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Seven hurt in accident
Mullanpur Dakha, August 23
Seven persons, including three women, were injured when a private bus of Ludhiana Transport Company collided head-on with a Tata 407 which in turn hit a Honda City car opposite the Mullanpur Dakha Police Station here today.

MCs directed to speed up preventive measures
Ludhiana, August 23
The district administration today directed all Executive Officers of the Municipal Councils to ensure extensive preventive measures against seasonal diseases, including the chlorination of drinking water, distribution of chlorine tablets, cleanliness, fogging and sampling of water, etc in the cities/towns.

Implement Tobacco Act, say protesters Ludhiana, August 23 Nearly 2,000 schoolstudents and activists of the Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle today carried out a march through the city, seeking implementation of the Tobacco Act, 2003, even as a large number of minor children were spotted selling the drug at roadside kiosks in violation of the Act.
Children from various schools and activists of the Guru Gobind Study Circle stage a demonstration outside the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, on Tuesday, seeking implementation of the Tobacco Act. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

From left-Kirti Aggarwal, Shveta Lamba and Nirdosh Sood of BVM School who won the title in the Ludhiana Schools Inter-Zonal Table Tennis Tournament (u-17) held at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Chemical analysis report indicates rape
Ludhiana, August 23
The chemical examination into the viscera and swabs collected from the body of an unidentified 16-year-old girl, whose decomposed body was found near the Sutlej in Qadian village six months ago, have revealed that one or more persons had brutally raped and later murdered the girl.

Low productivity a ‘hurdle’
Progress of apparel industry
Ludhiana, August 23
Thanks to its low productivity, the Ludhiana apparel industry is not able to find many takers in the global market. The productivity of units here is at least 50 per cent lower in comparison to countries like Japan and Thailand.

COMMUNITY

Beggers’ menace continues unabated
Ludhiana, August 23
The industrial hub has no dearth of philanthropists, the result of which begging has taken an alarming proportion in the city.

High voltage damages electronic equipment
Ludhiana, August 23
Sudden release of high- voltage power damaged a large number of electronic equipment of nearly 30 houses in Street Mansa Ram near Mochpurra Bazar this morning.

PUDA’s assurance to Dugri residents
Ludhiana, August 23
The Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority PUDA has assured residents of Phase-I, Dugri that it was taking steps to meet their long-pending demands, which mainly included construction of a bridge over the Sidhwan canal near Dugri village, development of a cremation ground, senior citizens home, a community centre in Phase I, issuing of no objection certificates for a post office and a police post.

Hotelier wants action against encroachers
Ludhiana, August 23
Even as the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, (LMC) claims to have removed a number of encroachments in the recent past, a hotel owner in the city is up in arms against the civic body for not having to come to his rescue though encroachers has made his life hell.

Sewer choked in Feroze Gandhi Market
Ludhiana, August 23
Due to choking of sewerage in Feroze Gandhi Market, the sewer water has started seeping in the basement of shops and shopkeepers are having a tough time.

Body identified
Mandi Ahmedgarh, Aug 23
The decomposed body of a youth recovered from the Bhatinda branch of the Sirhind canal by the Sudhar police has been identified. The deceased was a resident of New Shimlapuri at Ludhiana who had gone missing from a religious place a week ago.

CRIME

Held with opium
Khanna, August 23
The Payal police arrested a man and seized 100 gm of opium from his possession near Maksudran village yesterday.

Two killed
Khanna, August 23
Two persons were killed in a road accident at GT Road here this morning.

BUSINESS

Industrialists sore over VAT refund
Ludhiana, August 23
Resentment prevails among industrialists over the failure of the state Government to refund VAT money to them.

AGRICULTURE

Samrala, August 23 A ‘fields day’ on soyabean was organised here today at Jhakrandi village 2 km from here by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra Samrala of Punjab Agricultural University. Dr Gursharan Singh Kalkat, Chairman, Farmers’ Commission, Punjab and former Vice-Chancellor of PAU, exhorted the farmers to reduce area under paddy crops. A ‘fields day’ on soyabean organised at Jhakrandi village by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samrala, PAU, Ludhiana.

Awareness camp for farmers
Ludhiana, August 23
The Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development, organised an animal welfare and farmer awareness camp at Veterinary Hospital, Ghudani Kalan, which was inaugurated by Dr Charanjit Singh Pandher, Senior Veterinary Officer, Payal.

EDUCATION

From Schools & Colleges Govt College students observe vanamahotsava

Ludhiana, August 23 The Eco Club of the NSS, NCC unit and the Botany Department of Government College for Women celebrated Vanamahotsava day with Dr Jaswant Singh, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, by planting saplings on the college premises here today. NSS volunteers of the Government College for Women plant saplings on the college campus in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

College teachers stage protest
Doraha, August 23
As per the call given by the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, city colleges observed ‘Save Education Day,’ today and criticised the anti-higher education’ policies of the government.

DCI member for uniformity in professional college admissions
Ludhiana, August 23
Dr Vikas Jindal, a member of the Dental Council of India (DCI), has made a fervent plea with the respective state governments to frame such laws which should ensure uniformity, transparency and merit in admissions to all private professional colleges in the country.

Entrepreneurship development programme
Ludhiana, August 23
To promote agro-processing, the Punjab National Bank (PNB), in association with Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), inaugurated an entrepreneurial development programme on ‘Post-harvesting handling and food processing’ here today.

NSUI launches enrollment drive Ludhiana, August 23 The National Students Union of India has launched a membership drive to enroll new members in all colleges in the district. During the current year, the body aims at taking in 500 active members and 5,000 primary members from the local units. NSUI functionaries address a press conference at Congress Bhavan in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — A Tribune photograph

SPORTS

• Cricket trials on August 27