nanak International Public School, then moved on to become senior supervisor, officiating Principal, and finally Principal. She has been at the helm of the school for the past four years.

• Poems by students

Students stage a play, ‘Ek Nai Subha Ki Aur’, at the Panjab University Zone-A Youth Festival in Ludhiana on Sunday. — A Tribune photograph

PU zonal youth festival ends
Ludhiana, November 10
The fourth day of the zonal youth festival, Ludhiana-A, at Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, had keen competition of drama and giddha by different teams. The morning session was devoted to histrionics and one-act plays.

Youth fest ends with energetic dances
Doraha, November 10
The three-day Punjab University Ludhiana Zone-B Youth Festival concluded at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, today. The concluding day was presided over by Mr Sucha Singh, SDM, Payal. TV artiste Surinder Sharma was also present on the occasion.

Declamation contest
Ludhiana, November 10
An inter-house declamation contest was organised by KVM here yesterday. The contest was presided over by the Principal, Ms Neena Khanna. The judges for the contest were Mr M.L. Verma, a lecturer from Arya College, and Dr Ritu Bhanot, a lecturer from Master Tara Singh College.

State-level mathematics test
Ludhiana, November 10
CASTLE regional corporate office organised the fifth Punjab State-Level Mathematics Test today at Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, here to identify the Math’s Wizard, Genius, Ace and Experts 2002. The test saw around 900 students of class IX and X from 28 schools of Ludhiana vying for these titles.

Students give demand charter
Ludhiana, November 10
The Government College for Boys (evening) unit of the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today submitted national students demand charter to Lala Lajpat Rai, MP, and appealed to him to forward it to the Prime Minister. 

CULTURE

New show on Punjabi singers on DD channel 
Ludhiana, November 10
Delhi based Deep Blue Productions is starting a new programme “Dil Diyaan Gallan” on DD Punjabi. The-half-an hour programme will be telecast every Monday at 8 pm to starting tomorrow. The programme will be based on personal lives and careers of Punjabi singers.

Beauties showcase talent

Ludhiana, November 10 A fashion show was organised on the lawns of the Satluj Club here yesterday night. The show was sponsored by Seagram. Models from Delhi and Mumbai also participated in the show. Besides doing catwalk, ravishing beauties accompanied by male models presented a number of dance sequences.

Jubilant crowds respond with raised hands as some models dance at a fashion show in the Satluj Club, Ludhiana, on Saturday night. — Photos — Pradeep Tewari

HEALTH

Workshop on medicinal herbs

Ludhiana, November 10 Ayurvedic Good Manufacturing Practices unit of Pentavox Herbals organised a seminar-cum-workshop on medicinal herbs for visiting delegates of the EISRA, Holland, here yesterday. The company’s ayurvedacharya, Dr Pradeep Nagrath, gave details about various medicinal herbs and ayurvedic processing through slide presentation and practical demonstration. Delegates from Holland and Turkey attend a seminar-cum-workshop on medicinal herbs in Ludhiana on Saturday.

Medical camp on epilepsy
Ludhiana, November 10
A free medical camp to provide treatment for epilepsy, fits, mental weakness, convulsions and delayed mile stones was organised at a local hospital, Gill Road, here today. A team of neurologists and child specialists examined more than 200 patients of convulsive disorders. Medicines were distributed, free of cost, among the poor patients.

Blood donation camp
Ludhiana, November 10
The NSS unit of Devki Devi Jain Memorial College for Women organised a blood donation camp yesterday. It was inaugurated by Mrs Kamla Jain, Principal of the college. She exhorted the students to imbibe the spirit of patriotism.

SPORTS

Eight teams for kabaddi league
Ludhiana, November 10
Eight top teams of Punjab have confirmed their participation in the inaugural All-India Alankar Tony Kabaddi League to be organised by the Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council during the various forthcoming rural sports festival meets. According to Mr Jaswant Singh Grewal, chairman of the council, the first match of the league will be played on November 15.