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Good roads being recarpeted?
MC orders probe
Development project embroiled in controversy
Ludhiana, September 6
The development work on some streets in Zone B, which was inaugurated by the Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Surinder Dawer, amidst much fanfare a week ago, has turned into an embarrassment for him with the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation ordering an inquiry following allegations that the streets were in a good condition and did not need any recarpeting.

Street No. 2 in Ward No. 59 which is in the midst of a controversy in Ludhiana. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

Petrol price hike resented
Transporters threaten strike on Sept 16
Ludhiana, September 6
Hike in petroleum and diesel prices today was resented by residents and industry. Following the government’s decision effecting a Rs 3 hike in petroleum and Rs 2 hike in diesel rates, the prices have shot up to Rs 47.74 for petroleum and Rs 29.88 for diesel.

Residents throng to petrol stations as petroleum and diesel price hikes get implemented from midnight. — Tribune photo by Sayeed Ahmed

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi: A woman artisan gives final touches to an idol of Lord Ganesha on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi being celebrated in Ludhiana on Wednesday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

	Bandh passes off peacefully September 6, 2005
	Mysterious disease consuming livestock in villages September 5, 2005
	Protesters block traffic September 4, 2005
	Protest against Gohana violence September 3, 2005
	Rs 25 lakh excise evasion detected September 2, 2005
	Woman lured for job, gang-raped September 1, 2005
	Father of seven brings home abandoned infant August 31, 2005
	Journalists demand Dheer’s release August 30, 2005
	Cop imprisoned for hitting man by car, dumping him August 29, 2005
	Mystery shrouds death of hospital inmate August 28, 2005

Rs 30 lakh for Sarabha memorial
Ludhiana, September 6
The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, has released a grant of Rs 30 lakh out of his discretionary quota for the completion of Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarabha Memorial which is under construction at Sarabha village.

Two Abohar men held for theft bid Ludhiana, September 6 The city police today claimed to have nabbed two theft suspects soon after they failed to break open a mobile-phone shop on the Threekay Road around 10.30 pm last night. Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, the SP (D) said the arrested duo had been identified as Deepak and Puran, residents of Abohar. The suspects were paraded before newsmen along with the two knives and a lock-breaking rod of tempered iron. The SP said both had been jointly booked under Sections 457,380 and 511 of the IPC and also separately under the Arms Act. The two men from Abohar arrested by the city police on a charge of theft at the CIA office in Ludhiana on Tuesday. — Photo by Sayeed Ahmed

2 PAU officers get show-cause notice
Ludhiana, September 6
Punjab Agricultural University today issued a show-cause notice to two officers, asking them why their services should not be terminated for their alleged misconduct.

COMMUNITY

Puzzle that has baffled many world over
Ludhiana, September 6
“We turn the cube and it twists us,” said Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik Cube. Though Rubik Cube was invented way back in 1974 by the Hungarian Professor of Architecture, its magic and great attraction has not been diminished by time.

Vets ask govt to revise inoculation targets
Ludhiana, September 6
The Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association has urged the state Animal Husbandry Department to fix realistic targets for vaccination of cattle against foot and mouth diseases and hemorrhagic septicemia, as also to consider the cost factor for inoculation, which was on a higher side.

Car bazaar business hit by pillars

Ludhiana, September 6 Thanks to the confusion over the green space in Feroze Gandhi Market, about 50 second-hand car dealers along with their over 500 employees, have been rendered jobless. They have been asked not to carry on any trading during the week days. They can do it on Sundays only. A deserted car bazaar in Feroze Gandhi Market after the police erected pillars in front of the shops of the car dealers. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

SAD-BJP consensus over MC bypoll likely
Ludhiana, September 6
The Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party are likely to reach a consensus over a common candidate for Ward No. 66, where the byelection is to be held on September 18.

Ukraine medical varsity to recognise Indian institutes
Ludhiana, September 6
Odissa State Medical University, Ukraine, is learnt to have agreed in principle to grant recognition in some postgraduate courses of medicine to some Indian institutions. However, the university will ensure that all international norms of medical education are followed in such institutions.

From Schools and Colleges
GCW freshers accorded warm welcome

Ludhiana, September 6 A rich and entertaining cultural programme was presented by undergraduate students of the Government College for Women to extend warm welcome to freshers in the college campus. Songs, dances and skits were presented by Jasmeet, Harmeet, Anita and other students. Students of the Government College for Women all dressed up for the welcome function organised in the college on Monday. — Photo by Inderjit Verma

COURTS

Soap firm ordered to pay Rs 15,000
Ludhiana, September 6
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed M/s Peshawar Soaps and Chemicals Works, Patiala, and M/s New Bathla Karyana Store, Jail Road, Ludhiana, to pay a compensation of Rs 15,000 to an aggrieved consumer on the charges of launching a misleading promotional sale scheme for ‘’ Kesh Nikhar” soap.

SPORTS

BVM School boxer strikes gold Ludhiana, September 6 Shri Ram Sikka, a student of Bharatiya Vidya Mandir School, Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana, got the better of Manpreet Singh of Government Senior Secondary School, Machhiwara, to win a gold medal in the Ludhiana District Inter-School Boxing Championship organised by the Education Department on September 5 at Khanna.

Women’s games begin
Ludhiana, September 6
Vedika Thapar of Kundan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, won a gold and a silver medal on the opening day of the two-day Ludhiana District Women’s Games which began at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

Guru Nanak college judokas bag overall trophy

Ludhiana, September 6 Judokas of the local Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Gujjarkhan Campus, Model Town, accumulated 23.5 points to bag the overall trophy in the Panjab University Inter-college Judo Championship held at Chandigarh, recently. Giving this information, Ms Manju Chawla, Principal of the college, said the girls brought laurels to their alma mater by clinching seven medals, including two gold and four silver and one bronze, during this meet.

Champion judokas of the Guru Nanak Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, Ms Manju Chawla and Ms Jaswinder Kaur Ahluwalia, Principal and Head of the Physical Education Department, respectively. — A Tribune photograph