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Vet students write to CM in blood
Seek more job opportunities
Ludhiana, September 20
The PAU Veterinary Students Association will hold protest rallies in the Garhshankar and Kapurthala constituencies, which are going to the polls soon, to protest against the lack of employment opportunities in the state for veterinary graduates.

A student of the Veterinary Department signs her name in blood on a memorandum for the Chief Minister in front of the PAU Vice-Chancellor’s office in Ludhiana on Monday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed
 

Ayurveda industry cries for attention
Ludhiana, September 20
Leading ayurvedic experts today accused the government of encouraging quackery. They pointed out that people having no knowledge of ayurveda were heading the licensing bodies for the ayurvedic drug industry in the state.

Digging of road throws traffic out of gear
Ludhiana, September 20
Traffic in the city has been thrown into disarray by some contractors working on the flyover project. They have started digging the main Katcheri road linking the Civil Lines with the old city through the Do Moria Bridge much before the present operations on the flyover are completed.

Digging on the Katcheri road leads to traffic chaos in Ludhiana. — Photo by IV

GNEC strike continues
Ludhiana, September 20
The strike by students of Guru Nanak Engineering College (GNEC) has shown no signs of ending, with the managements and the students remaining at loggerheads for the sixth day today.

Students of GNEC being restrained from entering the college. — Photo by SA
 

Student records celestial emission
Mandi Ahmedgarh, September 20
Tadbir Singh, a student of the local Anand Isher Public Senior Secondary School, claims to have recorded the emission of rays of different frequencies from a heavenly body revolving between constellations of Pisces and Aries.

Tadbir Singh views his recording of celestial emission

COMMUNITY

Bal Bhavan children bungee jump
Ludhiana, September 20
It was a day of fun for 15 children of Red Cross Bal Bhavan, Sarabha Nagar, an orphanage. These children were taken out for catapulting and bungee jumping from a height of 140 feet. The excursion was sponsored by Spice Telecom.

A student of Red Cross Bal Bhavan takes a bungee jump in Ludhiana on Monday.
— Photo by Sayees Ahmed

CRIME

Body found
Jagraon, September 20
An unidentified decomposed body of a man was found in the fields of a farmer today.

BUSINESS

They dared to dream
Ludhiana, September 20
The secret of the success of an entrepreneur is his courage to dream and break from the tradition. That is what Mr Sudhir Dhingra, Mr Vinod Sawhny and Mr Ranjodh Singh, the winners of the annual awards of the Ludhiana Management Association did. Interestingly, all of them belong to Punjab and possess a proud sense of belonging of a Punjabi, besides the dynamism of entrepreneurship.

Mr Sudhir Dhingra, Mr Vinod Sahney and Mr Ranjodh Singh receive the LMA annual awards from Governor O.P. Verma in Ludhiana on Sunday. — Photo by SA

Plea for reviewing exam policy
Amloh, September 20
Mr S.P. Goyal, Director, Amloh Public Senior Secondary School, Amloh , and chief of the Private School Association of Amloh subdivision, has urged the Director, SCERT, Punjab, to review the examination policy for the class five .

Ghazals enthral students
Mandi Gobindgarh, September 20
The Desh Bhagat Institute of Management and Computer Sciences in collaboration with the District Cultural Society, Fatehgarh Sahib, organised a ghazal programme for the students and their parents yesterday. Ustad Zameer Ahmed rendered melodious ghazals. Dr Santosh Nahar, who is working with All India Radio, Jalandhar, accompanied the singer on the violin.

Poor polling for graduate constituency
Ludhiana, September 20
In the Panjab University Senate elections held here yesterday, the voting for the principal and lecturers’ constituency was almost cent per cent. However, the voting for the graduate constituency was poor.

From Schools & Colleges
Saplings planted at DD Jain College
Ludhiana, September 20
Students of the DD Jain College of Education planted saplings today. The chief guest, Ms Manjit Kaur, SDM, and the guest of honour, Mr Praveen Bansal, councillor, ward No. 57, were felicitated by the Principal, Dr Chander Mohini.

Adapt to technology, minister calls on students
Ludhiana, September 20
Mr Rakesh Pandey, state Minister for Science and Technology, has called upon the students to adapt themselves to latest technologies and the modern modes of media along with their education to sharpen their overall personality.
Mr Rakesh Panday, State Minister for Science and Technology, honours Mrs Krishna Singh, the widow of journalist Mohan Lal Singhi at a function organised to commemorate the 80th birth anniversary of the journalist at Khanna on Monday. — A Tribune photo
 

Anniversary of SSF celebrated
Ludhiana, September 20
The 60th anniversary of the formation of the Sikh Students Federation (SSF) was celebrated at Gurdwara Shaheed Pheruman here today.

DMC heart centre functioning to resume today
Ludhiana, September 20
Normal functioning of the Hero DMC Heart Institute, an affiliate of Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, where the employees called off a strike yesterday, is likely to resume tomorrow.

New wing of ESIC inaugurated
Ludhiana, September 20
The new hospital wing of ESIC Model Hospital became operational today. Dr Hardial Singh, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said new hospital building would accommodate 262 indoor patients.

CMCH services for Army men
Ludhiana, September 20
Christian Medical College and Hospital has been providing personalised priority services to many empanelled government and non-government corporate houses like Northern Railways, Army Group Insurance, BSNL, Nestle, etc for executive health check ups, trauma, outpatient and inpatient services. Latest addition to this long list is the prestigious empanellment of ex-servicemen contributory health scheme (ECHS) run by the Ministry of Defence for retired army personnel and their family members.

SPORTS

Salil steers MC XI to win
Ludhiana, September 20
Salil Kaushal remained unconquered on 73 as MC XI recorded an easy seven-wicket victory over All-Rounder Club in the cricket tournament being played at the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College for Boys ground here yesterday.