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Breaches appear in Sirhind Canal
Villages face threat of floods
Mandi Ahmedgarh, July 15
Hundreds of families in this part of Ludhiana and Sangrur districts are living under threat of flood, with breaches appearing at several places in the Bathinda branch of Sirhind Canal Circle passing through the area.

Farmers travel 20 km to reach fields
Demolition of bridge across Budda Nullah
Ludhiana, July 15
Farmers of Baranhara and more than a dozen other villages are forced to travel more than 20 km to reach their farms only a few feet across Budda Nullah due to a broken bridge.

A bridge under construction over Budda Nullah in Baranhara village. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Six fresh gastro cases reported
Ludhiana, July 15
Even as the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Anurag Verma, today issued directions to the Municipal Corporation here and other civic bodies in the district to ensure supply of safe drinking water, six new cases of gastroenteritis were reported in the city since last evening.

Colleges ask VC to sanction more seats
Ludhiana, July 15
Seeing the response of students and failing to accommodate even students who have passed out in first class, the management of a few colleges have requested the Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, to provide them 10 per cent more seats so that deserving students get admission to the courses of their choice.

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COMMUNITY

District Youth Cong’s jumbo team

Ludhiana, July 15 The District Youth Congress, Ludhiana (Urban) president, Mr Dimple Rana, today announced a jumbo team which includes 18 vice-presidents, 14 general secretaries, 14 organising secretaries, four organising secretaries and a press secretary. Announcing the names of the office-bearers, Mr Rana said, honesty and integrity of workers had been kept in mind.

District Youth Congress Ludhiana (Urban) president Dimple Rana flanked by general secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee at a meeting of party workers in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Dharna by 5 farmers’ bodies
Doraha, July 15
A dharna was staged by five kisan organisations, including the All-India Kirti Kisan Sabha, the Jamhoori Kisan Sabha, Punjab, the Punjab Kisan Sabha, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Development Front and the Bharti Kisan Union (United Sidhupur), outside the office of the SDM, Payal, today.

‘Poor material’ used in road construction 
Samrala, July 15
Mr Balbir Singh Rajewal, national general secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, while talking to mediapersons at the local rest house here today, said there were problems in the construction of the Khanna-Nawanshahr highway via Samrala road.

100 needy women given ration Ludhiana, July 15 At the 13th monthly ration distribution function, members of Nishkam Sewa Mission distributed ration to 100 needy women at a function at Ilachi Mandir at Lalu Mal Street here today. The ration was distributed by SDM Malvinder Singh Jaggi. Members of Nishkam Sewa Mission distribute ration among needy women at a function in Ludhiana on Friday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Temple body poll demanded
Ludhiana, July 15
Residents here have demanded that elections to the Krishna Nagar temple management committee should be held as the term of the office bearers ended four months ago.

Man searches for missing mother-in-law
Ludhiana, July 15
A man is running from pillar to post for the past two weeks in search of his missing mother-in-law. Gurmeet Singh, a resident of New Shivaji Nagar here, has been searching in vain along with other relatives for his mother-in-law, Manjit Kaur (54), who went missing from the colony on July 2.

CM asked to fulfil promises
Ludhiana, July 15
Mr Jaswinder Singh Sidhu, president of the Unemployed Elementary Teachers Union, in an open letter to the Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, has asked him to fulfil the promises made three and a half years ago at the time of elections.

Rally against contract system
Jagraon, July 15
Thousands of Labourers of the All-India Food and Allied Workers Union and from other 30 organisations organised a protest rally that ended at the office of the local SDM.

MC chief’s election put off

CRIME

Booked on dowry charges
Jagraon, July 15
Ravinder Singh, his sister Parminder Kaur Pinky and their mother Jasmel Kaur of a village in Dhuri have been booked for torturing, humiliating and demanding dowry from Kulwant Kaur of Sangarpura village in Sidhwan Bet.

BUSINESS

Businessmen exhorted to pay taxes
Ludhiana, July 15
The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Mr S.J.S. Pall, has exhorted the business community and professionals to pay taxes honestly so that they could concentrate on the promotion and expansion of their business rather than wasting time and energy in devising methods to evade taxes.

Spice launches new services Ludhiana, July 15 Mr Jagtar Khan, a milkman, was declared winner of Priyanka’s Favourite Destination Contest by Spice Telecom. He won three days’ holiday to Dubai. Mr Jagtar Khan who won the Priyanka’s Favourite Destination Contest by Spice Telecom, with Mr Siddharth Mehra, Senior Manager, Marketing, Spice Telecom, in Ludhiana on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

BSNL cell services go haywire
Ludhiana, July 15
The BSNL mobile services have gone haywire. Hundreds of complaints are pouring in daily with subscribers complaining that the BSNL mobile numbers remain inaccessible. Nobody can make a call from the BSNL cell phone during peak hours.

Agriculture workshop organised
Ludhiana, July 15
To train the teachers from various schools of the State, the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology organised a five-day workshop on Hydroponics that concluded today at Government Senior Secondary Model School, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.

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Students of dilapidated school shifted
Ludhiana, July 15
Finally providing relief to 79 students of Government Elementary School in Prem Nagar, who were made to sit under a partially collapsed roof, the District Education Department has shifted the children to Government School, Shahpur road.

Parents of nursing students resent fee hike

Ludhiana, July 15 The parents of students of the College of Nursing in Christian Medical College and Hospital today staged a protest and submitted a memorandum to the college authorities against a hefty increase in the annual fee and other charges for the second and third year students. Parents of BSc (Nursing) students of the College of Nursing at the CMCH stage a protest against fee hike on Friday. — Tribune photo by Inderjit Verma

Plea to release arrested teachers
Doraha, July 15
The Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union demanded the release of members of the Unemployed Elementary teachers Union who were arrested while protesting outside Mr Harnam Dass Johars house on July 9.

Impressive show by Chanda Mama girls

Ludhiana, July 15 ‘Let the girlchild live’ was the theme of the show put up by girls of Chanda Mama School here today. They came dressed as Indira Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Kalpana Chawla, Aishwariya Rai, Kiran Bedi and Sania Mirza. After the function, the girls were given ladoos. Students of Chanda Mama School present a show on “Let the girlchild live” on the school premises on Friday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

Sports body to enhance prize money
Ludhiana, July 15
To encourage and promote rural sports in the region, the newly constituted Punjab Rural Sports Promotion Council has chalked out a comprehensive plan to bring all major rural sports clubs of the state under one roof.                                                            
                                                                                                                         Ramesh Singla