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LIC Housing Finance acts tough
Seals properties of 6 defaulters

Ludhiana, January 4 Toughening its stand against defaulters LIC housing Finance Limited has started sealing premises and taking possession of defaulters. An official of LIC Housing Finance checks the lock of a defaulter’s property that was sealed in Kishore Nagar, Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Problems galore for BSNL subscribers
Ludhiana, January 4
The traumatic experience of non-receipt or late receipt of telephone bills, disconnection for no fault on their part, having to go a long distance to unimaginatively located TRA (accounts) offices and standing in long queues at post offices or on-line counters has become a routine rather than exception for a large number of subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in the mega city.

Love triumphs!
Jagraon, January 4
A love affair in which the boy faced a criminal case, was jailed for months, his family harassed and the girl was rendered house arrest by her parents besides being beaten up and forced to file a complaint of kidnapping and rape against her lover has finally ended in a happy reunion.

Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana, illuminated on the eve of Parkash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

PU to send teachers on study tours
Ludhiana, January 4
Panjab University has decided to send principals and teachers of its affiliated colleges and institutions on study tours to institutions in western part of India. This decision was taken during the Senate meeting held in the last week of December.

Stamp duty: DC clarifies
Ludhiana, January 4
Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma today said that the rates of stamp duty and the date from which they will be effective will be duly notified to the general public as and when these rates were actually enhanced. Till then, all transactions of sale would continue to attract 6 per cent stamp duty as earlier.

LUDHIANA CALLING Spate of burglaries The city residents do not seem to have any respite from crime. If the last month of 2004 was replete with robberies and a dacoity, 2005 opened with a spate of burglaries and thefts. The most disheartening aspect was that thieves struck on the New Year night at around 10 places.

COMMUNITY

Pak delegation for mutual cooperation in agriculture
Ludhiana, January 4
Mutual cooperation in the field of agriculture and developments in this sector have the potential of making India and Pakistan the world leaders in the field of agricultural produce.

Award for Gurbhajan Gill
Ludhiana, January 4
Prof Gurbhajan Gill, Editor of farm magazine, Changi Kheti, brought out by the Punjab Agricultural University and senior vice president of the largest literary body of Punjab, the Punjabi Sahit Academy, will be honoured with the Balwinder Rishi Memorial Gazal Award- 2005.

Statues of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev still sans plaques in Ludhiana.  Statue of Major Bhupinder Singh also sans a plaque in Ludhiana. — Photos by I.V.

City to have gold and wedding mall
Ludhiana, January 4
Aerens Goldsouk International, today announced the launch of gold souk, a jewellery mall and wedding souk, a wedding shopping mall, here. Souks (meaning bazaar in Arabic) will come up in two years on the GT Road towards Jalandhar, said Mr G.S. Pillai, president, Aerens Goldsouk International, here today.

Freedom fighters’ gesture to tsunami victims
Ludhiana, January 4
The local members of the All-India Freedom Fighters Organisation of India have decided to donate at least Rs 1,000 each to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for tsunami victims. This was stated here today by Dewan Jagdish Chander, former legislator and general secretary of the All-India Freedom Fighters’ Organisation.

PSEB staff oppose privatisation
Ludhiana, January 4
Opposing privatisation of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) employees of the board observed a black day today. The employees also burnt an effigy of the Capt Amarinder Singh government.

Media’s role in development discussed
Ludhiana, January 4
Director of Extension Education of PAU, Dr Amrik Singh Sandhu, today said that the media played an important role in the development of agriculture. He was addressing scientists at the Centre for Communication, Languages and Culture of the PAU.

Tributes paid to Akali leader’s mother
Ludhiana, January 4
Glowing tributes were paid to Sukhdev Kaur, mother of Mr Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal, a former minister and general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal. Cutting across party lines, leaders belonging to the Akali Dal, the BJP, the Congress and the Left parties attended the bhog ceremony of Sukhdev Kaur.

CICU condemns steel price hike
Ludhiana, January 4
The Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) today condemned the fresh hike in steel prices announced by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and other big manufacturers in the county.

AGRICULTURE

VC for quality farming for food security
Ludhiana, January 4
The Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University Dr K S Aulakh has emphasised the need for quality farming to ensure food security. Addressing a meeting of experts here today, he said, the food security directly depended on qualitative farming.

Immunisation drive from Jan 15
Ludhiana, January 4
All senior medical officers (SMOs) posted in the Civil Hospital here and the primary health centres in the district will donate a day’s salary to the tsunami relief fund. This was unanimously decided at the monthly meeting of the SMOs held here today under the presidentship of Dr Rajinder Kaur, Civil Surgeon. 

SPORTS

Pak kabaddi team to play at Jarkhar on February 7
Ludhiana, January 4
A kabaddi match between India XI and Pakistan XI will be the main attraction during the 19th Mata Sahib Kaur Gold Cup Hockey Tournament and Sports Festival slated to be held from February 5 to 7 at Mata Sahib Kaur Stadium at Jarkhar village, 15 km from here.