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A dacoity that was not
Complainant, victims staged whole drama, says police
Ludhiana, June 22
The sensational dacoity at the house of an ex-patwari has turned out to be one of the biggest stage-managed crimes taking place in the city.

Greed’s victim

NRI’s dream project may remain on paper only
Ludhiana, June 22
An NRI’s dream of setting up a nursing training institute in Thrike village to provide state of the art nursing techniques here lies unfulfilled for the last 16 years due to alleged illegal possession on a piece of land which provides the only approach road to his 2500 sq yard plot in the village, which is now a colony on the outskirts of the city.

WAITING FOR RAIN: With the mercury going up, a family tries to seek solace near a fountain in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

What ‘ails’ ESI hospital, dispensaries?
Ludhiana, June 22
The infrastructure, manpower, supplies and equipment in the only ESI hospital and a dozen odd ESI dispensaries in the industrial capital of the state are in a poor shape and due to this the beneficiaries, entitled to comprehensive health cover under the ESI scheme are suffering a lot.

Timely help saves child’s life Ludhiana, June 22 Misfortune never comes alone. But sometimes there are people who help others to come out of these misfortunes by way of help and assistance. The family of eight-year-old Sahil can never forget the timely help by people from as far as Australia and America, who learnt about his plight from the Internet edition of various newspapers. Dr Baldeep Singh examines Sahil in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — A Tribune photograph

LIT chief told to disconnect illegal sewerage connections
Ludhiana, June 22
A deputation of the Rajguru Welfare Society led by its president, Major B.S. Gill met the chairman of the Ludhiana Improvement Trust Mr Paramjit Singh Sibia, and brought to his notice the problems of the colony.

COMMUNITY

Residents seek action in razing of park wall case
MC writes to police
Ludhiana, June 22
Even as the residents of Green Field Colony on Pakhowal Road have been demanding action against some residents of the colony, who had pulled down the boundary wall of a park and were using the area as their backyard, no action has been taken against them as yet.

Consumption of power soars as mercury rises
Ludhiana, June 22
Soaring temperature has also resulted in an all-time high consumption and demand for electricity this year. The maximum consumption for electricity recorded this year so far is 93.92 lakh units more than that recorded last year.

Milk samples laced with soda found

Ludhiana, June 22 Water is not the only thing that would adulterate your milk. Recently the Animal Husbandry Department found that soda was also being mixed with the milk apparently to enhance its density. The Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, presents awards at a function held in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

CM’s resignation sought
Ludhiana, June 22
The BJP has demanded the resignation of the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for allegedly speaking from a pro-Khalistan platform during his visit to a gurdwara in Canada.

Lawyers resent non-issuance of VAT rule notification
Ludhiana, June 22
Lawyers expressed resentment over the non-issuance of notification of Punjab VAT rules at a special meeting of the Taxation Advisers held here late last evening. Mr Satish Aggarwal, president of the association, said even after three months of the implementation of VAT, the government had failed to issue notification of VAT rules which was causing a lot of difficulties in calculating tax.

Two killed, 19 hurt in mishap
Ludhiana, June 22
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and 19 injured when a private transport bus overturned opposite the Khalsa College for Women at Kamalpura on the Jagraon-Raikot road today.

Students take BEd entrance exam
Ludhiana, June 22
More than 4,800 students today took the BEd entrance examination at almost 20 different centres set up in various colleges by Panjab University in Ludhiana district. According to the reports, the test was conducted smoothly at all the centres and no complaint of any sort was received.

College teachers hold rally
Doraha, June 22
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union today organised a state-level rally in front of the office of the DPI (colleges) at Chandigarh to press the state government to accept its pending demands and fight with the crisis concerning the future of higher education in Punjab.

Campus interviews for students
Ludhiana, June 22
ICICI Bank conducted campus interviews for distance education students of the Punjab Technical University here today. The interviews, that were held at Quest Infosys, the regional learning and facilitation centre for PTU, were conducted for MBA students.

Kids’ pyjama party Ludhiana, June 22 Kid Zee Rainbow School organised a pyjama party on the school premises here today. All the kids were dressed up in their night suits. The whole atmosphere was giving a night picture in the school. Students enjoy a pyjama party organised at Kid Zee School, Ludhiana, on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

SPORTS

Hockey star Prabhjot Singh, veteran writer Jaswant Singh Kanwal and athlete Manjeet Kaur were honoured by the Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council at a function organised in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed.

Green XI suffer first defeat
Ludhiana, June 22
Captain Salil Verma of Coaching Centre Yellow XI scored 65 runs and guided his team to a seven-wicket win over Coaching Centre Green XI on the fourth day of the ongoing ninth edition of the Chaman Lal Malhotra Cup Cricket Tournament (u-14) being played at the Arya College grounds here today. This was Green XI’s first defeat as they had already won their first two matches. Batting first, Coaching Centre Green XI scored 145 runs for the loss of one wicket in the stipulated 30 overs. Sunny Pandey remained unbeaten on 40, while Paras Mehandiratta contributed 37 runs. Gagan made 32.

ADMINISTRATION

Flood-protection steps reviewed
Ludhiana, June 22
The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, has directed officials of the various departments to gear up for any eventuality during the ensuing monsoon season. He was presiding over a special meeting of the SDMs and other officials to review the flood-protection arrangements at Bachat Bhavan today.